From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #1566 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Friday, October 12 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 1566 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: My Adventure on the Sunshine Coast [Rose ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:40:44 -0400 From: Rose Subject: Re: My Adventure on the Sunshine Coast Thank you Cassy for sharing your evening with us. oxo Rosie Sent from my iPhone On Oct 12, 2012, at 1:18 AM, "Cassy" wrote: > Where to begin? I guess at the beginning when I first saw that Joni was going > to do a special appearance at Ruby Lake. I dreamed of going but didnbt want > to go by myself then I got an email from Laura asking if she could get a ride > with me, at that point I didnbt hesitate to fill out the reservation form > and send it in. I hadnbt heard back from Ruby Lake the next morning so I > phoned and booked two tickets, however, their rooms were already sold out. > Ruby Lake suggested another location for accommodations and I booked a room at > a nearby facility: The Stonewater Motel. > > As it turned out, Laura had already purchased her ticket so I ended up with an > extra and posted it to the JMDL. Pearl wrote me on Wednesday night and asked > if I still had it so I wrote back and said yes, let me know what you want to > do. On Thursday she decided to join us and Ibll let her tell you about the > trials she went through to meet us in Seattle. On Friday Laura and Pearl > arrived within 2 minutes of each other at the Seattle airport it was a great > start to our trip. > > Ibd forgotten my camera and since I only live a minute off I-5 we stopped to > get it and we decided to make lunch to carry with us. Technically webre > criminals for taking grapes across the border but Laura had a bit more of an > adventure crossing the border... she got her camera confiscated while the > border agent deleted photos from it and then it was returned to her. > > We missed The Ferry carrying Anita, Steph, Phyliss & Bob to the Sunshine Coast > but we got the next one and were able to hook up with them for dinner at Ruby > Lake. It was serendipitous that we met there because the waitress told us > seating was assigned for Jonibs dinner and a movie and we were able to > arrange to be seated together the following evening in a premium location. > Pearl, Laura and I met Phyllis and Bob for breakfast on Saturday. The local > golf course had been suggested and we thoroughly enjoyed our meal. We then > headed off to do a little shopping. Madeira Park and Pendour Harbour are well > known for their art galleries and there is actually a map tour of some of the > best ones to visit... more on that later. > > We readied ourselves and headed over to Ruby Lake Resort. We met up with > everyone to make luminaries b Georgio had requested them so we could make > the amphitheater glow with ambience. Phyliss & Bob, both of whom are > extremely talented artists in their own right, made some really stunning > pieces and Laura made the cut out JMDL set. Mine were a little less > successful! I am not exactly an artist... not exactly! Laura entertained us > under the > > Off to dinner we went after a while and were seated at our table. We had > chatted with several of the locals while waiting in line and the atmosphere in > our dining area was electric. We had been told that Joni would not arrive > until everyone was seated and the buffet would probably have begun. We were > in the line to make up our plates when a commotion began. Joni had arrived > her dog had leaped out of her arms and was chasing the free-range chickens > that abounded... then people began chasing the dog and it reminded me of a > really noisy movie scene... people chasing dog chasing chickens; it was a > hoot! > > I took a few moments after Ibd eaten to go and snap some photos of Joni. > When I saw she was not too busy and that not many people were surrounding her > I went back to the table and picked up my life mask to take to her. Giorgio > began sending people away so that Joni could eat her meal but I continued to > stand my ground, he took a look at what I was holding and said bIs that > Joni?b I told him thatbs what I was trying to find out and laughed. He > said bOK, hang tight a minute.b Then it was happening! He brought me > forward and I said bIbd like to ask you a question about this mask, if you > have a moment?b She took it from me and began looking it over as I said > that there was a myth surrounding her having done a sitting for a life mask > and that it had disappeared while being delivered to her and I wondered > whether this could be the one in question. She laughed and said she > absolutely had done a sitting for life masks with some friends who were doing > it for a blind school for children so they could practice touching faces with > them. She began looking at it in more detail and we chatted while she turned > it over in her hands. She remembered that the masks were originally white but > that it had obviously been colored later and she could tell where it had been > slightly broken making it smaller but she was happy to say it was the mask and > asked me if I bgot soakedb for it. We both laughed and they brought her > meal so I excused myself to let