GIGS AT WHOLE FOODS

It was called the Watering Hole
 People always ask me after each set:
"Hey, Tommy Ole, how do you play those crazy chords you play?
What's that big western four-four beat all about?"
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June 7, 2012

Dig my hat from Ireland and my groovy bolo tie. Pony tail's long gone now and good riddance!
JUNE 7, 2012

  

Trying to add excitement with wild expression to detract notice

from mi papada que está creciendo cada vez más.

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  IPAGE SITE HAS GONE HAYWIRE AND CAN'T DO TEXT IN SPANISH AS YOU CAN SEE. THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. THE BUMS! It's fixed now.



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MAY 23, 2012:
Oh, Splay-foot Tom, he don't play too loud. Dig these chicks engaged in conversation next to my speakers
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It's on James page as August 27, 2011, but all the notes I have are these, which DO mention Whole Fools. But my gigs there were in 2012 and 2013 I think:

Elliot and Cooper Roads 8/27/2011 MY BIRTHDAY. I'M SIXTY YEARS OLD! Holy cow. Hot as heck here today. I went around the back and didn't walk far down the canal before I came back. The guy at Whole Foods is going to buy me a beer for my birthday. Only the third lark sparrow here!

 



LOOK AT THE OLD UNRECONSTRUCTED ME WITHOUT A GIG IN THE SAME PLACE!



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I Want the Mahogany or Koa one and I can pop in my killer 165-dollar pickup! You need a back-up.


