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3rd & 4th October, 2005 Rod in Concert Holland, December 2005! San Sebastian Strings albums now available on CD! Order now!		Photo by Edward McKuen 9/24/2005 A Thought for Today I always prefer to think the glass as half full otherwise I’d have to consider getting up to make another drink. Spent the weekend pulling tapes from the vault for more re-mastering sessions this week and arranging new songs for recording next week. Lots of catch up work to do and in the process a few discoveries. Don’t forget the rerun tomorrow night (Tuesday) on Oxygen of last weeks Ellen show with Alec Baldwin. Good stuff. Click on the Stanyan House logo to buy Rod McKuen books, CD's and lots more Click on the heart logo to subscribe to the Rod McKuen mailing list Catch Rod McKuen live! Click on the links below for details of concerts and appearances. ROD McKUEN CONCERTS ROD McKUEN APPEARANCES



		Monday 3 October Rosh Hashanah begins at Sundown Ramadan begins at Sundown Labor Day (Australia) Day of German Unity Gertrude Berg o Erik Bruhn o Lindsay Buckingham o Neve Campbell o Chubby Checker o Eddie Cochran o Pamela Hensley o James Herriot o Kaci o Tommy Lee o Warner Oland o Emily Post o Steve Reich o Madlyn Rhue o Kevin Richardson o Gwen Stefani o Stevie Ray Vaughn o Gore Vidal o Eric Von Detten o Jack Wagner o Dave Winfield o Thomas Wolf Tuesday 4 October Rosh Hashanah Armand Assante o H. Rap Brown o Jackie Collins o Rachel Leigh Cook o Clifton Davis o Felicia Farr o St. Frances of Assisi o Brendan Gill o Rutherford B. Hayes o Charlton Heston o Buster Keaton o Sharon LaBell o Patti LaBell o Jan Murray o Frederic Remington o Anne Rice o Damon Runyan o Susan Sarandon o Live Schreiber o Jon Secada o Alicia Silverstone o Alvin Toffler o Leroy Van Dyke

		Each man wants another handful of happiness or what are aspirations for? All of us are here on borrowed time; it’s up to each of us to make the most of it. It’s not your own greatness that matters but how willing you are to contribute to the greatness in others.

THROUGH THE AUTUMN FIELD		Moths fill up the morning and spiders slide down shafts of sunlight, The wind now makes a long, slow moan. Tired of all the old Octobers the moan is more a sigh. Resigned like those of us who face the wind. The wind itself on seeing autumn runs to hide. Bend to me this first long autumn night or let me bend to you. Everything and nothing has passed between us. Autumn is a signpost for the leaving And the coming together. Whether leading us to comfort or despair autumn points the way. -from “Beyond the Boardwalk,” 1975, 1976 Revised 10/3/2005

AND FINALLY

OK, so it’s not politically correct but these days we take our smiles where we can get them. Here’s one provided by BJ Conn and she informs us it was nominated in the UK for Best Short Joke of the year.

I was asked to run a marathon. I said, "Piss off".

They said "Come on, it's for spastics and blind kids."

Then I thought ... Hell, I could win this one.

Sleep warm.

RM 10/3/2005 3:21AM PDST

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