A “certain member” here on Locals sent me a Yankees hot dog for Martha. Did that same person send Greg one? You know who you are, you can let us know if you want to.
Gus’s is in good shape. I recently had to take away Martha’s when she was eating the stuffing (see picture). It was her favorite while it lasted!
The cigar and the autumn afternoon was bringing back a memory so I thought I’d get it down
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
“It is easier to fool people, than to convince them, that they have been fooled.”
— attributed to
Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Mark Twain
(a direct reference cannot be found in his work, but it was attributed to him in the 20th century)
“Cowboy Church”
We were invited to ‘Cowboy Church’ during one of our first visits to Montana.
‘Cowboy Church’ involves the eponymous Cowboy(s), hymns, several amateur musicians (in our case two guitars, a standing bass, and an accordion), whisky (lots of whisky) and a campfire.
I of course decided to wear my cowboy hat, a Stetson ‘Carson’ in black.
Unbeknownst to me, the sure sign of a ‘Dude’ or in current parlance a ‘Poser’ is a snakeskin hat band, which I have. Normally it’s a store bought rattlesnake skin hat band.
My lovely bride and I were amongst the group, having a marvelous time, singing, and taking sips from the bottle of whisky as it was passed around. When a group of 3 cowboys approached me to have a little fun at my expense.
“Nice hat.” One said giving me the once over
“Why thank you!” I replied
“Uh-hem” another started
“What kind of a…Rattlesnake is that? I don’t believe I’ve seen one like that, where’d you buy it?”
I replied “I didn’t...
