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To the Beach and Back

We're down at Fort Morgan beach near the mouth of Mobile Bay. Fort Morgan is a masonry fort built between 1819 and 1833. Standing guard where the Mobile Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico, the fort played a significant role in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864 when Farragut said, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead". The Fort is the site of the fall bird banding. Last spring we were across the bay on Dauphin Island for the bird banding. North of the bay is the Tensaw Delta where birds feed before the long flight over the gulf. We stay on the lovely white sand beach on the border of the Bon Secour refuge with miles of undeveloped beach.

Afternoon folks!

This week we start off with 2 albums of Chicago blues from different generations. Starting off is a fine live album from harmonica player Junior Wells backed by Buddy Guy and following that is an album from piano player Little Brother Montgomery showing you how he saw the Chicago blues. Moving on, we have a compilation album of blues guitarist Scrapper Blackwell recordings and then we get modern again with an album from Catfish Hodge. We finish off with an album worth checking out from NRBQ, it has some pretty great tunes on it.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Good morning, good people! I hope this OT finds you all in fine fettle.

A PSA you might find interesting:

Happy Friday everyone. Another week on the third rock from the sun as it spins it's way through the cosmos and TPTB haven't annihilated us yet. I'll take that as a plus. What do you take as a plus this week?

Recently, I received life altering news. No, I don't have a terminal illness (thankfully), and no, on the other side of the ledger I didn't win millions of dollars in the lottery either (no such luck, damn it). No, the life altering news is that I found out I'm not a Baby Boomer. I always thought being born in the mid 50's made me a member of the Baby Boomer generation only to find out not long ago that if you were born between 1954 to 1965 you are not a Baby Boomer, but a member of Generation Jones. What the fuck is Generation Jones?! Now that I'm a member of a different generation does that mean that I should like a whole different type of music and champion different political causes and social issues? I'm so confused. No longer a Boomer and knowing nothing about Gen Jones, I feel like a person without a generation. Oh well, no matter what generation I'm a member of, one thing I know for sure - I still love bacon.
How many of you c99ers thought you were a member of the Boomer generation, only to find out now you're not?

A bakers dozen from my visit to La Jolla Cove with the camera club last month.

Children's Pool, La Jolla

I'm tired. I feel it in my muscles and bones. I have less stamina. This old body's been through a lot.

I'm getting old. I'm not as sharp as I used to be. I can't concentrate like I used to. I have less patience.

But, I'm still here, walking on the grass side of Terra.

Sometimes, while sitting at my desk I'll lean over a little to the right in my chair and look out the window at the beautiful countryside. The cardinals at the feeder, the mockingbird splashing in the birdbath, the multi-colored crepe myrtle trees swaying with the breeze, the squirrel infested and nut laden pecan tree, all outlined by huge loblolly pines and the big blue Texas sky.

And my mind wanders.

Pressure from a civil suit has prompted the District Attorney to reexamine the case against the 7 Cornell students who allegedly raped a classmate in 2024.