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1. Greenfield and Guadalupe Roads    03/28/2009    Steve and I went and there were tons of people and we talked to the Audubon people and then we saw JOHN DOLE. Later, I went to Whole Foods and ran into NANCY AND LARRY.
2. Elliot and Cooper Roads    10/18/2009    Ah, last day of vacation. I woke at four thirty as I went to be early. Yesterday Steve and I went to the beer tasting at Whole Foods. Tried some shots of beer. I swung by E and C today early. That guy that said his child was in the balloon is getting busted and the guy at circle K thought the news media had done him in. Boo hoo.
3. Greenfield and Guadalupe Roads    8/30/2010    I wentup and set up my chair by the pond up there but this time under the trees on the left there and there wasn't much wind in there though it was a little breezy on the trail, so I got hot in there a little bit. Nice sentence. I studied a little and then decided to leave. I didn't feel like a long session. I drove back via Ray Road and stopped at Whole Foods. I looked at all their expensive beer and expensive, yummy food. I finally bought a Red Seal Ale (Dead Seal Ale, yuck) and a new kind called SHRIMSHAW, a European style pilsner. We'll see later today if it's yummy. Yesterday Steve came by and we fixed the Mojo Man cassette tape and Steve made a movie of the tape recorder when it was playing it, so we could put it on the computer. I listened to the 1983 recording we made with Barkac and Mom and Dad, and oh what an evening that actually was. Great singing and musicianship. Dad played the piano, and then I did. You can hear Mom in the background. What a way to spend your time. We haven't done that it 27 years! What we have missed out on.
4. Elliot and Cooper Roads    10/28/2010    Trip 925. Studied all day here and went over to Whole Foods and had a beer. Not worth the effort.
5. Generic Place Anywhere    1/2/2011    WALKED FROM STEVE'S HOUSE TO WHOLE FOODS
6. Elliot and Cooper Roads    1/2/2011    Went on that walk over at Steve's house and we went right to WHOLE FOODS. I bought a three-dollar fifth of cabernet sauvignon. STILL BRASS MONKEY WEATHER. BUT BRIGHT SUN. REALLY NICE.
7. Generic Place Anywhere    1/3/2011    Last time Sherry went with us but she had to work, and Steve didn't get a job for today. So Steve and I went. We ate free cheese and bought nothing at Whole Foods. Hah. Cold.
8. Elliot and Cooper Roads    3/16/2011    STUDIED A LITTLE AND THEN WENT HOME AND LOOKED FOR TOFURKEY. I went everywhere and only Whole Foods had it. I ate it and it was late so I had to head for the open mic night at Tempe Center for the Arts. I stayed the whole time. I played "Without a Song" and "Smoke that Cigarette."
9. Pima Canyon    3/17/2011    I went and got my emissions test and passed to my surprise. Then I went with a cupon to get a 14.95 oil change and they said I had to have an appointment and I made one for two o'clock and since I was clean down at elliot and the I-10, I popped over to PIMA CANYON. I had left my guitar in the car. I just went down to the arroyo and came back in ten minutes or so. I passed Guitar Center on the way. Later I went and got the oil change and it took an hour, but it was cheap and they washed my car. Their lobby had Fox News on so I waited outside as I don't line up to drink Kool-aid. It's sickening that it's so common to see that filthy slander on and everyone listening to that poison. Makes you want to go and take a shower. Afterwards, I went and got some Grillers Prime for my new diet, and then I went to Whole Foods and had two beers as I attempted to read Billy Budd. Now I'm home watching news about the Nuclear Reactors, Tsunamis, and earthquakes in Japan. Scott and I are going to meet in Sedona and then go to a concert after which I'll go up to Flag for a few days. No Spanish speaking today as Skype seems to be down in Nicaragua.
10. Elliot and Cooper Roads    3/18/2011    I went to get my tax return done and then I came here. There was a guy in a pick-up with his engine running in the parking lot. He was asleep. I wondered if he was being gassed. I rang the firemen's doorbell but no one answered. I went back and looked at the guy. His color was good. He was wearing sun glasses and his chest was going up and down. I figured he was alive. Later I came back and he had driven away. I then went to Whole Foods and had two beers and then went home. Tomorrow I will go to Flag and Sedona and watch that concert that Scott and I are going to see. I'm gassed up and have a fresh oil change. All is ready.
11. Elliot and Cooper Roads    4/1/2011    When I got there, there was a guy with an easel and he was painting with oil paints. The picture was of the trees out there around Pond Eight. I left and put my chair under the tree in front of my truck and studied for a few hours. Then I went to IHOP with Jan Kegelman at 2:30. I had the Philly. I had had a steak the night before and steak in the morning. Not so vegan yesterday and today. There are 540 students at AECP. Glad I'm gone. After I ate at IHOP, I went to the HUNGRY MONK, whose proprietor had given me a cupon at Whole Foods the other day. I saved a buck. I drank one IPA. I could have had another buck off another, but I didn't want to drink two and drive.
