From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #482 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 Monday, April 15 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 482 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: RIP: specialty stereo stores, njc [Em ] Joni on the Menu [Kate Johnson ] 2013 Boston Marathon, njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Images of Joni on Instagram ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Boston Marathon [Michael Paz ] Re: Boston Marathon [Jody Johnson ] Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #479/ Joni Photo [Anita G ] Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #477 [Don ] Re: Instagram number 2 [shadows and light ] You might like Joni on Flipboard [Arkay Adkisson ] Re: Instagram number 2 ["gene" ] RE: Joni in her kitchen ["Susan E. McNamara" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:20:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Em Subject: Re: RIP: specialty stereo stores, njc hi Jim, The end of an era, huh? We're down to just a couple here in my area, too. One cool thing though, is that one of the predominant remaining record stores in my area (3 locations) is now featuring checked-out and/or rehabbed "vintage" equipment in their stores. I think that's a great idea! From the lists I've seen, most of it seems to be 2 channel. I'm thinking now of movies with stereo store scenes in them. "Boogie Nights", and didn't "Car Wash" have something with a stereo store in it? Sorry to hear of the stereo place closing down. Em ________________________________ From: "jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com" To: JMDL Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 2:12 AM Subject: RIP: specialty stereo stores, njc The last great specialty stereo store in my town (Columbus, Ohio) has closed. These guys sold everything from $50 headphones all the way up to cost-is-no-object brands like Krell and Wilson Audio. They specialized in 2-channel stereo for 34 years and they will be missed by many of my generation. If I decide to buy different speakers, I will have to drive 2 hours to Cincinnati to hear the alternatives. Jim L'Hommedieu, who has a few more grey hairs every year ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:03:37 -0600 From: Kate Johnson Subject: Joni on the Menu The Juno Awards (Cdn music awards) are coming to Regina, Saskatchewan. To honour former recipients from the province, the Bushwhacker restaurant is putting style- or song-related items on the menu. For Joni, it's porkpie. Kab e b?b 1b.b?b 1b.b?b 1b. Stubblejumpin'Gal http://goldengrainfarm.blogspot.com Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/blondiblathers ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:41:28 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: 2013 Boston Marathon, njc Thoughts and prayers go out to those hurt today at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:56:02 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Images of Joni on Instagram On 15/04/2013, Marian Russell wrote: > There are quite a number of other photos of Joni at this link (page down to > find them). In many, she looks very happy. Thank you for finding this > site, Marianne. > > Marian Yes, there are many images tagged with her name. I searched Joni's name and got many, many pictures of the cover of "Blue". http://statigr.am/tag/jonimitchell/ Faded LP covers of "Blue". The cover of "Blue" with feet. The cover of "Blue" with a coffee cup. The cover of "Blue" with other album covers. Many, many shots of the cover of "Blue" as a screenshot of YouTube. The cover of "Blue" with a hand. Many different pictures of the cover of "Blue" with a record player. The cover of "Blue" with a CD case. Scans of the cover of "Blue" from CDs. A framed LP cover from the cover of "Blue". The cover of "Blue" on an iPod. Her contribution to our culture can be traced by these images, among many other ways. Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:43:13 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Boston Marathon I am so glad you were not there. What a horrific tragedy! Thanks for checking in Love Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com On Apr 15, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Jody Johnson wrote: Paz, No, I was not. So far there are 2 dead and 23 injured. Also, at this point 2 homemade bombs had gone off at the finish, and 2 more have been found that had not been detonated. This is just horrible. Jody On Apr 15, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Michael Paz wrote: > Just got a text that there was an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. I pray everyone is ok. Jody were you participating in this event today? > Love > > Paz ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:33:40 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Boston Marathon Just got a text that there was an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. I pray everyone is ok. Jody were you participating in this event today? Love Paz ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:38:48 -0400 From: Jody Johnson Subject: Re: Boston Marathon Paz, No, I was not. So far there are 2 dead and 23 injured. Also, at this point 2 homemade bombs had gone off at the finish, and 2 more have been found that had not been detonated. This is just horrible. Jody On Apr 15, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Michael Paz wrote: > Just got a text that there was an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. I pray everyone is ok. Jody were you participating in this event today? > Love > > Paz ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:33:34 +0100 From: Anita G Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #479/ Joni Photo Laura, thanks for the encouragement. My back and right hip are killing me today, so it's nice to feel someone