not exactly random

Kinda related to the Dead show that will be sort of posted later on...

(all images you can click to see bigger, if ya wish)

1950-something postcard from my dad to his parents
when he was at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Chief Illiniwek Grateful Dead Steal Your Face

The following pics were not easy for me to find, scan, and post. Why wasn't it easy? It hurts like hell right now typing this... Cassidy died 3 months ago this afternoon. There are many days when I'm not sad but... when I get to thinkin' about it, I really miss him. He was amazing. He was the best darn Dead hiking dog there ever was!

Comin' down the mountain...
down a trail at the end of a day in the Bitterroot Mountains, Montana

HAA! Sleepin' upside down on a patio.

Happy pupper in the backyard.

I Have Seen Where the Wolf Has Slept By the Silver Stream...

Hey now it's me, Sugarmag. Today is a sad day because Zoooma's dog Cassidy died today. Our dogs bring us so much happiness but they don't live long enough, and it is such a painful loss when they are no longer with us. My heart goes out to you, Zoooma.

I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream.
I can tell by the mark he left you were in his dream.
Ah child of countless trees, ah child of boundless seas.


What are you, what are you meant to be?
Speaks his name for you were born to me,
Born to me, Cassidy.

Lost now on the country miles in his Cadillac.
I can tell by the way you smile he is rolling back.
Come wash the nighttime clean, come grow the scorched ground green.

Blow the horn, tap the tambourine.
Close the gap on the dark years in between.
You and me, Cassidy.

Quick beats in an icy heart, catch colt draws a coffin cart,
There he goes and now here she starts, hear her cry.

Flight of the seabirds,
Scattered like lost words,
Wheel to the storm and fly.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by its own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.

Zoooma's (Somewhat) Random Old Postcard & Photo Hour

Well, I don't think I put up many shows in the past week but oh well. Yikes, aside from that 1966 stuff, nothing? I don't remember, I'm not gonna check, but hopefully 3 or 4 shows next week so it'll be a busy one.

Now, just some mostly random old postcards and photos of mine.

The postcards are ones my grandma had kept/collected. She's since passed away and I'm keeping a few but most I don't have any personal connection to so I've been wanting to auction them off on ebay to old postcard collectors... but before then I thought I'd post or two from time to time...

As always, click to see bigger, if you want

Nürnberg (Nuremberg,) Germany 1954

Sister Bay, Door County, Wisconsin 1961

Me. Date Unknown. Circa 2000.




backyard:
the white thing in the middle is my dog sleepin
and the orange thing in the garage
is my '73 VW bus (Westfalia camper)




Shhhhh, he's still sleepin!





Grateful Dead - Greek Theatre, 1982

Speaking of Heidelberg, it's a long way from St. Louis, Cassidy!

Zoooma's (Kinda) Random Old Postcard and Picture Show
		Volume: I'm Not Really Keeping Track

At work (where I am right now) I almost never use the internet but I'll take a moment here and gamble that I can finish and put up this post without getting interrupted by yet another helpless person who needs me to come and take care of their medical needs. Oh wait, that's what I get paid to do... and it's what I've come to enjoy doing... guess I'd better hurry up in case a call comes in and I've got to be out the door in a moment's notice...

as always, click to see it bigger, if ya want

	When my dear ol' Grandma passed away several years ago, I gained possession of her fairly huge collection of old postcards. They've been boxed up for so long and most of them I've been meaning to auction off on ebay... I'm keeping some but most just don't have any sentimental meaning to me plus I don't really like to own stuff. In any case, I thought I'd post one now and then...
Heidelberg, Germany -- 1954 (from my Uncle Paul in the Army while stationed in Europe)

On the end of the Grateful Dead 1995 Summer Tour, driving to Springfield, Illinois (and onto Soldier Field in Chicago) from the campground in Wentzville, Missouri on the morning after the Riverport Amphitheatre shows in nearby Maryland Heights.

Gateway Arch, St. Louis

After heading east to downtown S.L., we (my friend Mike from Coral Springs, Florida was with me) swung north along the Missouri side of the Mississippi River before eventually crossing at Hannibal, hometown of some famous dude named Samuel Clemens.

I promised my friend Sugar Mag a pic of my dog as a puppy... here's one that's kinda blurry. Why this one? I'm saving the best for last (I'll post those eventually for all puppy lovers to go, "Awwwwwww.")

my "Dead" dog Cassidy the Super Samoyed
at about 11-12 weeks old, Nov. 1995





Back to work...

Dead Cool K9

I'm not too much into these meme dealies but last summer I did them for awhile when I had a broken leg. No running or hiking meant less music... and being fairly lazy, I didn't have much else to post ... or didn't feel much like posting anything else. For the most part I've stuck with Unconscious Mutterings which is fun to do ... but this looks like a good excuse to post something else up, at least every Tuesday...

Interpret the theme in any way you wish. You can write a story or a poem, show photos or videos, scan and post a picture you drew, just about anything. The choice is yours. Today's theme: Any part of (or place in) a house

My dog, Cassidy, the Super Samoyed, catching some upside-down Zzzzzzz's on a hot summer day on that spot of cold stone floor in my house when I was living in Missoula, Montana. There's an air conditioning vent right above his tail blowing down on him as well as a ceiling fan blowing overhead. With no direct sunlight, and this room about three feet lower than the whole rest of the house, this little area was the coolest place to be found and he LOVED it on those really warm days in the summertime. Smart dog!!

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