Pups loving to spoon
Senior Muy Guapo, only three days past his 5 month birthday party, proved he’s no ordinary pup. Yesterday he escaped the Vet Clinic where he was scheduled to undergo population control surgery. Luckily the search party is as dedicated to his return to his family’s Wild Street mansion as he too, seemed to be at the time of his daring daylight flight under a fence and into the neighborhood W and N of the clinic on North Lamar. The neighborhood is full of good citizens who seem to be the kind of Americans who side with an underdog. At nine pounds and standing only six inches at the shoulder, Muy is very much an underdog in the traditional sense of the word.
Muy’s mentor, Senior Edwin, the Old Gringo in charge of the Wild Street back yard where Muy has been undergoing Gladiator Middle School with Ms. Dolly and Lady Bug, has offered a reward reported to be “substantial. “I’m hoping Muy’s returned by someone desperately trying to gain weight,” is the only statement issued thus far from the search party base-camp, though rumors of room, board, clerkships and world travel have been floating around.
Wednesday evening’s Sitting, Singing, and Supper session was inspirational. Music of perhaps the finest ever heard in the English speaking, American Country tradition rang joyously from the acoustically perfect walls of Kenneth Threadgill’s old place. Friends and musicians galore squeezed Old Gringo’s tube of Puppy Love Sick blues until the musical pallet was covered with hues that would have done justice to the Hallelujah Chorus.
Earl Poole Ball continues to draw musicians of all ilk from both sides of the river seeking the opportunity to partake. This is a chance to jam with the greatest practitioners of the tradition of musical gumbo that includes solid country, rock and roll with the balls left on, gospel and blues. It is like having Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, the Birds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Jerry Lee Lewis all dancing around the campfire, eyes closed and heads thrown back savoring harmonies that don’t just fall off the truck. What we get on Wednesdays takes years of practice and talent rubbed together until polished to perfection…despite them just meeting as they step on the stage.
And the food is what Beulah said was the most important thing!
After all- We build strength in our shoes so we bear up to the blues and we pack tight our jeans at The Great House of Greens.
Come see me when you’re hungry
-eddie