Memoirous

The Impossible First Colin O'Brady Scribner January 2929  In the book The Impossible First, Colin O’Brady suffered from the cold, infinite whiteouts, and the startk loneliness. And, that was the everyday stuff. One day in particular was hard enough that he thought he might quit. His wife surprised him by arranging a call between Colin and the singer Paul Simon. Like O’Brady, I’m a fan of the Graceland album. I love in particular the conversational tone to the lyrics, as if we’ve been invited into his RV to hear him perform some new material. Simon for his part during the call was intrigued by O’Brady’s journey across Antarctica. He related that making art “is a process.” Much like O’Brady in the harness for 12 hours to achieve sometimes only 12 miles a day, the process is one step at a time, one word, or lyric, effort, attempts. It doesn’t seem like we’re making progress, but we are. I enrolled in Story Studio’s Novel-in-a-Year program withJames Klise . We’re working the proces...

What do we do when we get too old? What is too old? The Boomers are taking over, sucking the pension right out of the Millennials. We are taking most of the resources and leaving behind deficit, decay, and a planet in distress. So for the good news— I like to write and listen to music and so I love All Songs 24/7 from NPR because it introduces me to MANY styles and new stuff. It helps me feel relevant. As if I can have an opinion on Brandi Carlisle and Cardi B. This is important in the journey to getting old, being able to have opinions and act like I know what’s going on. It’s all an act. So I’ve been discovering and rediscovering some old musicians such as Marianne Faithful and Paul Simon, who both in their 70s, have put out new work, their latest (last) album. Marianne Faithful, whose biography, has so many re-boots that she truthfully shouldn’t be here. I won’t go into detail, because that would be impossible, let’s just say she doesn’t give up. Maybe g...