Just an introduction
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I’ve been a fan since Ed Sullivan, but I guess I always took it for granted, like a background program that just hums along, and you don’t notice it.
I heard about Paul spending time with Jimmy Buffett before he passed. I was struck by gratitude. So many of us admired Jimmy and loved his work, and it seemed as if Paul was a stand-in for all of us who loved and admired him. It felt like a mitzvah on behalf of us all.
A few nights ago, I was outside, looking at the moon, and it reminded me of a song on an album Paul produced—“The moon is like a boat, my love’ a lemon peel,afloat. My love; and with a sail of gauze, my love; she seems to slightly pause, upon her silent way, upon her starry way.” And I thought, “That boat has a new captain. Couldn’t be a better one.”
It struck me how much I’ve internalized the soul that Oaul put into what he did, I was 9 in 1063, and I played the Beatles records endlessly, waiting anxiously for the next one to come out. At such an impressionable age, I internalized so much of Paul (and John’s) work. Their influence on me is immeasurable. I am what Paul, then in his twenties, made me, I think just as much as my parents did. I feel forever grateful for his work and his care.
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@donna_gordon Welcome yo the Macca board, Donna!
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Welcome!!!!
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@jennywren Thank you, jennywren. How long have you been a fan, and what are your favorite parts of the website?
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@bruce-m Hi Bruce. What’s your favorite part if the website? Are you in the US or someplace else?
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@donna_gordon said in Just an introduction:
@bruce-m Hi Bruce. What’s your favorite part if the website? Are you in the US or someplace else?
I'm in the U.S. -- Hawaii, to be precise. I mostly hang around these message boards and argue with people.
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@bruce-m said in Just an introduction:
@donna_gordon said in Just an introduction:
@bruce-m Hi Bruce. What’s your favorite part if the website? Are you in the US or someplace else?
I'm in the U.S. -- Hawaii, to be precise. I mostly hang around these message boards and argue with people.
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@bruce-m Ah! Sounds like you are a professional pain in the ass. I should follow you!
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@donna_gordon said in Just an introduction:
@bruce-m Ah! Sounds like you are a professional pain in the ass. I should follow you!
Well, mostly I don't get paid for being a pain in the ass, so technically I'm an amateur, although people tell me I'm good at it.