Sigh #2 -

So now Tom Petty has died, after "dying," then "not dead yet," and now, yes, dead.
Fare-well, Mr. Petty. You are leaving holes in many of our hearts. But joy in the music you and your Heartbreakers made all these many years.
I somewhat regret not buying a pair of your raggy jeans at a long-ago antique show in Atlantic City. They had provenance. They looked like you wore them. But they are not you, and would have "just" another odd piece of stuff in our home of odd things.

It's been a while, but the brain feels it's time to list another go-round of "Thirty Thankfuls." Yes, there will always be duplicates. There are few rules to my thirty Thankfuls. It's best that way.

When Tom Petty was a little boy he got to met Elvis. "I came home a changed man." He LOVED to listen to Elvis records. His partents began to worry. (This was just playing on a sports talks radio station, onwhich one host felt the same way about Tom Petty.)

On to Today's List:

I am thankful -

1) for Tom Petty
2) Mozart
3) the soundtrack from "Treme"
4) jazz in general
5) finding the finger picks in the bango case
6) friends knowing stuff about better banjos
7) zinnias

8) the tomatoes that didn't develope blight
9) friends who told be how to deal with tomatoes that developed blight
10) books on making books
11) books on altering books
12) books on art journals
13) my many many many journals - filled and waiting to be filled
14) letters and numbers
15) Our Community Kitchen breakfasts
16) friends and family - duh
17) writing instruments
18) PAPER PAPER PAPER PAPER
19) "YES" adhesive
20) herbal teas with solid flavor
21) deciding to draw rabbits

22) gluten free bread that doesn't have to be kept in the the freezer
23) book and libraries
24) access to fresh vegetables from the garden
25) drawings from old sketchbooks

26) this laptop
27) coffee - though the bag I bought from this vendor got sent to daughter in California

28) farmers markets
29) stuff to do today
30)  another cup of herbal tea
31) more than thirty things for which to be thankfu

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Attempting to get back on a short track today.
Do what you need to do to get through this day and on to the next.
When in doubt, write or draw! Really.
If you need a journal or sketchbook, let me know! Really.

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Fare-thee-well,
Sue

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Prepping for Stillwater, Minnesota's Rivertown Art Festival this first full weekend in October.
Life does go oddly on.