Last week I went on a retreat in western North Carolina at a place called "The Mountain"


Yep, that's the view from the cabin's front porch.
A very magical place.

Charlie goes to Jazz Fest!

I went to day 2 of "New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival" to hear two acts...

The first was Cowboy Mouth... I've posted on them before!

The second was Simon and Garfunkel!! really.

While the tornadoes missed us... the bad weather had made the whole field muddy.

By the time S&G appeared, though, people were standing in the puddles, and the sun came out! The music was nice... they played almost entirely old covers, though one of the songs... maybe Cecelia(?) had what sounded like a Grateful Dead tune stuck in the middle of it... which was fun.
I wonder if this is the last reunion.

That's all for now.

Gay Easter Parade, French Quarter, New Orleans

Ysterday there were several Easter Parades... this was the latest one in the afternoon... the gay one!

As the crowds gathered on Bourbon Street....



First a band...


Then lots of carriages, and pickup trucks








That's it... caught some beads... some other guys caught teddy bears or teddy ducks.