Thank You

What does one do when their ex made your life miserable while he was alive, but has been gone two years now and you want to have something to be grateful about? One looks for something...and I have found it. I am grateful for his Social Security because it enabled me to help out our eldest daughter who was in need of understanding and help.

She didn't need a long list of her "supposed" misdeeds real or imagined when all that was needed was a yes or no.

Thanks to my exes Social Security I was able to say yes to help her out.  Without it I never would have been able to help her out and for that I am grateful.

When my youngest son came back for a visit I was able to feed him and treat us all to a few meals ordered out. Unfortunately, a family member chose his return to try and sow bad feelings by complaining that I had my exes Social Security.  How sad. 

I have recently found out that I have had a stroke which explains why I have had so many issues since August of 2023. I had to retire from working at Disney Studio.  Prior to that I had worked at Universal Studios.

Thank goodness my eldest daughter was able to come and help me out and I am thankful.

Thank you to my now deceased ex husband for his Social Security because it is really helping.

RIP Dolly Parton

 Although Music Maven isn't generally known as a Country Music savant, we have always felt a spark when it came to Dolly Parton.  Our head of security has loved her since he was a small child when she was with Porter Wagoner.  Parton's passing has created an interference that hasn't been seen since Elvis Presley's passing in the month of August in 1977.  

There is something magnetic about these remarkable talents that glow brighter than the sun or the moon.  When Presley passed the Music Maven was on her way to Laguna Beach with her husband and our head of security.  All of the sudden the weather went from sunny and blue sky to darn near a hurricane.  In the midst of this news bulletin on the radio announces that Presley has crossed over.

Today here at ground zero we were experiencing major ethernet issues and were trying to cope by finding work arounds with no luck.  There were important documents to get out and it just couldn't be done.  We were so emotionally drained and then from Facebook  comes the announcement that Country Music's Queen Dolly Parton has crossed over.  

Michael Jackson had that same energy and like Parton was a known philanthropist.  The master of energy is Nikola Tesla who was a master Inventor, Scientist and Engineer understood how energy works. Look it up.

These ultra talented individuals have a core of energy that reaches out to their audience.  It can be a good thing, it could be a bad thing or it could be a double edged sword.  Like moths attracted to a light, the fans are attracted to the energy. This can be a very hard thing to manage and Parton did that her philanthropic works such as her literacy for children until they are five at which point they get sweet letter from Parton wishing them a wonder-filled path.

How many millions of children under the age of five have benefitted from this program? Parton was involved in many projects that benefitted untold amounts of individuals.  Parton's physical spark may have dimmed but her music will live on as well as her philanthropy. 

One friend of ours took photos of her at a concert and her image is a glowing white figure...kind of like an angel but that is the energy his camera picked up. Parton is in the arms of the angels now and they are singing hallelujah.   

Rest In Peace Dolly Parton.

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A Complete Unknown is Boxoffice Boffo

 "A Complete Unknown" was so well put together that we had to see it a second time just to be sure it wasn't a fluke that we loved it so much.  Never have been a big fan of Bob Dylan's voice and mostly like his songs sung by other artists such as The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, The Grass Roots and The Turtles but that's not meant to negate Dylan's obvious talent for word crafting.

"A Complete Unknown" was perfect in every way: direction, acting, music, sound and cinematic and is a thumbnail sketch of Dylan's early years.  Mercifully we were spared seeing his motorcycle accident, but were given an insight into Woody Guthrie's suffering from "Huntington's Disease" and his life in the hospital with Pete Seeger by his side.  Seeger nurtured Dylan's talent.

The film was affirming in several ways such as we always felt that Joan Baez had an affair with Dylan and the film confirms it.  It also shows how he was booed at during his morphing into an electric guitar versus a twelve string acoustic guitar.  This was a pivotal point in Dylan's career.

The film was also informative in that it showed how Johnny Cash became a fan and we wondered what Cash was doing at a Newport Folk Festival and why Dylan made the switch to electric guitar there. Dylan was evolving as a wordsmith and musician and he felt that his "handlers"wanted him to keep the "Folkie" thing going and have him perform "Blowing In The Wind" forever.

Dylan's choices were a bit questionable such as using an electric guitar at a folk festival versus at a regular gig.  His women called him an asshole on more than one occasion and we can see why.  

Timothee Chalamet brought Dylan's character to life on the screen and one felt like they were really watching Dylan throughout the film and deserves an Oscar for the performance.  Dylan is such a complicated man whose (to quote from the movie) talent was bursting at the seams.  It might still be, but we had to leave before his segment in July 2024 at the Hollywood Bowl for the Outlaw Tour so we don't know.

None of the supporting actors performances were lacking and each and every one was excellent.

When one puts the Hendrix film "All Is By My Side" up against this masterpiece one can only shake their head.  During that thing there was only a hint of music which Waddy Wachtel from Stevie Nicks' band diddled. Not one complete song in the whole film.

When Dylan and Baez sing "It Ain't Me Babe" in this film I was transported back to when I sent my abusive ex husband a letter that stated "whatever it is going on in your head it ain't me." The ex was a huge fan of Dylan's from day one and we figured he would get the gist with a Dylan song.  

Dylan's work was actually bootlegged by the first legendary underground record label known by its Pig logo.  In the book "A Pig's Tale" authors Ralph Sutherland and Harald Sherrick muse that some of Dylan's work was a direct result of their bootleg efforts. 

There are too many high points in "A Complete Unknown" to list everyone of them.  GO.SEE.IT!

Yes, Dylan is an asshole but so was Jim Morrison.  All the best ones are.

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