The last bit dealt with music (some of it). This part will cover some of the other stuff. Like food. And people. Paz, the shrimps... God, the shrimps! The only shrimps I've ever eaten were the frozen ones. I like those, but, after eating those barbecued tender morsels (hmm, tastes kind of like chicken - doesn't everything?), I'm not sure if I can settle for the frozen shrimp ring anymore. I have been totally spoiled. There is no such thing as TOO MUCH shrimp. Speaking of Paz, I don't think I even mentioned in my previous (music) post Miguelito's marvellous singing and instrumental (keyboards and guitars). This guy can do EVERYTHING! And, not only Joni, but so many of my other favourites - Sarah MacLachlan, Dave Matthews, Jonatha Brooke - and his guitar-playing sounds JUST LIKE the originals (how he do that?) And now, coming back to me, is Willie the Shake's soulful, bluesy guitar and voice. And Marcel! I forgot Marcel - who could forget Marcel? Your version of "I think I understand" is very close to the version I hear *in my head* but which I have been unable to reproduce myself. John van Tiel - thank you for saving some chocolates and cheese for me - they really DO go together, and not just because they both start with "ch". Ashara, why do I have this weird feeling I've met you before? When I met you, it felt like I already knew you somehow, and it's not just because I've seen pictures of you. I've been driving myself crazy since, wondering if you look like someone I know, but I had the strangest feeling of deja vu when I met you. I had a bit of that with some of you whose pictures I had also seen, so I knew when I saw you immediately who you were - some of you, not all of you - but with Ashara, it was a really strong feeling of "Don't I know you?" Not something I've experienced very often in my life. Rose from Joisey, thanks for the hugs! Jimmy from Fla, you really do have a beautiful smile and thanks too for the hugs and for being with me on stage when we *tried* to assist in the singing of "Song for Sharon" (if only some of us could remember the words, or read the small print on the lyrics page - but Jimmy did wonderful "Doo doo doos" that soared above the crowd. So, when the singing had ended, and the cleaning-up was done, we all packed up to hit the road for Ashara's. My trunk laden with a bag of garbage (we even took the garbage with us, folks), Les from England in the front seat, Kerry and Steve in the back, we attempted to locate Ashara's place. Man, was it dark! This is rural New England, people. You can actually see stars in the sky! And the moon was full but still, it was DARK. And none of us knowing where we're going... Several wrong turns and turnarounds and roundabouts later (the Massechusetts road system seems really strange to me - you can never just go from point A to point B!), we finally ended up chez Ashara. Again, I want to thank Les for his navigation skills. Without you, I wonder where we might have ended up? Part 4, "The House", coming up sometime soon... Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca
