Bob Dylan, in the 80th year of his age, still answers the bell.
May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
Amazing, timely. I just got a call from my friend, he’s-an PHd, Aero Space engineer, NASA guy who’s done great things for The Human Race.
He shared that his dog just passed, and he’s hopelessly lost!. I get it! I’m crying for his loss!
ghostsniperJune 8, 2022, 11:38 AM
That’s always tough. Hopefully a ways off for us. But our oldest cat, Caramel, seems to be doing poorly though she is only 10. I hated even writing that, fearing doing so would make it more real. My wife is performing magic with Caramel – My Big Ol Gurl.
PA CatJune 8, 2022, 1:15 PM
Best wishes to Caramel from my two Feline Americans. I’ve grieved for four cats since 2010, and it never gets easier. And speaking of being forever young: it wasn’t that long ago that “grooming” referred to the way that cats lick each other’s fur to remove loose hairs as well as to show which one is the top cat in the household. Anyway, I hope your wife can give Caramel whatever she may need to thrive again.
JackJune 8, 2022, 3:24 PM
I hear you. I have a 14 year old GoldenDoodle. In his younger years he was a holy terror but I hung in with him and for years he has been my boy; well, except when any girl shows up. He’s cray-cray about women.
He’s been having some stomach problems, probably colon related, and I’ve got him on some meds to settle that thing down while he dines on chicken and rice and lays up with me. I know I’ll lose him, probably within a year and I will have him cremated. I get tears in my eyes thinking about that impending event.
His remains will be buried with mine and I wouldn’t think of having it any other way.
DennyJune 8, 2022, 11:30 AM
I first watched Dylan with Joan Baez on tour at the Seattle Center Coliseum in about 1963. I was 17 and he was 20 – 21. In some ways it seems it was just yesterday, in other ways it was a thousand years ago.
He didn’t look anything like that then, but neither did I.
DennyJune 9, 2022, 11:57 AM
I looked it up, Dylan’s first tour was 1965. – He was 23.
ClintonJune 8, 2022, 9:55 PM
Gerard, I’ll be seeing Dylan in a few days. Email me your shirt size and I’ll get you a T shirt.
ghostsniperJune 9, 2022, 4:24 AM
XXL always works!
Only $60. lol
HylandJune 9, 2022, 9:33 PM
That video was from only a year ago? Dylan has been singing in such a gravelly monotonous rattle for ages now, I didn’t know he could hit notes and voice expressions anymore. I’m surprised by this.
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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In mind and heart I will stay forever young.
The body begs to differ.
Me at 83, young as can be, but a bit bothered by all the old farts around that I see! 😉
Amazing, timely. I just got a call from my friend, he’s-an PHd, Aero Space engineer, NASA guy who’s done great things for The Human Race.
He shared that his dog just passed, and he’s hopelessly lost!. I get it! I’m crying for his loss!
That’s always tough. Hopefully a ways off for us. But our oldest cat, Caramel, seems to be doing poorly though she is only 10. I hated even writing that, fearing doing so would make it more real. My wife is performing magic with Caramel – My Big Ol Gurl.
Best wishes to Caramel from my two Feline Americans. I’ve grieved for four cats since 2010, and it never gets easier. And speaking of being forever young: it wasn’t that long ago that “grooming” referred to the way that cats lick each other’s fur to remove loose hairs as well as to show which one is the top cat in the household. Anyway, I hope your wife can give Caramel whatever she may need to thrive again.
I hear you. I have a 14 year old GoldenDoodle. In his younger years he was a holy terror but I hung in with him and for years he has been my boy; well, except when any girl shows up. He’s cray-cray about women.
He’s been having some stomach problems, probably colon related, and I’ve got him on some meds to settle that thing down while he dines on chicken and rice and lays up with me. I know I’ll lose him, probably within a year and I will have him cremated. I get tears in my eyes thinking about that impending event.
His remains will be buried with mine and I wouldn’t think of having it any other way.
I first watched Dylan with Joan Baez on tour at the Seattle Center Coliseum in about 1963. I was 17 and he was 20 – 21. In some ways it seems it was just yesterday, in other ways it was a thousand years ago.
He didn’t look anything like that then, but neither did I.
I looked it up, Dylan’s first tour was 1965. – He was 23.
Gerard, I’ll be seeing Dylan in a few days. Email me your shirt size and I’ll get you a T shirt.
XXL always works!
Only $60. lol
That video was from only a year ago? Dylan has been singing in such a gravelly monotonous rattle for ages now, I didn’t know he could hit notes and voice expressions anymore. I’m surprised by this.