The Sky Was Yellow And The Sun Was Blue!

The Sky Was Yellow and The Sun Was Blue...

The Wheel and The Quilt

(copyright) AAvary Mandala

"The Wheel is turning and you can't slow down. You can't let go and you can't hold on. You can't go back and you can't stand still. If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will" "But the spirit she moves me. In fact she pushes me along It's a patchwork quilt of a life can't stop the river Just let it roll." "Won't you try just a little bit harder? Couldn't you try just a little bit more? Won't you try just a little bit harder? Couldn't you try just a little bit more?" "A patchwork quilt of a life, memories embroidered on your soul" "nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile..."

Everyone Needs an Altar!

My Brother Dan gave this to me...you ask just what is it besides a picture of Jerry with two cheesy skull stickers, some glass pebbles, two plastic babies and a rose in a bottle cap?!! Well, let's just say my brother was NOT a fan of the Phat Man...but he knew I loved Garcia/Grateful Dead...and he used to joke that it was my religion. And with every religion he'd say "you have to have an altar" so he made this little sculpture for me...not really so much a sculpture, eh? Rather a kitsch of sweetness. And I'm sure if he heard me call it a sculpture he'd promptly "correct" me and say "It's an ALTAR not a sculpture cb!" Anyway, Jerry/Altar/It glows in the dark and as Dan(or Lord Snott as he legally changed his name to)  said..."every altar's purpose is to bring light" (mind you he said this with a snicker and an eye roll towards the sky all the while mocking me and those "dirty hippies", a group of which I was included (me of course being "different" he'd say because I like perfume and makeup). Dan was about as religious as a stone and as a professed atheist he wasn't big on altars. Nevertheless, as he said, Jerry seemed 'harmless if dirty enough'. 'And I suppose if you're gonna pray at any altar music is the "right" altar to pray at!'  Ah Dan...beautiful, arrogant, intelligent, quirky, delightful brother...Ain't no doubt he has soul and spirit. Atheist or no, my brother is full of Light and Love. Perhaps it comes out a bit like sandpaper..."just enough to smooth off any rough edges" he might say...hey, he built me my own altar!! And a guy with a good sense of humor is a treasure! Especially if he's your brother!! And this gift made up of bits and pieces that add to no monetary value is perhaps one of my favorite gifts and possessions! A gift I treasure! 

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"The Wheel"

"The Wheel"

The wheel is turning
    and you can't slow down
    You can't let go
    and you can't hold on
    You can't go back
    and you can't stand still
    If the thunder don't get you
    then the lightning will

    Won't you try just a little bit harder?
    Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
    Won't you try just a little bit harder?
    Couldn't you try just a little bit more?

    Round round robin run around
    Gotta get back where you belong
    Little bit harder, just a little bit more
    Little bit farther than you than you've gone before

    The wheel is turning
    and you can't slow down
    You can't let go
    and you can't hold on
    You can't go back
    and you can't stand still
    If the thunder don't get you
    then the lightning will

    Small wheel turn by the fire and rod
    Big wheel turn by the grace of God
    Everytime that wheel turn round
    bound to cover just a little more ground

    The wheel is turning
    and you can't slow down
    You can't let go
    and you can't hold on
    You can't go back
    and you can't stand still
    If the thunder don't get you
    then the lightning will

    Won't you try just a little bit harder
    Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
    Won't you try just a little bit harder?
    Couldn't you try just a little bit more?

Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used WITHOUT permission.

"Death Don't Have Mercy" 09 october 1989 Hampton VA

The Sky Was Yellow and The Sun Was Blue

Sunshine daydream Walk you the tall trees Going where the wind goes Blooming like a red rose Breathing more freely Light out singing I'll walk you in the morning sunshine Sunshine daydream Walk you in the sunshine

Loser

"Last fair deal in the country, sweet Suzy Last fair deal in the town Put your gold money where your love is, baby Before you let my deal go down..."

FOREVER...

there is so little in my life that has consistently and profoundly (key here!)

made a true difference in everything that I am as a human being.

Grateful Dead

if a woman such as myself hasn't been blessed with children

(though I love being an aunt and I by no means feel left out

nor feel "need" and Mighty did feel like my child as I adore him

here or not he will always be "here" for me)

then the passion i have for this band/community/

entity/spirituality has been as beloved as any child could ever be

i have never loved it less even when i couldn't stand to hear it

24/7...we have love because of it

what a great gift that Phat Man and Fellowes

gave us

what a great gift!!!!

there has been nothing finer

nothing more amazingly strong

nothing more "manly"

others have come close

abb will tear your head off on a good day

derek trucks is nothing to frown out

we have years of stunning artists we still cherish and buy

today

but there will be no other thing in my life

that i will love like this

it's not possible

for terrapin is not a thing

to love but a way to think

and that is not a foolish heart

but an eyes of the world