Saturday, April 06, 2013

Hopping down to Memphis Town

Yes, folks it's that time once again: As usual, I started out at Albany. I'm flying the Friendly Skies today: No more 737's to CLT: Since it's good Friday. I stopped in the Prayer room: An amerijet flight to CVG: Free Wi-Fi! Cape Air to BOS: Then I went down stairs and waited. Soon, we were off to Newark(Commutair Bombardier Dash8-q200): Ashokan Reservoir in the Catskills: Ski Run somewhere in Jersey: Gear down: Garden State Diner: Where I had the Blue Suede Burger: while wearing my blue suede shoes: Yes, I know I should have fasted on Good Friday, but I reverted to Calvinism this weekend. The gate where Flight 93 on that fateful day: On my way to Memphis (ExpressJet Embraer ERJ145XR:) This was the view the way down: Touchdown in the rain:

Sunday, March 24, 2013

shaking the airport

Not many folk know that the Albany airport once had another life: It was the Home of the Shakers. Not much is left, just a few old abandoned buildings: I had mean to visit Ann Lee's grave. Maybe this week. Across the road, it's a different story: and spring is finally here, since I got my bent out:

Sunday, March 17, 2013

The wrong kind of irish

Begorrah, I should be drinking on of these: But, Instead I'm drinking my true national drink: And that ain't no Long Island Iced Teas It's a little different being scots-irish. I don't think we had much emphasis on drinking and green stuff. Unless it's this kind: That there's Collard Greens, y'all. You see, most of my kin moved here to escape religous prosection. That's probably why Southerners take religion more seriously - We're still descended from those folk who got the 'God Gene', whereas most of folks came to America to escape religous prosection. Does that mean I think the country should resemble this? No, but that also doesn't mean I can't admire General Lee flummoxing the yankees once again. Until next week, eat them greens!

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Strum that thing

So Saturday, it was supposed to be 45, so I got out on my bike right? well, there was six inches of snow and it was only 21, so to Crossgates I went: and then back to the Guitar Center. $60 later: It's used Lucero. For those whose say you need to spend more, consider that Rock music got started with a Teenager playing a $10, 10-year old Kay. I think just for picking, it'll be alright: and I wound up at the Times Union Center for a Devils game: Today, I did get out for a ride:
From 2013-03-10
From 2013-03-10
From 2013-03-10
and I think I found another new hobby:

Sunday, March 03, 2013

The quiet day

The cathedral had a quiet day: It's a half day where you meditate on the meaning of life. Me, I was bit fidgitey, and spent most of my time wandering around and about: I was thinking about my two muses: Father Gibault and Elvis. Father Pierre Giubault was a priest in what became the state of Illinois during the american revolution: I ran acrosss him when I doing my first attempt at fiction writing, and he's stayed with me. I've always felt a bond with him, and maybe one day, I'll be able to do his story justice. And then there's 'Brother' Presley: When I moved mom back to Memphis, I was watching this very video, and felt something reaching ou to me. I followed that dream: and it's a hit (with the writer's guild, at least). I've got him all the way up to Opry appearance. Meanwhile, back in Albany: The snow was mostly gone, so I went for a bike ride! only 10 miles, but hey, I got out. And Elvis? He's been speaking to me ("Ms. Jana, you want to write about me? Well, get yourself a guitar, gal. It don't have to fancy. Heck, look at my first one"). So I off I went to the local Guitar. It appears I'm not cool enough for a guitar, since no one wanted to wait on Moi. oh,well, maybe I'll try a local store or a cheapie online one. I was going to ride again today, but :

Sunday, February 24, 2013

She's real fine, post 409

Well, yesterday was my 52nd birthday. I started out at Crossgates: and then next door, to the world's largest Walmart: and then headed over to the Downtube for a set of pedals: Before heading to Troy and Lunch at Dinosuar BBQ:

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

How I spent monday

well, first I did a few laps of the mall:
From 2013-02-18
From 2013-02-18
and the I hit the Berkshire extension: and crossed the line: Before ending up at the Norman Rockwell Museum: which is not a bad place. Mr. Rockwell's Last studio was here. They have his bike on display! I had lunch at Friendly's before heading back over twenty. This is Nassau(Not Nassau County), NY

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Nemo

we only had about 6 inches, which was enough. Yes, it had been plowed

Sunday, February 03, 2013

A Blog without pictures?

well, its been too cold to do much outside , so I've been working on my Elvis book. Most folks seem to think that elvis appeared out of nowhere on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956. Actually, he had been performing for about 2 years at that point. He had been playing around Memphis, when July 30, 1954, he and his band(Scotty Moore on Electric Guitar and Bill Black on double bass) opened for Slim Whitman at the now Levitt shell in Overton Park: Slim remarked that he had been upstaged, and Sam Phillips used the publicity to get the boy on the Grand Ole Opry: . The Opry was and is a very conservative place, so it turned into a one night stand. However. all was not lost. Scouts for the Opry's more adventuresome rival, the Louisian Hayride, were in attendance, and Elvis and Company soon were appearing in Shreveport every Saturday night. And it turned better for him. The Hayride was syndicated, and had a "Touring company" that would hit the bigger cities like Dallas and Houston, which in turn help Elvis to go from a Memphis artist to a national one, The Hay