thinks one is 'beautiful' as you age. Everything comes and goes, indeed. I have seen the Johnny Cash video of 'Hurt' and it is brilliant. I was deeply moved seeing a piece with Roseanne Cash talking about it and about her Father. Spoke volumes about everything. As for Joni last Autumn, the memory of that meeting with her is described beautifully by you as 'timeless essence'. I have a feeling that, had met Joni in 1970, when I first saw her, that essence may have been less apparent to me. I certainly was too young, idealistic and naive to have received it, Anita x On 15/04/2013, Laura Stanley wrote: > Hi Anita, > > Beautiful post. And you and Steph are beautiful as you age. So is > Joni. Coming to realize life as a bell curve is not easy for me... > "Everything comes and goes..." "Briefer than a falling star..." "Sweet > bird of time and change..." > > When I saw Joni last Fall, my first thought was wow she is an old > woman. Then when I met her it was an experience of her timeless essence. > > I see life as a story we tell all along and especially when we are old > if we are able. We have a hand in writing our own story. > > Have you heard Johnny Cash's song "Hurt"? I hated this song at first > because it just didn't seem like him. Now I admire him for showing himself > as a weak old man to the world. The song is him being himself more than he > was when he was all wrapped up in his empire of the music business. I love > the scenes of his little house in Dyess, Arkansas. There is something > powerful in him looking thru the window of the house into his childhood. > The blink of an eye... I find the song encouraging. Here is a link for the > song: > > http://youtu.be/o22eIJDtKho > > Love, > Laura > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 14, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Anita G wrote: > >> Mary, I have to say I flinched when I read your post. It's a little >> about Joni, but equally about my own struggles with ageing. I know >> Catherine said a few bits and bobs about ageing recently and I know I >> find it hard. You say it's sad to see someone get old. I could ask why >> it's so hard to accept something that is part of life, completely >> natural and inescapable. I know there are lots of comments on Joni.com >> from Joni herself about ageing. Why does it have to be 'sad'? My hair >> is now completely grey. Do I dye it? I have jowls, dark rings etc. >> etc. Do I get them lifted or prize every wrinkle as a manifestation of >> my journey through life? Today, you could show me the way to the >> plastic surgeon because I feel so scared about my march towards Death. >> Yet tomorrow, I may be more accepting. Damien Hirst said why bother >> with moisturiser when in 50 years you'll be a skull? (I am reaching >> for the Oil of Olay as we speak :~) >> >> Joni is no longer the woman of my/our youth. The transitions Joni has >> made in her music from that high pitched voice of LOC, through to the >> maturity of 'Hejira' the extraordinary music of DJRD or Mingus, >> through to the simplicity of 'Shine' - all of it feels like I am >> witness to her journey, too. Joni may have struggled to be in life >> without the drug of her choice, she may not be able to sing like >> others from her time (Baez or Emmylou) and she may have a turkey neck. >> But, to me, she remains immensely human. When I look at the photos, I >> feel hopeful that I can manage my own ageing, like her, in a way that >> respects the true turning of the Wheel and the truth of my own life >> journey, >> Anita >> >> On 14/04/2013, Mary Morris wrote: >>> My first impression of the first photo in the kitchen was that Joni >>> looked >>> soooo old. That turkey neck - it was something my gramma had in her 90's >>> - >>> not in her 60's. I wanted to give Joni a "Lifestyle Lift" - just the >>> neck. >>> But now that the pictures are out, you can't do it. I like the second >>> instagram better. Both show Joni looking like Joni's always looked - >>> that >>> peculiar way of looking & seeing that she has, along with the >>> distinctive >>> mouth - there were moments in Joni's youth that I thought she looked >>> older >>> & >>> very striking. It's sad to see someone get old. You know the >>> cigarettes >>> take >>> their toll on the skin & such & I don't like that aspect. I would love >>> to >>> see >>> her with her grandchildren, all smiles, you know ? I think it's nice we >>> get >>> to see these, though. >>> >>> GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire >>> meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:49:49 -0700 From: Mary Morris Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2013 #479 My first impression of the first photo in the kitchen was that Joni looked soooo old. That turkey neck - it was something my gramma had in her 90's - not in her 60's. I wanted to give Joni a "Lifestyle Lift" - just the neck. But now that the pictures are out, you can't do it. I like the second instagram better. Both show Joni looking like Joni's always looked - that peculiar way of looking & seeing that she has, along with the distinctive mouth - there were moments in Joni's youth that I thought she looked older & very striking. It's sad to see someone get old. You know the cigarettes take their toll on the skin & such & I don't like that aspect. I would love to see her with her grandchildren, all smiles, you know ? I think it's nice we get to see these, though. GREETINGS FROM THE TRIPLE M Down a gravel road, where the barb wire meets the sky. MARY M. MORRIS > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 03:00:04 -0400 > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #479 > > > JMDL Digest Sunday, April 14 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 479 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Instagram number 2 ["Mark" ] > Re: Instagram number 2 [Kate Johnson ] > "For The Roses" on LP [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com] > RIP: specialty stereo stores, njc [jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:24:06 -0700 > From: "Mark" > Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 > > Wow. This image fascinates me. The positioning of the dog and the ceramic > frog ashtray (dog and frog?) create a diagonal slope with Joni's head at the > top. And then there's the positioning of that strange looking mirror in the > front. The shape creates another visual balance point in the composition of > the picture. The frog also has an oval shape in it's back. And then > there's the face of the strange figure that forms the base of the mirror, > looking in the opposite direction that Joni is. I wonder if Joni is looking > in the mirror at the image she is creating for this photograph? Or is she > just looking down at the dog? Her left eye seems to droop which does make > her look sad. It also accentuates that visual slope. Maybe it's just the > camera angle or the position of her head. > > Of course I'm talking a lot through my you know what because I'm no expert > on photographic or any other kind of visual artistic composition. Given > some wisdom (questionable) and a lot of jive, here. > > I will admit that she looks much older than her actual age. It makes me > think that whatever health struggle she went through, be it Morgellons or > something else, took a toll on her. I don't recall seeing any pictures of > her during the time we were hearing about that. We got her words > occasionally in this or that interview, but until recently, I don't remember > seeing current images of her. > > Maybe she lay down golden in time but woke up before vanishing completely. > I am very grateful for that. > > Lots of feelings about this one. Ever since Joni has been appearing in > public again, to me there seems to have been an almost drastic change. But > maybe it's just me. The story about lifting up her chin to see how she > would look if she had cosmetic surgery made me laugh the first time I read > it because I sometimes stand in front of the bathroom mirror and do the same > thing with the top of my face. What if the bags and lines around my eyes > were tightened up and smoothed away? (my beard hides most of what gravity > has done on the bottom ;-) Then I think of two people in particular, Cher > and Joan Rivers. For awhile their faces had this weird look like they were > waxworks figures or mannequins. Now they just look strange, even grotesque. > I'm so glad Joni was wise enough never to have done that to herself. > > I do think there is beauty in the faces of older human beings. There is > something about these photos of Joni from Instagram that touches a chord of > familiarity with me. Makes me think of a great aunt who lived into her 90s, > only because she was someone I knew and loved from my childhood, not because > Joni resembles her. > > But Joni is not in her 90s. She's not 70 yet. She's a little bit over 10 > years older than I am. It seems that the changes in appearance that time > brings about have accelerated for me in the last ten years. What will I > look like in 10 years? > > As I said before, I have never met her. I know the people who met her up in > British Columbia for the PWWAM viewing seemed just as enthralled with her as > if they were meeting that bold young woman who recently created such wonders > as 'For the Roses' and 'Hejira'. No matter what the outward appearance is, > the same soul must still be in there. I sometimes look in the mirror and > wonder, though. Is that same person still in there today that was there 20, > 30, 40, 50 years ago? To borrow a line from a Judy Collins song, I often > feel 'imprisoned in your bones behind the ising glass windows of your eyes.' > My body is aging and there are certainly aspects of that that I don't like. > But I'm stuck in here for now and I am most certainly not ready to leave > yet. > > I guess what all this rambling boils down to is that I often wish I had a > time machine so I could go back and actually meet the woman I remember being > so fascinated with in my 20s and have the chance to actually experience that > clear soprano voice that reached so deeply into me. > > But although that is not possible, that woman is still there. Her spirit > still resides in that body in spite of whatever changes time has wrought on > it. Making art of one kind or another is an indestructible part of that > spirit. And once again, the photograph in question looks like an attempt to > create a work of art. > > Something just occurred to me on looking at the picture again that is > probably way off the mark. > > He is three > One's in the middle unmoved > Waiting to show what he sees > To the other two > > And the dog is a mutt of the planet? > > Nah. Mark is just full of it more than usual tonight. > > Mark in Seattle > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Marianne Rizzo > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 6:46 PM > To: joni list > Subject: Instagram number 2 > > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > Look > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:41:42 -0600 > From: Kate Johnson > Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 > > I think I can hear Myrtle: > "You're going to EAT off that table after that dog's been on it?" > LOL > Kate > > b?b > 1b.b?b > 1b.b?b > 1b. > Stubblejumpin'Gal > http://goldengrainfarm.blogspot.com > > Follow me on Twitter: > https://twitter.com/#!