From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #741 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Website:http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe:mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Sunday, August 2 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 741 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- sweet bird sings songs to aging children [Kenney C Kennedy ] RE: Sweet Bird and Aging and whatever else ["Susan E. McNamara" Subject: sweet bird sings songs to aging children I went to NYC in 76 in a new VW van (POS: the catalytic converter didn't have bugs worked out) listening to Hejira, wanting to meet Joni, when I was 25. A year or so ago saw an incredibly beautiful photograph of her, a hippie queen, from THAT year, taken in the SW desert! (DJRD of course came out the year I was there.) Must have looked 15, though I didn't care about my looks. When I got to Dallas TX at 30, and began ballet lessons with a world class company, the professional dancers all thought I was 18. So I have been "blessed" with young looks. Now at 62 I am taken for late 40s usually; but I sure feel the aches of 60s. I just lost my dad, after Mom in 2010; his an excruciatingly lingering end and hers via dementia. (I take after her side in looks.) I cannot reconcile to either fate. But I am yet still blessed in many ways. SWEET BIRD and Don't Interrupt the Sorrow my favorites from THOSL, esp. SB! What a beautifully dreamy piece ... sigh :o) ...Songs To Aging Children Come ~Aging Children, I am One ~People hurry by so quickly ~Don't they hear the melodies ~In the chiming and the clicking And the laughing harmonies? Cordially, kK ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 01:31:39 -0600 From: Rob Procyk Subject: Sweet Bird and Aging and whatever else I'm reading posts completely out of order due to my wonky email and our temperamental Smoe, so I am sorry if this is part of a "me too" chorus. My dear friend Mark, "Sweet Bird" has become so special to me the past few years. Indeed, it may almost be my fave Joni song now, just for the line you mentioned. Lately, the dragging my feet to slow the circles down thing is so very real. I mean, I've always felt the sadness of aging as the years have gone by, but right now, it's all too real. When I think back to how quickly the past 25 years have gone, I'm rattled. I've always looked young and acted younger. Now I'm 45, and while I may not look it, I finally feel it. My standing joke has been "I can't be in my 40s - I still eat candy and watch Scooby Doo reruns!" But it's true - I'm not 6 anymore. I've been married 17 years, I've been orphaned by both parents during the last 7 years, I've had 4 kids and have become the father to teenagers, I've fallen into a complex job... My mantras are a mixture of the Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"and FM's "Landslide" and "Sweet Bird" and "Nothing Can Be Done." I'm not really liking this stage - I know it's just holding pattern until the next age shift brings about a whole new set of intricate issues. However, all that being said, I choose to cling to the idea that happiness is the best facelift. So while I come to terms with the fact that it will never be 1979 again and I'll never be listening to Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" through big-ass headphones in our rumpus room, I'm still comforted that I'm not the only one who has realized that they have woke up vanishing. And, sometimes, we all have to get out of our heads, so I'm sending awesome vibes for all y'all who get to go to SC Jonifest. TGIF, Rob Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:07:59 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Sweet Bird and Aging and whatever else That's great David ... I too feel the happiest and most liberated in my life at this age. I just do what I want when I want to (to a certain extent!) ... but there's the duality again ... particles of change, I know, I know! - -----Original Message----- From: David J. Phillips [mailto:djp@davidjphillips.org] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 1:31 PM To: Susan E. McNamara Cc: Rob Procyk ; joni@smoe.org Subject: Re: Sweet Bird and Aging and whatever else The line that keeps coming to me is "all these vain promises on beauty jars." I'm sixty now, and youth, just plain old youth, has never been so attractive to me. It takes my breath away to see a man in his twenties, or thirties. And I look at myself here - unguents and personal trainers and facials. (There's a New Yorker cartoon of three gay men of a certain age. One is saying "It's not the senior moments that get to me, It's the Death in Venice moments.") And honestly, my life at sixty is about the best it has ever been. But on bad days I look at calendars circled with compromise, or missed opportunities, or just plain erroneous (though well-considered) decisions. Ah well. I smile at the sweet bird, up on its feathers laughing. djp On 31/07/15 11:3705, Susan E. McNamara wrote: > I hear you Rob. I have 12 years on you, and it's really been hitting > home. Yesterday I had to buy two pairs of eye glasses to cover four > levels of seeing - reading/computer and reading/driving ... not only > did I wake up vanishing but my retirement nest egg is vanishing too > ... ch-ching. Plus someone is going to reach planet earth in the next > calendar year who will eventually start calling me the G-word. > Actually, can't wait for that one!!! > > -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org > [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Rob Procyk Sent: Friday, > July 31, 2015 3:32 AM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Sweet Bird and Aging > and whatever else > > I'm reading posts completely out of order due to my wonky email and > our temperamental Smoe, so I am sorry if this is part of a "me too" > chorus. My dear friend Mark, "Sweet Bird" has become so special to me > the past few years. Indeed, it may almost be my fave Joni song now, > just for the line you mentioned. Lately, the dragging my feet to slow > the circles down thing is so very real. I mean, I've always felt the > sadness of aging as the years have gone by, but right now, it's all > too real. When I think back to how quickly the past 25 years have > gone, I'm rattled. I've always looked young and acted younger. Now I'm > 45, and while I may not look it, I finally feel it. My standing joke > has been "I can't be in my 40s - I still eat candy and watch Scooby > Doo reruns!" But it's true - I'm not 6 anymore. I've been married 17 > years, I've been orphaned by both parents during the last > 7 years, I've had 4 kids and have become the father to teenagers, > I've fallen into a complex job... My ma! ntras are a mixture of the > Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"and FM's "Landslide" and "Sweet > Bird" and "Nothing Can Be Done." I'm not really liking this stage - I > know it's just holding pattern until the next age shift brings about a > whole new set of intricate issues. However, all that being said, I > choose to cling to the idea that happiness is the best facelift. So > while I come to terms with the fact that it will never be 1979 again > and I'll never be listening to Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" through > big-ass headphones in our rumpus room, I'm still comforted that I'm > not the only one who has realized that they have woke up vanishing. > And, sometimes, we all have to get out of our heads, so I'm sending > awesome vibes for all y'all who get to go to SC Jonifest. TGIF, Rob > > Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:43:42 -0400 From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Sweet Bird and Aging and whatever else Yes but crows are such SMART birds. At least we have that! Ha ha, or should I say, Caw caw! > On Jul 31, 2015, at 6:21 PM, lawntreader@googlemail.com wrote: > > A friend of mine said that she had always dreaded getting crow's feet around her eyes, then one day she "looked into the mirror and saw the entire crow" staring back. > > Not sure if that's a sweet bird! > Anita > > >> On 31 Jul 2015, at 18:30, David J. Phillips wrote: >> >> The line that keeps coming to me is "all these vain promises on beauty jars." I'm sixty now, and youth, just plain old youth, has never been so attractive to me. It takes my breath away to see a man in his twenties, or thirties. And I look at myself here - unguents and personal trainers and facials. (There's a New Yorker cartoon of three gay men of a certain age. One is saying "It's not the senior moments that get to me, It's the Death in Venice moments.") >> >> And honestly, my life at sixty is about the best it has ever been. But on bad days I look at calendars circled with compromise, or missed opportunities, or just plain erroneous (though well-considered) decisions. >> >> Ah well. I smile at the sweet bird, up on its feathers laughing. >> >> djp >> >>> On 31/07/15 11:3705, Susan E. McNamara wrote: >>> I hear you Rob. I have 12 years on you, and it's really been hitting >>> home. Yesterday I had to buy two pairs of eye glasses to cover four >>> levels of seeing - reading/computer and reading/driving ... not only >>> did I wake up vanishing but my retirement nest egg is vanishing too >>> ... ch-ching. Plus someone is going to reach planet earth in the >>> next calendar year who will eventually start calling me the G-word. >>> Actually, can't wait for that one!!! >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org >>> [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Rob Procyk Sent: Friday, >>> July 31, 2015 3:32 AM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Sweet Bird and Aging >>> and whatever else >>> >>> I'm reading posts completely out of order due to my wonky email and >>> our temperamental Smoe, so I am sorry if this is part of a "me too" >>> chorus. My dear friend Mark, "Sweet Bird" has become so special to me >>> the past few years. Indeed, it may almost be my fave Joni song now, >>> just for the line you mentioned. Lately, the dragging my feet to slow >>> the circles down thing is so very real. I mean, I've always felt the >>> sadness of aging as the years have gone by, but right now, it's all >>> too real. When I think back to how quickly the past 25 years have >>> gone, I'm rattled. I've always looked young and acted younger. Now >>> I'm 45, and while I may not look it, I finally feel it. My standing >>> joke has been "I can't be in my 40s - I still eat candy and watch >>> Scooby Doo reruns!" But it's true - I'm not 6 anymore. I've been >>> married 17 years, I've been orphaned by both parents during the last >>> 7 years, I've had 4 kids and have become the father to teenagers, >>> I've fallen into a complex job... My ma! ntras are a mixture of the >>> Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"and FM's "Landslide" and "Sweet >>> Bird" and "Nothing Can Be Done." I'm not really liking this stage - I >>> know it's just holding pattern until the next age shift brings about >>> a whole new set of intricate issues. However, all that being said, I >>> choose to cling to the idea that happiness is the best facelift. So >>> while I come to terms with the fact that it will never be 1979 again >>> and I'll never be listening to Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone" through >>> big-ass headphones in our rumpus room, I'm still comforted that I'm >>> not the only one who has realized that they have woke up vanishing. >>> And, sometimes, we all have to get out of our heads, so I'm sending >>> awesome vibes for all y'all who get to go to SC Jonifest. TGIF, Rob >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #741 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe