Creativity can be a struggle sometimes...I mean, it's not like I don't want to be making music, it's just that sometimes one of the other muses is calling and music gets to be a distraction.
It's like some days there's a traffic jam inside my head, one thing wants to come out more than the other....then it's all about coordination. Having a partner means working with their creative juices too. Are they too tired, or too distracted by their own thoughts? Does everybody feel in the mood? Or is only one person ready to jam?
When that happens, it sure is good to have alternatives. This blog, for example, is a very good alternative when Jack's not feeling well, or isn't in the mood to do music. I sometimes go down to the studio by myself and play around, but it's a lot more fun with Jack.
So today is one of those writing days....glad to have more than one muse.
For me, right now Fifty Five Is The New Thoughts on Muses....there's more than one way to be creative.
When I was heading toward my Double Nickel Birthday in April 2009, the age 55 seems to be a lot of things. In this blog I will chronicle my thoughts about 55 Is The New, for the year beginning December 2009 because...well...that's when I felt like starting the blog. The entries will include that important day, my actual Fifty-Fifth birthday on April 14, 2010 and will continue for my entire fifty fifth year, concluding on April 14, 2011.
Randi on stage @ 1444 Market Street 1997
Randi on Stage 1997 at 1444 Market Street, SF, CA
Jack and yours truly today
Randi and Jack on the "Cadillac Campsite Tour"
Welcome To Fifty Five Is The New!
Hello out there!
What's it to you, turning the age of Fifty-five? You don't have to be turning it tomorrow, you could have already turned that corner a while back. That part doesn't matter so much.
While it's important what one feels, what matters most of all that one feels, that one feels anything at all.
So, as an exercise in self-examination and a way of getting over an incredible writer's block, I submit this blog to the World Wide Web, and I submit myself to a bit of mirror gazing.
Inspired by the movie "Julie & Julia," I will blog for one year, which will include my turning fifty-five, and see what I find.
Who knows? Maybe fifty-five will be something fantastic...like the New Me.
What's it to you, turning the age of Fifty-five? You don't have to be turning it tomorrow, you could have already turned that corner a while back. That part doesn't matter so much.
While it's important what one feels, what matters most of all that one feels, that one feels anything at all.
So, as an exercise in self-examination and a way of getting over an incredible writer's block, I submit this blog to the World Wide Web, and I submit myself to a bit of mirror gazing.
Inspired by the movie "Julie & Julia," I will blog for one year, which will include my turning fifty-five, and see what I find.
Who knows? Maybe fifty-five will be something fantastic...like the New Me.

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