Guinnevere

Had green eyes

Like yours, m'lady like yours

I gotta hand it to these guys from the 1960s who, with loads of  musical talent and drive, went out and relentlessly chased their dreams...of course, every dream has a caveat...

In Illinois, I heard the Byrds doing Mr. Tambourine Man on the radio and I was hooked...the Byrds were cool and I was excited to be moving to California...the music scene was exploding, FM radio was taking off and I was having a blast, trying to be a rock-n-roll star, too...the idea of being young, independent, singing songs about pretty girls and playing cool guitars appealed to me...

I'm not surprised David Crosby died, just that he managed to live so long... but with the Byrds and CSN, he really blazed a musical path few can match, so he deserves a place in the R&R history books...

I was at an Odetta concert at the Lobero in 2008, she was getting on in the years and wheelchair bound, but she was wonderful and a real legend...it was a crowded night and I ran into David Crosby in the lobby...

for a minute, I was running with the pack...

Marie's the Name

of his latest flame

ok then, what's up with the New Year? I watched in horror and glee the Republicans tried to elect a Speaker of the House and it was CRAZY

after 15 votes, Kevin McCarthy, the Bimbo from California, finally wins but he had to bribe his colleagues for votes..then he thanks Trump, a domestic terrorist/traitor for his influence...Trump, the Influencer...ha ha ha

The storms are nice but boy did that rain come down on the 9th...whooosh! Some people say we're still in a drought, but they are full of it...now we got more water than we know what to do with and the roofers are running around patching but they can't keep up!

Deborah Schwartz, daughter of the late, great Naomi is a kleptomaniac it appears...she allegedly lifted a nice Navajo rug from a Santa Barbara business à la David Landecker...never trust a Democrat..

Noozhawk got the scoop..I don't get scoops because it's easier to comment on a reporter's scoop...I'm a scoop-lifter!

But I did think it interesting that in the Naomi Schwartz County building, there are some nice artsy rugs and maybe Deb just wanted to donate her rug to her mom's building!

Jeff Beck was a fantastic guitarist, from the Yardbirds to Truth, and he left us a legacy of great music!!

I had a dream about Lisa Marie Presley: 

The warm January winds were blowing last night and I had a series of rather intense and vivid dreams...

I was at an underpass in Montecito and a girl walks by me wearing a white dress, a veil and no shoes...I yell at a guy in the ice plant and the girl stops, turns around and says "What?"

I tell her I wasn't yelling at her so she keeps walking, then I shout "Hey!" and she turns around and starts laughing and walks towards me. She looks like Lisa Marie...

We head up to the Old Coast Rd and start walking to Santa Barbara, by the golf course...her shoes are back on...she asks if she can hold my hand, so we hold hands and it's a perfect fit...her hands were beautiful and so soft...

the softest hands I've ever held...

Snowbird

So, little snowbird, take me with you when you go

To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow

There's a story about a snowy owl hanging out in Cyress, CA and people are flocking there to get pictures:  'Like Seeing Santa Claus on a Beach'

Around Christmas time, I saw this bird on the big tree by the highway...I couldn't quite ID it, it's not the greatest picture but it had an owl-like face and I thought it may be a Northern Harrier.. but now with this story, I wonder if it wasn't the snowy owl before it headed south.

Snowy owls in Southern California are about as rare as snowy owls in Southern California but it's a cold winter and maybe that's the one...

I'd like to think it is