…I arrived yesterday in Santa Barbara for my gig at the Solstice Parade…today I jump into the mix for a deep gulp of the unknown…I embrace this challenge and I know it will be fun and educational.  I am staying at my friends Stan And Joanna's home…they live on the mesa above the Pacific Ocean…I guess one may wish to call this heaven…so I will…and I miss my heaven in Mexico…wish me luck!

…and I am forever grateful for this breath that passes through us all.  I am 64 today…which absolutely amazes me beyond belief.  I have been blessed so deeply.  How does one say thank you to the Universe?  I would think that one must just accept in deep gratitude the magic of Life.  Gracias a La Vida!  To all my dear friends, I am forever grateful to you…especially those who look past my "short comings"…and I don't mean my short Scottish legs…Love to all!  I took this photo today on my new computer…and above all…I bow down in deep gratitude to Beloved Richard…we are dancing with the stars!

…yes, Johnnie Cash…we are and I am rockin' too  I finished my door replacement today and I am stoked…I have caught the wave and I am heading North tomorrow for an extended stay in San Francisco and Santa Barbara….I really wanted to finish that door….the whole execution and process has led to so many ideas and possibilities…when I get back I will continue to cook on new projects…as Richard reminded me today:  Gracias a La Vida!  The Magic continues…it will be great to see my extended family of friends and visits to the ocean…waves are comin' in…waves are comin' in…..

….I moved one of my large oieces up to the bedroom……we completed the last window treatment in The Chapel of Jimmy Ray this week…13 in all…during a short window in time I am trying to work on a replacement door for the one that was sold recently….I am extremely and monumentaly stoked by the new evolving design…the triangular beaded treatment below the mask in the photo was removed from an India kirta from Gujarat……all the while I am preparing for my trip up North to San Francisco and the Santa Barbara Solstice Parade…..and quite magically…by the Grace of all my allies…I will soon be 64………Life is a Gift…..

Door layout

Serpent Template

Glitter fabric for Serpent

…I heard the recording of Keith Jarrett's "Koln Concert" (on a Cassette) in India back in the 70's and have been listening to it off and on for decades.  I had seen him performing with Charles Lloyd in Manila one incredibly stoned evening…We shared a joint. This music that he did that day in Koln back in 1975 is the link that I follow to that divine space of tenderness…my gratitude to the man who played this haunting piece is without bounds…thank you, Keith Jarrett….the youtube link that I have included is just a glimpse (cut and paste the URL and put it in your browser)…I love his vocals!  Love it!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=koln+concert+part+1&aq=2&oq=koln+concert 

….left Easter Sunday for San Francisco for 6 weeks.  I will be joining him on May 16 for two weeks and then he will meet me in Santa Barbara on June 21 and when the Parade is over and all tidy-ed up we fly back to Mexico on June 30 via San Francisco….without Richard we would never have realized these big dreams that we share (we are still dreaming)…he's the "grown up" in the family….not real "grown up"…more like he is a teenager to my "arrested adolescent"…but the mix is good and we are still working at it.  I just wanted to post this and acknowledge his quiet presence that sometimes gets placed in the background as the Anado Show unfolds…but lo and behold, I am just a hand puppet and he is the benevolent hand that reaches out and touches my soul and the souls of others…a True Gentleman in the deepest sense…..