Although for me the annual report, tax deadlines, and accounts payable are keeping me back on the computer (tonight at my parents apartment, at the Greensboro Lofts), outside here in Downtown Greensboro Anthaneum is playing right between the railroad tracks and Natty Greene’s. A band with Mattie Sheets, Gael, and Don from the Green Bean are playing there at the Coffee Shop.
I stepped out for just a moment to get a latte before it was too late.
I watched from right behind Gael on his string bass. His arms were all pumped and the way he controls a note are particularly exceptional. The young guitar player up front carried a frentic groove while Mattie and the others put in the melody and vocals. Everyone in the band really sounded like they were working together. I don’t know what Mattie was singing about but when I listened I became a bit emotional.
Things really suffer in my family life when I have to work so long and hard, but I haven’t achieved a result which allows us the quality of life that we need. Not doing paperwork has negative consequences which are not fun to enumerate.
My grandmother-in-law, Dot Barnwell will be 93-years old this week. She has lived a very productive and active life and is a role model. She is currently writting a short story that is currently titled, A Nanogenarian Looks Back. She is a three time novelist with recognition in Young Adult Fiction and wrote her last book, Years from Home at the age of 88, and she did it by using a computer with Microsoft Word. She tries to complete the crossword puzzle everyday.
