Axis Bold as Love (T-Minus One Week)

Hello, my friends! 💜💫✨✨

New Moon, First of November Greetings to You from my cozy Massachusetts kitchen at 5:55 AM.

Although it’s early, I just listened to the entirety of “Axis Bold as Love” — my all-time number one favorite album for arrivals, and maybe departures, too. The two go together. (When one door closes…)

If you don’t know the album, it’s by Jimi Hendrix. “Little Wing” is probably the most famous song on there. “Axis” (as we call it for short) happened to be the first record I played after I moved into my Hampshire College dorm room in 1977 and set up my stereo. Since then, I’ve always put it on first whenever I move into a new place.

Today, one week before I hit the road, I’m on the other side of arriving. But hearing all those songs today, singing and dancing along in the kitchen, somehow felt fitting. End of Autumn, “we don’t have to wait till tomorrow”, and all that.

That said, between you and me, the real reason I got the idea to listen to “Axis Bold as Love ” this morning was because my tooth hurt. I think I might have a micro crack in one of my bottom molars. It was bothering me when I got up, which made me think I’m probably going to need a crown on there, sooner or later.

That thought instantly led to the creation of a song parody, as (for better or worse) thoughts and phrases are wont to do in my brain. I just start singing them to the tune of whatever, out of the blue. In this case the parody was to the tune of “Castles Made of Sand”, probably my favorite song on that heart-opening Hendrix album we’ve been discussing. The parody goes something like this:

…when your teeth keep grinding down / they need a crown / eventually…

Speaking of the Miracle of Aging, as I call it, my sweet and loving Timi is now ten years old. You can see it in his face. As for clever Clyde, escape artist par excellence, he turned sixteen in September. I look forward to escorting this venerable but still agile and lively crew across the country in seven days.

Have you heard the old saying “age is just a number”? It really is true. Or as Jimi would say, “it’s all in your mind.”

You create and shape the story of your life. Whatever story you tell yourself about the world you live in IS the world you live in. Whatever story you tell yourself about your life IS your life. Why not make it a magical journey of awakening?

See you on the road. 🙏🏼🦉🌵 OBC

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