You Heard Me!

Doesn't this capture the whole feeling of Halloween? This is my daughter, Anika, at the tender witchy age of six. She is all of nineteen years now, and just as bewitching! William Shakespeare (1564-1616) from Macbeth [A dark Cave. In the middle, a Caldron boiling. Thunder.] Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,— For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"The Zombies were having Fun! The party had just begun!" "They played the Mash! The Monster Mash! Tell them Boris sent you..." Being 100% Transylvanian (no kidding) makes this a special time of year for me, however, in Siebenbürgen (trans.Transylvania) each and every day might be considered a hallowed event! Burning a black candle for protection, wearing a necklace of garlic and watching out for ominous black crows is just a casual habit with moi.

Photo: Imagno/Getty ImagesOct 14, 1932 Seems a bit of a dilemma; this pandemic influenza threat. We're all i n for it , no matter what! Even if I were to decide to get inoculated, it appears that only a small fraction of the vaccine has been s hipped to various states in the U.S.A. California h as 36,553,215 residents and only 836,900 doses of vaccine have been shipped. What's up with that? So, it looks like we'll have to do the usual excessiv e hand-washing, garlic wearing, avoiding- crowded-places-kind-of-stuff!

Dedicated to my dependable mail carrier, Shawn, who always has a biscuit for my dog Quinn!

Blue Airstream photo: Cam Fraser Jackson Rancheria is located in the Northern region of California in "Gold Country" at the foothills of the Sierra Mountains.  Warm days and cool nights make this a perfect camping spot.   The full moon rising cast ominous shadows on the low slung, silver-tipped clouds and the autumn temperatures quickly dropped, urging additional sweaters, hats and wooly socks. The steaming cups of coffee tasted mighty fine.   The following evening found us scampering for shelter as an unexpected  storm blew in.  Campfires were quickly extinguished and musicians packed up their guitars and I, my fiddle.  Rain, lightening and thunder swept across the campground as we hunkered down in our aluminum vessels. 

Andres Segovia, the astonishing Spanish Guitarist-b.1893-d.1987

My son, Michael's latest video, captures artist Eli Slaydon as he paints and creates in his Petaluma barn. Art for Show from Michael Lindemuth on Vimeo . Meet the artists this weekend! Art Exibition at Mare Island : Eli Slaydon and Sean Paul Lorentz Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:00PM - 9:00P Mare Island- Officers Mansion 900 Walnut Avenue Vallejo, CA Map Paint from Michael Lindemuth on Vimeo .