Subject: [Harp-L] Lurking day

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

This is very cool, Abner, but you're no lurker. That's just your  temporary 
opinion of yourself post-surgery. I'm sure you'll be back to your  usual 
bright and shiny optimistic look on life and music as soon as you're  back on 
your feet.
 
You are indeed a cool 'cat' and I very much enjoyed your feline  essay.
 
Regards, and my wishes for an immediate cessation of pain...I do know  how 
it goes. Hey, you came through spinal neck surgery, you'll survive  this. If 
your pals want you to be wheeled into Open Mic, I'd suggest you go  along 
with the program. Clearly they want you there, and it'll do you a world of  
good...
 
Keep harpin' with the other gatos, mi amigo. ;)
 
Elizabeth
 
"Message: 6
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:36:10 -0500
From: Abner  <cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Lurking day
To:  "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" _harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx) 

I'm cat wondering the nights and early mornings.
My best hunting grounds  are around the watering holes.
I am a cat, the loves the clear sound of music  around me.
At times you can see me during the day under a large shade  tree,  
relaxing to the great sounds around me.

I'm an old cat.  Not old in time or in mind, but in body.
Almost a year ago I had some healing  to do.
In late winter early spring during my healing I found my partners  old  
$5 harp. I always loved the sound this little thing made.
I'm a  cat, not a musician. Too old and with no real talent to learn.  
But I  love to head the sound this harp makes.
I close my eyes and breath, the sound  is not the same as with the  
other cool cats. These guys can make sound  that touches the very soul.
My sound touches my soul.
I picked up books,  my cool cat wife would buy me sounds from very old  
cats that are no  longer here.
She would take me to see great cats perform.
Charley  Musselwhite was one of them.
She helped me heal.
One day I found this  watering hole. I had to learn my place. Some cats  
were very friendly  with me from the start, with some we had to learn  
to respect each  other. In time we were able to drink from the watering  
hole with out  too much of a fight.
In time I asq many questions and got a lot of  learning.
Picked up more harps.  My great cat bought me others plus a  great mic  
and amp from a cool cat ( Gregg Harmann ).
I learned to  play with other cool cats.
I learned to play in front of other cool  cats.
They have seen me grow from a shy cat who could only toot very  shyly  
to a cat that enjoys playing.
Right now like most days the  pain bring me out of a good sleep. I have  
not played in 3 weeks. I  tried to make some sound but the pain is too  
much.
This old cat not  in mind or soul but in body needed a compleat knee  
reconstucted, so  I'm homebound.
The other very cool cats keep asqing me to be wheeled in. They  say I  
can play with them sitting down.
We will see. We will wait.  We will get better in time.


Abner ( BluEyes, an old cat loving the  sound )"


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