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[Michael Bailey]

hey, sorry to hear that.  I might be able to help some...

we went to the beach today, I got one perfect wave for bodysurfing and
caught a couple other pretty good ones.  small stuff.
Marie has a terrible cold, I was worried Wednesday night and skipped
work, then she was better Thurs and Fri, then yesterday pretty bad but
I went to work anyway and came home at 330 am, gave her some cough
medicine.
I think the sunlight helped her today although I couldn't get her to
swim.  she rarely does.  but sometimes she will.

Her mom had a stroke and is in a rehabilitation center, Marie has a
real hard time verbalizing about people being sick.

we listened to Miles Davis, Kind of Blue LP today - I had bought a
turntable some time ago and took the accumulation of things off the
top of it recently.  Also been listening to Nancy Wilson.  Wikipedia
says she refers to herself as a song stylist.  Very nice!

well hang in there...it's bound to get better!

Mike


On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 8:43 PM, robin lewis <robinlewis7string at gmail.com> wrote:
> Presently I'm completely worried about money.
>
> For the first time in my adult working life I'm looking at having NO money next month after rent and utilities are paid.
>
> Such is life in the golden land of opportunity.
>
> I've been practicing again for a demo I'll be recording with a vocalist. Hopefully we can get some work.
>
> I'm hoping to acquire, paint and sell some chairs, but it's not a short term fix and I have no idea if it will even fly.
>
> At least I'm healthy so far, and have two really nice cats who make me laugh a lot.
>
> We find comfort where we can.
>
> All the best, Robin
> On Apr 3, 2012, at 6:57 AM, Michael Bailey wrote:
>
>> hi Robin!
>>
>> Good day for the first letter of the spring to Robin, or something like that.
>>
>> It really is nice out.  Marie has a bad cold, I was worried and came
>> home at 3 am to give her cough syrup and make her some cocoa which she
>> didn't drink, and went back to work.  It's a little too long a trip
>> for a usual break, 20 minutes each way.  I'd like to move closer to
>> work, at some point.  Cocoa has more theophyllines than coffee, which
>> are supposed to open up the airways.
>>
>> It is really nice out.  Little hot, but a Florida spring is hotter
>> than a Michigan spring (by which all springs are judged...) anyway.
>> Hope she feels better soon, usually I come home beat and just want to
>> sleep all day and she wants to go to the store, but today I wouldn't
>> mind at all.
>>
>> I had left my Bo Diddley guitar at Sandy's for awhile, but Sam wasn't
>> playing it anyway - too busy studying for premed, I guess - so I
>> brought it back home.
>>
>> I borrowed his fingerpicking book, which has Embryonic Journey in it.
>> I've always wanted to learn that.
>>
>> Hope you are doing well.  The weather in Berkeley is probably even
>> nicer.  I seem to remember some very poignant weather there.
>>
>> All right, the truth is I am pretty scattered.  I have about 5 books
>> that I started and haven't finished.  I need to clean the car, do the
>> laundry and the floors, take a bike ride, and I rarely can decide what
>> to do first.  Every day a little progress but also some new stuff
>> coming in faster than I finish stuff, although I have made a good
>> start on organizing my paperwork.
>>
>> How about you?  Hope you're more organized!  I have always admired the
>> many friends you seem to effortlessly make and learn from and have new
>> experiences with.  You have a reaI way with people...especially the
>> ladies...
>>
>> I got some shiitake mushroom extract and vitamin c, but I suppose the
>> most outre kick is the kava extract.  Every now and then I put some of
>> that on my tongue for a pleasant experience... I meant to buy some
>> eggs on the way home and make eggs and toast for Marie and me, but
>> again I was a liittle scattered and didn't get that done.  She's
>> asleep anyway.
>>
>>
>> More confession - I got a good price on all 8 vhs tapes of the Beatles
>> Anthology and I'm wallowing in nostalgia - even though I wasn't all
>> that keen on the Beatles at the time.
>>
>> Like this weather, which is limpid pools of warm comfortable sunshine
>> and a gentle breeze and reminds me of, like, 1966 and grapes from the
>> vine in the backyard and a sheltered feeling that I haven't felt much
>> since then, feeling like it's safe to smile and laugh -- even about
>> silly stuff -- listening to the Beatles is pleasant indeed.
>>
>> the usual worries and things are still present, and even though I'm
>> somewhat scattered, perhaps I will be able to cope.
>>
>> Stay healthy, wealthy and wise!
>>
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> --
>> "Strength you will acquire naturally, if you do plenty of work; and
>> dexterity you will acquire unconsciously with practice; but style you
>> can only acquire by constant attention, and then only if you have a
>> clear idea of what to aim at." - A. F. Jenkin
>



-- 
"Strength you will acquire naturally, if you do plenty of work; and
dexterity you will acquire unconsciously with practice; but style you
can only acquire by constant attention, and then only if you have a
clear idea of what to aim at." - A. F. Jenkin