/blondiblathers > > On 2013-04-13, at 7:46 PM, Marianne Rizzo wrote: > > > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > > > Look > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:57:56 -0400 > From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com > Subject: "For The Roses" on LP > > I have bought FTR on white label pressings many times and I like the sound. Has anyone bought a Japanese pressing of it? I think Reprise reissued it on 180 gram; is that right? Please compare / contrast in your own words. > > There is an unopened copy of unknown pedigree on eBay right now, available for an opening bid of $400! LOL. No thank you! > > Jim L'Hommedieu > Columbus, Ohio, USA > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:12:17 -0400 > From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com > Subject: RIP: specialty stereo stores, njc > > The last great specialty stereo store in my town (Columbus, Ohio) has closed. These guys sold everything from $50 headphones all the way up to cost-is-no-object brands like Krell and Wilson Audio. They specialized in 2-channel stereo for 34 years and they will be missed by many of my generation. > > If I decide to buy different speakers, I will have to drive 2 hours to Cincinnati to hear the alternatives. > > Jim L'Hommedieu, who has a few more grey hairs every year > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #479 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:31:21 +1000 From: Don Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #477 I was lucky enough to see Jon Anderson play a solo gig in Sydney last week and he did Moon Ra. It was just Jon and a nylon string guitar, a strumstick a ukulele and the piano and 2hr 45mins of sublime music. He was one of the bets concerts for a long time. Don Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:01:35 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: "Olias of Sunhillow" by Jon Anderson, njc I was cleaning records tonight and came across an LP I haven't played for too long, "Olias of Sunhillow" by Jon Anderson. I liked it so well that I bought a backup copy. He had lots of good ideas back then and I always enjoy this record. There are lots of ambient backgrounds on this but I like the minimalist melodies he put on top. Maybe others would call this an ambient record but not me. My favorite track is "Moon Ra / Chords / Song of Search". It's available as a CD or as MP3s on Amazon. iTunes has it too. Jim L'Hommedieu - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #477 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:42:30 -0700 From: shadows and light Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 such a great composition. thanks, shelli On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Marianne Rizzo wrote: > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > Look ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:24:43 -0500 From: Arkay Adkisson Subject: You might like Joni on Flipboard Here's a compilation of Joni Mitchell Instagram shots. Check out *Joni* by Arkay http://flip.it/Iqboz Arkay Adkisson Piercedcanvas@gmail.com [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of FlipboardCover.jpg] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:46:32 -0400 From: Marianne Rizzo Subject: Instagram number 2 http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 Look ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:19:01 -0700 From: "gene" Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 As always, wonderful insight Mark. I don't believe this photo was staged eventhough I can figure out what the dog is doing on the table---other than the fact that she is giving her companion and best friend some attention. Joni is forever timeless and beautiful. gene - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" To: "Marianne Rizzo" ; "joni list" Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:24 PM Subject: Re: Instagram number 2 > Wow. This image fascinates me. The positioning of the dog and the > ceramic frog ashtray (dog and frog?) create a diagonal slope with Joni's > head at the top. And then there's the positioning of that strange looking > mirror in the front. The shape creates another visual balance point in > the composition of the picture. The frog also has an oval shape in it's > back. And then there's the face of the strange figure that forms the base > of the mirror, looking in the opposite direction that Joni is. I wonder > if Joni is looking in the mirror at the image she is creating for this > photograph? Or is she just looking down at the dog? Her left eye seems > to droop which does make her look sad. It also accentuates that visual > slope. Maybe it's just the camera angle or the position of her head. > > Of course I'm talking a lot through my you know what because I'm no expert > on photographic or any other kind of visual artistic composition. Given > some wisdom (questionable) and a lot of jive, here. > > I will admit that she looks much older than her actual age. It makes me > think that whatever health struggle she went through, be it Morgellons or > something else, took a toll on her. I don't recall seeing any pictures of > her during the time we were hearing about that. We got her words > occasionally in this or that interview, but until recently, I don't > remember seeing current images of her. > > Maybe she lay down golden in time but woke up before vanishing completely. > I am very grateful for that. > > Lots of feelings about this one. Ever since Joni has been appearing in > public again, to me there seems to have been an almost drastic change. > But maybe it's just me. The story about lifting up her chin to see how > she would look if she had cosmetic surgery made me laugh the first time I > read it because I sometimes stand in front of the bathroom mirror and do > the same thing with the top of my face. What if the bags and lines around > my eyes were tightened up and smoothed away? (my beard hides most of what > gravity has done on the bottom ;-) Then I think of two people in > particular, Cher and Joan Rivers. For awhile their faces had this weird > look like they were waxworks figures or mannequins. Now they just look > strange, even grotesque. I'm so glad Joni was wise enough never to have > done that to herself. > > I do think there is beauty in the faces of older human beings. There is > something about these photos of Joni from Instagram that touches a chord > of familiarity with me. Makes me think of a great aunt who lived into her > 90s, only because she was someone I knew and loved from my childhood, not > because Joni resembles her. > > But Joni is not in her 90s. She's not 70 yet. She's a little bit over 10 > years older than I am. It seems that the changes in appearance that time > brings about have accelerated for me in the last ten years. What will I > look like in 10 years? > > As I said before, I have never met her. I know the people who met her up > in British Columbia for the PWWAM viewing seemed just as enthralled with > her as if they were meeting that bold young woman who recently created > such wonders as 'For the Roses' and 'Hejira'. No matter what the outward > appearance is, the same soul must still be in there. I sometimes look in > the mirror and wonder, though. Is that same person still in there today > that was there 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago? To borrow a line from a Judy > Collins song, I often feel 'imprisoned in your bones behind the ising > glass windows of your eyes.' My body is aging and there are certainly > aspects of that that I don't like. But I'm stuck in here for now and I am > most certainly not ready to leave yet. > > I guess what all this rambling boils down to is that I often wish I had a > time machine so I could go back and actually meet the woman I remember > being so fascinated with in my 20s and have the chance to actually > experience that clear soprano voice that reached so deeply into me. > > But although that is not possible, that woman is still there. Her spirit > still resides in that body in spite of whatever changes time has wrought > on it. Making art of one kind or another is an indestructible part of > that spirit. And once again, the photograph in question looks like an > attempt to create a work of art. > > Something just occurred to me on looking at the picture again that is > probably way off the mark. > > He is three > One's in the middle unmoved > Waiting to show what he sees > To the other two > > And the dog is a mutt of the planet? > > Nah. Mark is just full of it more than usual tonight. > > Mark in Seattle > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marianne Rizzo > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 6:46 PM > To: joni list > Subject: Instagram number 2 > > http://statigr.am/p/433489127322930339_13696266 > > Look ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 15:42:34 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Joni in her kitchen I love what Mark said, which I always need to remind myself, is that we don't really know Joni Mitchell - the person, we know her art and music. Having said that, my immediate reaction to this photo was poignant thoughts about watching my mother grow old. She is 75 now, and many aspects of her life have been effected by age just in the last 5 years. Her face, which always looked much younger than her actual age, now has caught up and she has begun to shrink a bit. She was recently diagnosed with macular degeneration (a disease of the retina) and although modern medicine is slowing down the process, her vision has suffered, which in turn has limited her freedom. I noticed what looks like an antique looking glass near Joni's bottled drink. I guess what mostly struck me was the look on Joni's face because I see that look on my mother's face as she is thinking about how to finish her sentences because the memory is not what it used to be. It's a sense of sadness that what was is changing, but there is also this strength that says I will do this with dignity. I am starting to recognize with gratitude that my mother is teaching me how to grow old. Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Catherine McKay Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:19 AM To: Jim; shadows and light; Jack Merkel Cc: Shari Eaton; Raffaele Malanga; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Joni in her kitchen I don't like seeing photos of myself either. Any time, anywhere, but especially now that I'm older. I'd rather stay in some kind of denial, the denial that faces me in the mirror every day when I don't really notice how haggard I sometimes am. I found this photo pretty arty for something that was probably taken with a shitty cellphone camera. I think that's what Instagram is all about, n'est-ce pas? Don't mind me. I'm in a techno-rut, and couldn't be bothered to keep up with that stuff. anyway, Joni is 70, or nearly, and life happens. Disregard the wrinkles and the apparently sad expression. I like the shadows and light in this one and I'd prefer to see this as pensive, rather than sad. I wonder if that's beer she's drinking, or ginger ale? >________________________________ > From: Jim >To: shadows and light ; Jack Merkel >Cc: Shari Eaton ; Raffaele Malanga ; "joni@smoe.org" >Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 10:54:09 PM >Subject: Re: Joni in her kitchen > >I personally don't care for any photos of myself since I was in my 40's. But >even though I don't care for more recent pics of myself, it doesn't bother me >when others post them even though its a big reality check (darn I'm getting to >be an old fart). Fortunately, I'm able to laugh along with Father Time. >It's a great Pic Raf and thanks for sharing even though reality doesn't always >paint the same pretty picture we all have painted in our minds. > > >[...] >> >>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 7:54 AM, Raffaele Malanga > >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> >http://instagram.com/p/X1T1_ek80m/ >> >>>> >> >>>> I find this photo extremely >touching >> >>>> >> >>>> Raf. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #482 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------