12. Elliot and Cooper Roads    4/7/2011    Studied and read Asimov's autobiography for a long time. Nice weather. Loved it there. Went back and taught Christian guitar. Erica just had 20 bucks today. Then I went to whole foods and chatted with some guy from Wisconsin.
13. Elliot and Cooper Roads    4/14/2011    Two people came by. One was a geocaching guy who found the pill bottle. He stayed a while and knew rather a lot about birds. Then a guy and a girl came by for lunch. They spoke both Spanish and English. Mostly English. I left and went to the library and then to trader joes's and whole foods for one beer. There were some guys who talked about science fiction as I had my asimov book with me.
14. Elliot and Cooper Roads    4/18/2011    Couldn't reach Nicaragua today. I went over after practicing Merle Travis and Happy Traum picking. Went to the doctor for my physical, so here is the note saying when it was this time. All was good. I taught finger picking to Christian. He isn't so interested. Afterwards, I took my Asimov book over to Whole Foods and drank two beers. I then went over and got their big ole hamburger. Cost a lot, but I had some cash because Erica gave me some.
15. Elliot and Cooper Roads    4/23/2011    I read Asimov's autobiography some more and learned a new word, "portcullis." I think this was the time I went to Whole Foods and afterwards had a "My Antonia" beer. I looked it up and I was right; that was the name of a Willa Cather book in a series of which I've only read one volume, "O Pioneers!"
16. Generic Place Anywhere    5/29/2011    Steve and I walked over to Whole Foods. I bought some Vegan Egg Salad. It was VERY good and very expensive.
17. Generic Place Anywhere    6/3/2011    I talked to Nicaragua. Then I went and got my blood drawn and quartered. Two people in the waiting room. I made an online appointment. Then I went to Steve's and played with Skippy. Steve and I walked to WHOLE FOODS, where I bought some vegan soy taco and tofurky. I ate the tofurky there. Then we walked back and I went swimming in Steve's pool. Now I'm here typing.
18. Generic Place Anywhere    6/6/2011    Steve and I walked to WHOLE FOODS. I bought some Tofurky product that I'm not going to like. They gave me ice to carry it in. We sat at the tables outside and I went and pet a dog that was there. He had wagged his tail at me. Then we walked back.
19. Elliot and Cooper Roads    6/8/2011    I spoke Spanish in the morning and then went over to Steve's house and played "Sleepytime down South" and "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter." We went to Bashe's as he had to return a watermelon that wasn't ripe. We went back and I went to E&C Roads. Andaba un poquito crudo y como a las tres fui al "The Vine" on Rural. What cheap beer they have. Amazing. This is a good place and it's quiet too! I came back and drummer boy started playing. Last night he was at it with a bass. Oh, it's bad music. I must survive. I was at the Whole Foods bar and read one of the publications there about one Don Younger, who was a big shot in the popularization of craft beers way back when. There were two obituaries for him telling what a boozy, cigarette smoking guru he was. He fell and died of his injuries a few days later. It's kind of hot but not too bad.
20. Elliot and Cooper Roads    6/19/2011    Gave a guitar lesson today. More 12-bar blues/minor blues too. Worked on Spanish spellingmistakes that I was surprised to see I made. Spell checked the 2500 or so items in Spanish in the flash cards program. Went to Whole foods and drank two beers and then went to Steve's where I baked a Tofurky Pizza. We watched the Shawshank Redemption or whatever it's called. It was quite long but it was fun to watch it for the zillionth time.
21. Elliot and Cooper Roads    7/20/2011    I went to Groping Hands bookstore. Saw a book called Lost Boy about a Morman guy and his experiences. I went to the library and it was in the database but unavailable. I returned Hitch 22. I was sick of reading it. Very hot. Last night I stayed at Steve's. I drank a little too much I think. three beers at Whole foods and a 24-ouncer at Steve's. That's not too much really, but one was an Old Rasputan from Fort Bragg and it was nine percent alcohol. I woke up at five, creaky and unrested but made very good use of the day. Today I couldn't connect to Nicaragua and they owe me a class still. I wrote more stories in spanish, one on dreams, one on the turd in the bird bath, and one on the deep diving jesus. It's so much fun and I have a good start on my spanish book. The E and C book is printed and I've improved it and it's amazing. Very exciting.
