MIDWEEK MUSINGS: IMAGINE

 MIDWEEK MUSINGS  bring with it a breath of relief as the Jewish new year has  granted a reprieve even in the weather yesterday. I really felt my load was lighter after bouncing back and forth for services at both he Temple and the Synagogue on the Day of Repentance for this day of reflection. 

We certainly don't have to wait for these 24 hours to start the mental cleansing, but it is indeed a welcome respite to do nothing else. I am fortunate to have holiday memories with both of these congregations. The haunting music of the cello/ violin at Temple touch one's inner core as do the ancient melodies of the ancient chanting at the Synagogue. 

One needs time to do nothing mundane but do what Jews have done for 5787 years and that is to pray. Pray to be a better person and to make this world a better place. We start with ourselves and hopefully our actions can be received by those who will also pass it on... 

Topping my prayers I have also added-

May the day not be distant o Lord, when we no longer have to have security guards present at our houses of worship... 

tUESDAY tUNES : QUEEN OF ROCK 'N ROLL :INSPIRATION OF THE KINGS

As far as deciding upon a tUESDAY tUNES  choosing the artist was a no-brainer, as it had to be Sister Rosetta Tharpe who I was introduced to at last weekend's play, Marie and Rosetta. 

See yesterday's blog entry if you missed it. 

Now which tune to pick? It might have to be more than one.

STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY

Here's a compilation of some of her work

COMPILATION

MONDAY MUSINGS A SERENDIPITOUS ENCOUNTER

 MONDAY MUSINGS is about me walking into the Fine Arts Center theater expecting a movie screen; instead the stage was both our seating and a funeral home backdrop. My ticket for Marie & Rosetta was the best surprise ever- a powerful musical of the duo of Marie and Rosetta written byGeorge Brant. The setting is a Mississippi funeral home.

Before the play began, the folks next to me shared photos of visiting Cotton Plant, Arkansas, where Rosetta was born. I'll be...  

The play focuses on
1946 when Rosetta and Marie had their first rehearsal before they went out on the road together as a duo.  biographical dialogue and music made me want to know more.

 Rosetta was known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, raised in the church singing gospel music with her Mama. Her mother was a traveling evangelist who played the mandolin and she had Rosetta singing and playing the guitar by 4 years old and performing with her by 6. By 38, Rosetta became the first gospel singer to get a major label with Decca. She sped up gospel songs with jazz and blues and tore them up on her electric guitar. 

Chuck Berry said his whole career was one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impersonation. Others like Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton and Keith Richards all credit their music to her. Wow.  She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Marie and Rosetta will have another performance Sept 25 at 7.

You don't want to miss it. What a phenomenal performance!

FOTO FRIDAY:REFRAMED

FOTO FRIDAY: REFRAMED as in seeing something from a different perspective can be mentally refreshing... And a thrift store find did just that in the physical sense... 

A framed print of two young girls by a piano said, "Take me home." Yet, it wasn't the print that made the sale but its exquisite framing. I knew exactly which of my paintings needed reframing.

Background: 35 years ago, my watercolor instructor Selma Blackburn taught me about underpainting. For subject matter, I used the dancing statues in the old courtyard of the Little Rock Art Museum. Some of you may remember them. 

Anyhow,  zoom in to see the matting...

*Big shout-out to Mike for helping move the wire hanger and supervising its hanging.

Last week's FOTO FRIDAY was SPECIAL HOLIDAY STUFFED ONIONS, which did freeze well and received rave reviews.

tBT: 2012 NEW YEAR

TBT: 2012 It's a family affair in Little Rock 2012 with cousins for Rosh Hashonah 5775 if this is now 5787.

(L to R) 

Front row Lori (30) Steven (25)

Back row Noah, Becky and Max, the dog  

with my folks in our family home on Grant.

Missing cousins due to college were Matt at Northeastern and Elliot at Missou.

(Don't you just love that my Dad is wearing his sperm shirt?)

MIDWEEK MUSINGS:THE SPICE OF LIFE

 It's time for the LifeQuest fall classes and Monday was my first class and I joined 14 other seniors in a one-time special 3-hour glass fusion workshop...  The best part of these classes is not just the subject matter but meeting new folks with similar interests...

LifeQuest is for seniors 52+ to participate in a variety of classes ranging from board games to lectures, discussion groups or more active classes like getting out of our chairs.

This quarter I also enrolled in another workshop on AI & Scamming besides 8-week classes in German Art, Intro to the World of Tea, Masters of NonFiction: Montaigne and Thoreau, Sips through Time and Line Dancing. I hope to also slip into some Photo Sharing classes & Obit Writing!

LifeQuest recognizes socialization is so important for seniors and one is never done learning embodying what I hold dear:  DIVERSITY is the spice of life...

tUESDAY tUNES: WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE

Today, an old tune came across my feed... You know, one of those that evokes a different era and makes you wonder why they don't make them like they used to... both the melody and the lyrics.

How many of the songs written today will last this long?

Here's Bobby Caldwell's  WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE