[AGL] Oscar Peterson dead at 82, Gerry alive at 71

[Connie Clark]

thank you so much for thinking of me - I hope your
holidays are happy also.
Connie



--- Michael Eisenstadt <mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Gerry,

> 

> Happy holiday to you Gerry and you Connie and

> the rest of you ole time ghettoites.

> 

> reading a book about Jerusalem and Rome. author

> quotes a funerary inscription: non fui, fui, non

> sum, non curo.

> 

> I wasnt (before i was born), i was (alive), i am not

> (alive)

> I have no cares.

> 

> Mike

> 

> Original Message -----

> From: "Gerry" <mesmo at gilanet.com>

> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto

> Daze in the 60s"

> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 8:10 AM

> Subject: Re: [AGL] Oscar Peterson dead at 82

> 

> 

> > Very rewarding to see Oscar's death making so many

> newscasts. I would

> guess

> > the most publicity of any jazz musician in recent

> memory. I have his page

> > dialed in on Rhapsody and am spending Christmas

> morning listening to his

> > music, currently his album of Cole Porter tunes.

> >

> > Very cold yule AM here, single digits. Running low

> on firewood during a 3

> > week cold spell. Also running low on the energy

> required to split more,

> > might have to drag out the electric heater

> wherever it might be. Big 71

> > coming up in a couple of weeks. Alas, whatwith the

> years and the

> > increasingly more active cancer I am growing old,

> even seeing the world

> > through the eyes of a senior person, thinking of

> dumping a ton of

> > possessions, thinking of moving into town and a

> small apartment and one

> old

> > car, just the computer, basic wardrobe, couple of

> guitars, a few books,

> and

> > kitchen stuff. Don't know how near the end might

> be but definitely not far

> > enough to make long-term plans.

> >

> > Meanwhile, my companions this Christmas will be

> the sandhill cranes, a

> > couple of hawks who roost here (both giants, one a

> northern harrier and

> the

> > other a big red tail). And, of course, the huge

> full moon in Cancer near

> the

> > solstice. The owls and/or the bobcats have taken

> my cats. I bought me a

> > couple of nice Navaho rugs from a good buddy who

> trades in same. They

> really

> > brighten the living room. Also a Kenny Hill

> guitar, which brightens my

> soul.

> >

> > Happy Holidays to you all,

> > G

> 

>