22. Elliot and Cooper Roads    8/2/2011    Taught Christian bluesy stuff. nice. Hotter than heck. I think they say it's a heat wave. Small coyote by the bushes in Pond 9 viewed from the viewing area. You know where the sunflowers used to be. To the right of the road. I tried to take a movie, but he moved into the bush. Puppy I think. I went afterwards over to the Vine but there were some racist right-wing tea party shits there so I left without finishing my drink and went to Whole Foods. I had two beers. A couple there wanted me to friend them on Facebook. Then I went tosteve's and we watched the Godfather II on TV for a while and then he had to go to bed so I went home and here I am
23. Elliot and Cooper Roads    8/26/2011    Hot. I went to Whole Foods afterwards at night and had one beer and about five ounces of beer for five dollars as those five ounces constituted the beer class. Stayed till nine-thirty or so. They had such a large crowd that it took forever to get your tastes of the beer for the class.
24. Elliot and Cooper Roads    8/27/2011    MY BIRTHDAY. I'M SIXTY YEARS OLD! Holy cow. Hot as heck here today. I went around the back and didn't walk far down the canal before I came back. The guy at Whole Foods is going to buy me a beer for my birthday. Only the third lark sparrow here!
25. Generic Place Anywhere    9/2/2011    I just drove out here in the very late afternoon and out to Mysterious Pond. Then I went to Whole foods for their beer tasting. Just five very small glasses, perhaps three ounces each, of their select beer.
26. Elliot and Cooper Roads    9/9/2011    I stayed a long time. It thundered and rained and it was cool enough. I wrote "Los peces in los charcos." I was going to go to the open mic at cup of karma but didn't feel like it and I was late so I went to the beer class at whole foods. Only got about eight ounces for my money.
27. Elliot and Cooper Roads    9/14/2011    Last night I saw Apollo 18, which was a piece of garbage. Then I went and saw THE HELP, which was very good indeed. Yesterday Erica forgot to come by. Jan Kegelman called and we're having a belated birthday beer at Whole Foods. I brought my cooler and drank V8 and fizzy water. I didn't write anything this time although I had all my gear.
28. Elliot and Cooper Roads    9/15/2011    I went over and didn't really write although I decided I would write about Tom Hascall. I talked to sally on the phone. LOTS OF COYOTE SIGHTINGS although he may have been the same one. He was young almost still a puppy. Red tongue. It wasn't too hot. I went over to the Market when I ran out of cokes though. I saw CONTAGION last night. I didn't think it was too good. I went after I met Jan Kegelman at Whole Foods. Steve came. She bought me a six-pack of O'Doul's. We each drank a beer except steve. I think I may go to the open mic night tonight and retry the songs I didn't do well. Zoot Suit and Everyone Says I Love You.
29. Elliot and Cooper Roads    11/3/2011    Cleaning the house like a fiend. Did the front and that front square and a big section of the rock garden and cut the nopal and carted off the pads and done a lot. Last night I talked to Susana, who is James' wife at Whole Foods. Talked to Richard Rickel today.
30. Elliot and Cooper Roads    12/27/2011    I went over. I was very sick the night before with stomach flu or food poisoning. Christopher and Sally came up to dump off Kate and we ate at Rosita's. I had a tostada and rice and beans. I went to Whole Foods and drank one beer. Then I dry heaved in the bathroom and went home. HOW I BARFED THAT NIGHT. Well, I went and slept over at E&C roads. Later I went to Sonny's house to watch a movie about Hitler. My rib muscles hurt afterwards from hurling the next day.
31. Elliot and Cooper Roads    5/24/2012    Later I went and walked to Whole Foods for my walk, but I drank three beers there!  HERE'S MY GIG REPORT: I will yodel next time. Only did a little this time. Next time, I'm going to debut Merle Travis picking with a variation of Hobo's Lullaby and my very own pickin' tune called Be True to Me. I will also tidy up Slow Boat to China. I stuck it in a Bb medley with All of Me and W.C. Handy's three-key Loveless Love only I didn't get a chance to practice on account of I learned about this beer gig three hours before. I did a rather a lot of howling cowboy tunes in vanilla E, and vanilla D and vanilla G with open-stringed, campfire hamburger chords. TIPS: four dollars! Free beer. HERE'S WHAT I PLAYED: 1.  IT DON'T MEAN A THING  2.  I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH   ME  3.  WRITE MYSELF A LETTER/I WANT   SOMEBODY/IT'S A SIN TO TELL   A LIE/EXACTLY LIKE YOU  4.  MY BUDDY/HAPPY COWBOY  5.  YOU DARLIN'  6.  I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS  7.  TREE IN THE MEADOW  8.  RIDING DOWN THE CANYON  9.  BOOTS AND SADDLE  10.  AS SOON AS THE ROUND-UP'S THROUGH  11.  ARMS OF MY LOVE  12.  IF I DIDN'T HAVE YOU  13.  TEXAS TO A T  14.  LULU'S BACK IN TOWN  15.  BLUE SHADOWS    17.  SAN ANTONIO ROSE/MISS MOLLY  18.  