May have bitten off too much
Oh dear, I hope I haven't stepped out too far.
Last week while at Ace Hardware in Smyrna, I was talking with a young man, told him about my playing music in Assisted Livings etc. That I hadn't played much and was thinking about retiring from it.
He said "Oh please don't stop, my mom is in Woodland Ridge up the street, the AD there plays the harp (bells going off) but they really need people to come in and lift spirits."
What is the AD's name? (I asked) He said he thought it was Kathryn, but couldn't remember the last name.
I thought for maybe20 seconds and asked him "Is it Kathryn Trice"?
Yeah! That is it.
So I gave him my card.
I met her many years ago when the West Cobb Arbor Terrace was there (It has changed names a couple of times.)
Yesterday, I got an email from her:
𝐻𝑖 𝐽𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦,
𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑑. 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑟 𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒- 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑏. 𝐼’𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑡 𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒. 𝑊𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑀𝑎𝑦 10 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 3:00 – 4:00 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒? 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠? 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑘𝑒𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑.
I agreed and sent her an invoice today
𝐇𝐈 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲,
𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟎 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟑:𝟎𝟎 – 𝟒:𝟎𝟎. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞? 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.
𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝟐 – 𝟑 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝟑 – 𝟒 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞! 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞! 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟓 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭.
𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜.
𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐲𝐧
So that photo above is at the facility where I MET Ms Trice, but that is not her in the photo
This video is also from the old facility
I gotta lotta work to get done.
"Upcoming Terror"
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Jerry E Smith
©2/28/24
All images are original
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©2/28/24
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Seems it is not only me that the month of May is not only palatable
Historically, May has been a mixed bag with good and bad things happening.
So I try to not look for trouble.
If only I could play some musical instruments I would be really glad because I have a die-hard passion for music.
Just doing what you love is an amazing feeling, greetings!
Greetings to you @chuksmeezy , thanks for the comment.
I started lessons at age 11 in 1966, so I am not only an old f**er, I'm an old piano player as well ha ha ha
What an amazing thing: playing music for lovely ladies for cash. Does it get any better than that?
I suppose the only way it could get better would be if I could do it without pain (back, legs, hip, shoulders.... I'm a physical wreck nowadays it seems)
But in reality I don't hurt so much WHILE I'm playing. Thanks for commenting ¿Ben? @ironshield
!COFFEE
!WINE
In this way, whenever all the people gather together, it is a great time to reminisce with each other and enjoy the same.
When I was growing up, I always love musical instruments much more but things happen I wasn't able to learn anyone
I am the youngest of 10 kids. By the time I came along, the older ones were out with their own families, so what money used to be spread out caring for a bunch, could not be used more generously.
My Mama loved antiques, old furniture etc. Her Birthday was Feb 1st 1916, so in Jan 1965 daddy bought her an old, but working Bellows Organ. I immediately began "picking out" songs by ear. I was 10, and small for my age so that I had to pile up books in the chair so I could both reach the pedals to pump the bellows and play the keyboard.
Mama and Daddy both had a lot of music in their families, so they said "Well, lets give him some lessons and see what he's got."
I started in Sept 1966 and took piano lessons for 6 yrs. No one ever had to make me practice, it just came to me easily.
So there is my backstory