Original photo by Sam Walker, taken on summer vacation, 2008.  It has an interesting perspective. 

I’ve decided not to look at this as an injustice, but rather a great opportunity for my brother and sister-in-law to expand their listening library even further – though they already have one of the most eclectic music collections I know of anyway. This weekend they are attending a concert by Allison Krauss and Robert Plant.  Now, while I could take or leave Robert Plant’s involvement in many cases, I’m a big fan of Allison Krauss.  Some of the pieces from their album collaboration in 2007 , Raising Sand, are better than others.  Allison’s album (2007) A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, is one of my favorite albums in years. In honor of Alex and Nichole’s evening out, here’s a list of some songs I’d love to hear Allison sing in person… 

• Down to the River to Pray
• Whiskey Lullaby (with Brad Paisley)
• Jacob’s Dream (This song is sad, but it’s one of my favorites.)
• When You Say Nothing at All  (Mark and I had this one sung at our wedding.)
•  Molly Ban
•  Teardrops Will Kiss the Morning Dew
• Oh Atlanta
• Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us (w/Robert Plant)
• Simple Love
• Your Long Journey (w/Robert Plant)

I’d also like to hear her cover a few of Nanci Griffith’s older tunes too.

• Going Back to Georgia
• Gulf Coast Highway
• The Wing and the Wheel
• It’s Just Another Morning Here
• Ford Econoline

 I think this would make for a pretty good show.  I hope they have a splendid time on Saturday night.

The rehearsals are over.  The final curtain has closed, and we are in the “recovery” stages of this year’s dance performance. Sophie was a mermaid and a small crocodile in the York County Ballet’s spring production of Peter Pan.  I do not have the photos of the crocodile costume.  Sam, my budding Jr. photographer,  took those and we’ll get them later.  So, for now we will have to make do with a selection of photos of the mermaid.  None of the photos are from the actual performance.  Apparently the “flying system” they employed for Peter was hush-hush.  Sophie did a splendid job, though she was constantly peering into the audience for a familiar face.  I’m sure that will wear off by next year.   

It’s been a day and a half here.  This was the last day of our spring CoOp, and somehow I was on deck to teach two classes.  Someone else wanted to go to the beach at the last minute, so I got to teach an art class today. After teaching, there was a planning meeting, a trip home to pick up Claire from the baby sitter, a trip back to CoOp to pick up Sam-Soph-and-Wils, and then a play day at the local park. 

When we finally did get home, Claire decided to sleep for 27 minutes, Soph and Wils rested for about 19 1/2 minutes, and Sam decided to catch the end of A NEW HOPE in their absence.

So, what will we eat for dinner?  Last night was devoted to lesson preparation, so there wasn’t any crock pot meal in the works.  I think that we’ll try this,  pasta dish courtesy of the Emeril and the Food Network. I just started to boil the water…. 

The new official olympic swim suits are out, the Lzr.  I believe it stands for “laser” because the swimmers should be able to cut through the water so much more effortlessly.  I’ll say this – I hope they aren’t made available to the general public.  This could be MUCH worse that lycra leggings and crocheted over-tops ever were.  Take a look. No, wait… don’t look.  These should come with a rating system.  We might as well just spray them down with silicone and let them go – Who needs a suit?  YIKES!  Did I mention that the ladies will also wear the suit?  Odd that the color blocks should be so strategically placed.

If I can figure out how to load it, you will have a picture.

….to Nichole , who managed to figure out what was going wrong with my blog. Then she moved it!! Three cheers for Nichole.

Sam and Zach

Sophie and Faith