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Rod at BB Kings 5/17/02 Photo by Jay Hagan
A Thought for Today
You will grow more if you attempt to travel with giants.
News Flash! Utrecht update - scroll down.
I'd like to think the
photograph above is pretty much what Holland concert goers will see this
weekend in Utrecht.
Should be a lot of fun and I
hope it doesn't snow!
-Ken, Johannesburg, South
Africa, December 10
FROM the¨BOOKS
SNOW
I’ve tried to make a diary
entry out of snow. It melts as quickly as it’s put to paper. Why I wonder? Denver
winters are a fact of life. Amsterdam has turned my ear a dozen kinds of red in as many
years. Just how the snow came down in Washington and Edmonton and Portland, long ago, is
easily remembered.
London: when the first flake falls half the city’s given to pretending it’s the
first time ever. Therein lies the clue. Like a half-forgotten joke, surprises lose their
awe, relived, retold.
If I could talk with truth about Detroit, or all those years in Elko, I’d have
fantasies and truths to fill a volume, but snow melts in the telling.
- from "Come To Me In Silence," 1973
UPDATE FROM UTRECHT
Joke was kind enough to send the
following pre-concert report through yesterday.
Good morning Mr. Ken,
I'm a visitor on Rods site this morning (like nearly every day..) and I
did read your good wishes for us, the concert goers today in Utrecht.
Thanks a lot, because we (my friends Inge, Lydia and me) are so lucky to
be there!!!
Yesterday we were at the rehearsal from the orchestra (with David on the
piano) and later this morning we will meet Rod at his rehearsal, YES!!!
Today is THE day! And of course we will be tomorrow at the concert too!
The photo is taken yesterday at the Jaarbeurs, from left to right:
Lydia, me and Inge.
Do you want to receive
the pics I will make today? I can send them if you like?!
And there is no snow, but is cold, about 2 degrees, brrr...
Have a nice súmmerday in Joburg!!!
Lots of greetings,
Joke.
Thanks for the feedback, Joke. The venue
at Jaarbeurs looks absolutely HUGE!
I can feel your excitement from here and
I can't wait to hear more from you about the concert itself. I'll post
the details here as soon as they are received.
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