her eat in peace. I floated back to my seat. > > After enough time had passed for her to have eaten her meal I went back to be > within her aura. I brought a gift for her and waited my turn to give it to > her. Laura was right next to me and agreed to take a photo for me on my > camera. The gift was an evening bag made out of pop tops crocheted together. > I had seen her hand off other gifts without looking at them to someone to > store for her until later so I just said I brought you a gift but Ibm going > to open it for you. I opened it and handed it to her and said bKnowing how > you feel about ecology I thought this would be really appropriate. Itbs an > evening bag made from recycled pop tops and itbs the perfect size for an > I.D. a pack of smokes and a lighter if you donbt want to carry a larger > bag.b She was delighted with it and immediately hung it on her wrist and > twirled it around. She kept exclaiming that it was perfect and so elegant. > She said bIt feels like Christmas!b I saw her much later on still showing > it off to people and it tickled me to have selected something she liked so > much. > > I had taken three books with me for potential autographing: my first edition > hardback of The Complete Poems & Lyrics; The hardback book from the Mendel Art > Exhibit and my copy of "Secret Gardens of Hollywood: And Other Private Oases > in Los Angeles." Joni chose the item she wanted to sign for me, she chose my > first-edition hardback copy of The Complete Poems and Lyrics. She said "Oh > what's that?" pointing to the garden book and I said "this?" and handed it to > her she said "Yes, I've never seen that!" I said breally?b She looked > through the pages of her garden and began telling the other ladies at her > table about the people who came to photograph her garden and then said again > bbut Ibve never actually seen it before.b I asked if she would like to > keep it and she said "Can you get another one?" I said "I can" so she said > she'd love to have it. I gave it to her to keep. She then went on to sign > another autograph for me inside the Mendel Book. > > I moved along and it was Laurabs turn! I took a photo of her with Joni then > left them alone to chat. Shortly afterwards it was time to head over to the > amphitheater. I felt badly because at that point Pearl had been bshut > outb from meeting Joni twice, she had been next in line both times they > shut down the reception line and it was so disheartening for her. > > We all headed up to the amphitheater. I had brought folding chairs for our > group and Phyliss and I had set them up earlier in the day. Laura discovered > where Joni was to be seated and we moved our chairs over to that area. We > were so close we could hear the stories she was telling; Pearl and Bob ended > up sitting beside her sofa. Oh... the sofa... bThe Buffalo Couchb as it > was called. Joni told a story about the couch as they brought it in and she > was seated in it. The couch was one that had been at her house. When she and > bher boyfriend Donald broke up she hated the sight of the couch because she > could only picture him lounging on it and she decided shebd be happier > without it, she gave it to Giorgio to use at his resort. It was carried up to > the amphitheater for her to sit on during the movie. She laughed as she told > the story and appeared almost giddy with happiness. > > The movie began. She sang along to only one of the songs as it played bThe > Crazy Cries of Love.b I took a short stroll to get a drink and ran into the > woman who had been beside her most of the evening (I have no clue who she was) > who happened to be handling Jonibs dog. I asked the name of the dog and was > told her name was bBella Lugosi.b I mentioned to her that I had been > saddened to hear that Coco was no longer with Joni and she said bWell, this > dog is no Coco... more like Psycho!b We both laughed. > > I took an opportunity to chat with Craig Mutch. He was the official > photographer for the evening and webd had a moment earlier that night. I > ended up buying him a glass of wine and we spent quite a bit of time chatting > and bonding. I look forward to meeting him again some time in the future. > > I went back to my seat and watched the end of the film. Giorgio came to Joni > after the film and thanked her for being gracious enough to share the evening > with us all. He also presented her with a house-warming gift; a huge wooden > carved Buddha, it was beautiful. She currently has a home under construction > on the Sunshine Coast. More on that later too. > > We all went down to the stage to have a group photo taken by Craig. The whole > audience crowded around Joni and we got rowdy for the photo! After the group > shot Pearl finally got to meet up with Joni. Unfortunately some VERY rude > people that had already had time with Joni interrupted her and though we got > some lovely candid photos she did not get the posed shot with Joni that would > have bmadeb her night. > > We headed back to Anita and Stephbs and had our little mini-fest with Laura > and Anita both playing the guitar for us to sing along with. > > WHAT a night! ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #1566 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. 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