YOU DON'T KNOW ME  19.  TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS   20.  TUXEDO JUNCTION     21.  BACK IN THE SADDLE   22.  BYE-BYE BLACKBIRD/SHEIK OF ARABY/DEEP WATER/ROLY POLY/EXACTLY LIKE YOU  23.  SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE  24.  DANCE WITH WHO BRUNG YOU/BLUE BONNET LADY/DOWN THE TRAIL TO SAN ANTONE  25.  DON'T BE ASHAMED OF YOUR AGE/WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT   YOU/EXACTLY LIKE YOU  28.  TEXAS ECHO  29.  ALL OF ME/SLOW BOAT TO CHINA/LOVELESS LOVE  31.  OLD FAITHFUL/IDAHO  33.  DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE  34.  FLIP SIDE OF LOVE  37.  UNDERNEATH THE BAMBOO TREE  38.  DON'T FENCE ME IN  39.  LET'S FALL IN LOVE  40.  EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU  41.  WITHOUT A SONG  42.  HERE'S TO THESE GOOD TIMES/PRAIRIE LULLABY 
32. Generic Place Anywhere    5/25/2012    On the way to WHOLE FOODS FROM STEVE'S. IT WASN'T TOO HOT. I got there and drank four beers though because I was thirsty.
33. Elliot and Cooper Roads    6/6/2012    Ray Bradbury died. I played at Whole foods. 24 atheists came.
34. Elliot and Cooper Roads    6/20/2012    Took a very hot walk around the site. I have to play tonight at whole foods. Davy and Sally are coming down from Flag to attend.
35. Elliot and Cooper Roads    7/5/2012    I have a gout flare-up in my right toe joint. Last night I played at Whole Foods and used the variax, which threw me. Bobby came. Charlie and Marie came again. It was the fourth of july so the store closed at EIGHT! Here at E&C Roads I took my walk and a cop car came screaming by lights and siren blaring. He turned and blocked Cooper Road. There was a crash at Guadalupe and Cooper and they were working on some poor soul. I walked all around the place. It wasn't so hard. It wasn't too hot. But it was humid. Yesterday it was 71 degrees at two in the afternoon, a 100-year record for the coldest fourth of july.
36. Elliot and Cooper Roads    7/12/2012    I think I left because it was so hot, and I didn't walk. I walked to Whole Foods and drank canned beer as it was canned beer night. I talked to this guy who brought of free masonry and then we were talking about religion and some other guy came up and started talking and James told them not to. It was embarrassing, because I was told before.
37. 2125 North Villas Lane    8/28/2012    Picked up Sonny from MCC. His car's in the shop. I voted in the primary, but I'm not sure I liked my decision. I should have voted for the other one. Oh, well. Jan and Harry Mitchell wanted me to vote that way. I didn't do much. In a minute I will go to Whole Foods and translate. I've been drinking near beer, so I am so sober. I was at Whole Foods last night and that young feller who complimented me so much asked me if he could come up and play for fifteen minutes or so with his telecaster. He had some "noise music" he wanted to play. I said, "Heck no. This is my only gig." I don't want to turn my only gig into open mic night. No. Hell no. God knows what the guy would sound like and James would say who the hell is he and what are you doing?
38. Elliot and Cooper Roads    10/2/2012    It was hot. I was going to take a walk, but it was too hot. I bought Klondike bars at the store. Ate four of them. I couldn't help myself. Last night I had a McDonald's chocolate sundae, but I haven't otherwise had icecream for ages. I read the náufrago book and other Spanish stories. Not very good at practicing guitar for three days. I have only been drinking two or three beers a day. The secret is not drinking any until I go to Whole Foods at around seven-thirty. Then I have two. When I go home, I might drink one more. Now all I need is exercise. Hey, I saw Sid and Cuca over at Fry's. How can it be that we haven't run into each other for so many years? I am loving each day as I study and do things I want to do. This retirement stuff is fantastic.
39. Western Canal    10/5/2012    Hot. Started at about 2:30. I left my phone at Whole Foods and had to get that. Walked to Alma School and back to the park.
40. Western Canal    10/9/2012    Nice orange dragonfly. I started the Atkins diet yesterday. I drank a club soda at Whole Foods and had some vodka when I got home. Cheaper that way. No carbs in vodka.
41. Elliot and Cooper Roads    10/12/2012    Nice weather. Cool. I went over late and then didn't walk two miles to Gilbert and back as planned. Tomorrow. I drank two glasses of white wine at Whole Foods last night. Two carbs. Why not? Then I drank vodka at home. 0 carbs. I was four pounds lighter in the morning but it came up two pounds later in the day, but it's still really a net fall of four on account of I always weigh myself in the morning. I went to E&C Roads today after going to Fry's for Big K Cola. I bought some cauliflower and broccoli and also a bottle of white wine. Needless to say, I'm finishing the whole damned bottle right now. I can't help it. That makes 6.5 grams of carbohydrates. Shit. And I'll drink the cheap, two-dollar wine tonight at Whole Foods. But I'm really low on carbs. Really. Induction low as I learned when I peed on a testing strip and had it change color showing I'm burning fat. Last night Biden kicked Ryan boy's ass around in the debate, but I didn't watch. Can't stand it. It turns my stomach. I bought Kroger brand skinless sardines. Oh, my goodness they are fantastic. That oily taste! Great.
