Kalamazoo

We had a nice little cold front move through last night. The skies are crystal clear blue and the ocean is calm and it’s in the 70s today. On the edge of the ocean you can see the mirage of ‘the elephants marching.’ Well, that’s what moondog calls it. Must be a nautical thing. It’s actually just a mirage of the thermal inversion that makes it look like giant waves moving from north to south on the horizon. When I was a kid I used to think it was the waves of the Gulf Stream… I would dream that I could ride them to the other side of the equator.

I’m really, really broke. ha. I have enough money to maybe eat this week. But I really don’t mind. Of course it would be nice to have more dough and not worry about it. I will have to keep a few bucks out for a little diversion and a coffee a couple of times a day, my main luxury these days. If things get real bad I can always sell off my remaining guitars. All I really need is the old Kalamazoo. It’s amazing just how much you don’t need. (update: wow! I just found a hundred dollar bill I didn’t know I had! I guess I’ll eat well this week. ha.)

I spent the most wonderful day yesterday with my darling daughter. I’m just so proud of the wonderful person she is becoming. I love her so damn much. Lucky.

Turkey vultures are riding thermals over the bar and grill next door.
Makes me wonder if they are sensing some sort of carrion or if they’ve
just fixed their attention to tonight’s specials.

I went over to the local music store and bought a couple of sets of
guitar strings. Living on the beach makes the strings go ‘bad’ really,
really fast. I buy kind of an oddball gage of strings and I wasn’t sure
they would have them. But they did! Nice. I really didn’t want to drive
basically to Miami to the Guitar Center for strings. Man, that’s one
thing I miss about living in the city. Having everything within walking
distance or just a quick stop or two on the train. So, I’ll string up
the old Kalamazoo and see if I cant write something tonight. I kind of
feel it coming on a bit. I do need the release of birthing a new song,
even if it sucks. Ha. Besides, I gotta be careful of not spending too much time hanging out downstairs. The bars and beach scene is a little tempting at time. God knows I’m fucked up enough without adding the problem of overindulging or wasting my time trying to make time with some screwy woman (or them waisting their time with some screwy man).