Off the Mark

I’d like to give a metaphorical tip of the hat to all of the new librarians erupting from schools across the country this weekend!
But in particular to a few I know and am fond of, Congrats!
Dorothea Salo in WI :: thanks for being you and putting some of that into CavLec.  Good luck with the [...]

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…oh, sorry, that’s someone else.
I’m heading to the student health clinic in an hour.  I honestly can’t believe that I got an appt. today, much less a convenient one.
My throat started aching a little bit a few days ago.  I assumed it was just my year-round seasonal allergies that are, of course, a bit worse [...]

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‘til we out number ‘em – arlo guthrie with all severance hall cast (‘til we out number ‘em – the songs of woody guthrie, © 2000)
2 Mar  Do kids learn this song (This Land Is your Land) anymore?  I fell out laughing when we got to the end the 1st time I heard this!  People [...]

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My Friends – Dar Williams (End Of The Summer, © 1997)
”He’s a quiet man,” that’s all she said,And a thoughtful man, it’s just he likes to keep his thoughts up in his head.And we finally meet, and she tries to draw him out a bit,She says, “He’s writing something,Hey now, why don’t you talk about [...]

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Work For Peace – Gil Scott Heron (gascd, © 2001)
28 Feb PM This song has just been speaking to me since I got the CD… 
2 Mar AM  Secret bunkers, clandestine Cold War governments, soldiers into Yemen, Hindu & Muslim slaughter in India, Israel & Palestine, new bombing ops in Afghanistan…
Americans no longer fight to [...]

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Moon River – Henry Mancini, His Orchestra & Chorus (Breakfast At Tiffany’s, 12/8/60)
Full moon in Jan / 1st quarter after new moon of Year of the Horse on my BD / 27 Feb Full moon & Ladysmith concert with Katie…
Off to see the worldThere’s such a lot of world to seeWe’re after the same rainbow’s [...]

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Straight Lines – Christian Doscher (gascd, © 2001)
1-2 March  For last night or today.  1st big snowstorm of winter predicted.
Weatherman calls for snowAnd I say let it fallCover this cold hard ground…
All the people out in the streetWe seem never ever meant to meetDrawing the straight linesHaving our hard timesWe’re trying to make our lives [...]

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I Love Myself Today – Bif Naked (Purge, © 2001)
My new anthem!
I love myself today!Not like yesterday.I’m cool!  I’m calm!I’m gonna’ be ok!  Uh huh
…I’m on fire – too hot to touch
Gonna’ step right upSpit-shine my soulI’m gonna’ be proud and loudand outa control!
I’m lookin’ in the mirrorAnd I like what I see:I’ve lost the [...]

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Hold On – Bif Naked (Purge, © 2001)
Another one from me to me…
Baby I’m angry. Baby I’m scared.
We’re living in a dark time,
And nobody cares.
Baby, I’m tired. Life isn’t fair.
You are the only one
Who will always be there.
Baby, I’m sorry – I don’t mean to cry.
But, I never needed you more
Than I need you [...]

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22 Feb  Grateful Dawg at the Normal Theater
Just got home from Grateful Dawg.  It was incredible, need to get it & put something here, possibly Sitting Here In Limbo…
Sitting Here In Limbo – Jerry Garcia & David Grisman (Grateful Dawg soundtrack, © 2001)
Sitting here in limboLike a bird without a song…
Sitting here in limboGot some [...]

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