The Wild Wheel of Fun.

From Garrett Garrett's The Wild Wheel:

"With his great friend Thomas A. Edison, the self-made wizard, Ford shared a naïve faith in what they called the value of ignorance. Ignorance was not the right word. Innocence would have been better. What they meant was that in order to act upon a thing in an original manner you have to see it as it is, see it directly, with no labels on it to tell you what it is and no preconceived impressions about it. Thus, as Ford would say, the less you know about a thing beforehand, or think you know, the better."

Been a musical week. Went to Norwich to see Hayseed Dixie. Again! And Robert came too to his first ever gig. Well at least the first that didn't stop halfway through for a raffle...

Had a leap about until I collapsed on the floor, breathless, hot, and sweaty. One bounce short of throwing up. Man, that was good fun.

Last night, we were back at Tibenham Greyhound for a music session. Sitting there wondering whether anyone would come. Couple came in, fiddle and mandocello. Then a couple more, guitar and autoharp. And yet more. Packed the small bar out. Julian arrived, and we squeezed some Skiffle out of him before he could sit down.

Oh, but for him, he wanted to hear an old song. An old song from Them Harvey Boys repertoire. Well, I've only written the one song ever, and I'd like to give you the lyrics now - but I can't. They were on a sticky note on my old Powermac 7100/66, long since wiped clean and pensioned off to a Linux user during the Last Great Brooks Cottage Cleanup of 2004.

I'm so glad I don't sing. With first line remembered, the "One Night Only" (again) Boys set off with a fair recollection version - a few missing words and lines along the way. Good fun though.

Yes. Fun. I was beginning to wonder where it had all gone. Seems it was just there all the time, waiting for me to rediscover it. Lovely.