42. Generic Place Anywhere    10/30/2012    WALK TO WHOLE FOODS FROM STEVE'S 25 MINUTES THERE AND 25 BACK. Not very birdy. I DRANK A BLACK LAGER EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T EVEN THREE O'CLOCK YET. When I got home a helicopter started hovering over my house and I went and found that a motorcyclist had been killed and was lying under a blanket. He's lying there still I think and it's been over an hour. I thought it might have been a motorcycle cop because there were about ten police motorcycles there. But I'm thinking it wasn't. Three cars were involved too. Update: there were four cars involved I guess. The poor foolish 22-year-old motorcylist was weaving through traffic at 80 mph and someone turned in where I always turn in to Walgreens and he hit her SUV and bouced off her window and flew down the road. She went to the hospital but was all right.
43. Western Canal    11/7/2012    OBAMA WAS RE-ELECTED LAST NIGHT IN A LANDSLIDE! YAY! At whole foods last night there was a lunatic who hated Obama, so he kind of spoiled the fun. I worked on the yard yesterday so I didn't walk. Jan came by today. Then I walked from Dobson to Alma School.
44. Generic Place Anywhere    11/12/2012    I went and drank wine and then I watched TV with Steve and then I went BACK to Whole Foods. Some guys wanted to know if I had a CD or webpage of my music. They remembered me.
45. Elliot and Cooper Roads    12/17/2012    Woke up at six and decided to go to E&C Roads. I got here at 7:30 or something. Ate a hot dog at Circle K first. Then chips and bean dip. Pond 8 and 9 were full but you can't see into eight anymore. Last night I was pissed at one of the guys at Whole Foods for saying, "He's still alive?" when Obama was speaking on the TV about the murder of 20 children in Connecticutt.
46. Elliot and Cooper Roads    12/21/2012    Try to write a little here and then hit upon the fact that I really want to write the book on musical bridges. Went home. Drank wine and went to Whole Foods. Drank too much. I first went over to see steve at urgent care as he has been sick with a terrible chest cold.
47. Elliot and Cooper Roads    1/21/2013    I pledged last night that I would walk every day so I walked clean around E&C. There was a couple close to my age perhaps. Younger. They had a spotting scope and had been there a lot of times. I couldn't tell them much about the place. A couple of days ago, I learned that they're inviting me back to sing at Whole Foods. They paid ASCAP.
48. Elliot and Cooper Roads    1/27/2013    I had that sleep test for apnea last night. Nice. Went to Whole Foods and a loud drunk was there and he knew it all and swore there was no French in English and wouldn't listen about 1066 and hated Affirmative Action but knew all the tales about it and nothing else and thought the word car was invented by Henry Ford and that carro was a Spanish bastardization of car and I later looked it up and car is a French word entered into Middle English in 1150 and the Spanish carro comes from the French via Gallic. Christ.
49. Elliot and Cooper Roads    1/31/2013    Played guitar at Whole Foods last night. I wrote this in Foolbook after Brandon posted a fodoe of me playing: "The small but mighty Grand Symphony Mini Taylor guitar. Bobby came and Gailynn came and JAN BRADBURY CAME on his bike, and Gayle from work and her husband Bob came and about eight people from my Spanish Speakers Club and about five from my atheist club. I made 12 bucks in tips and got free beer and snacks! ¡Era un triunfo de primera!" I've already got nine likes. NICE WEATHER TODAY. TEN MONTHS have passed since I saw a cinnamon teal here. Well I saw one today here.
50. Elliot and Cooper Roads    2/27/2013    Have to play guitar at Whole Foods tonight. I went to Brakes Plus and got my oil changed at 1:00 and then to E & C E&C roads. And then to Oreilly's to get my hydraulic deals for the camper shell window. And then to Frye's for some hair bands olive oil and clamato beer. Nice weather. Changing the strings on my guitar. Am dutifully entering the beach house log every morning.
51. Elliot and Cooper Roads    3/23/2013    I went to Whole foods at night. I worked most of the day on Software and junk. Nice walk clean to Neely.
52. Elliot and Cooper Roads    3/27/2013    Have to play music tonight at whole foods. I've been making an html pagemaker for the Estero Morua bird. It works great now. I ordered Naufragio del Stefano from Amazon.
53. Elliot and Cooper Roads    3/28/2013    I only walked halfway up the canal road if that. More water in Pond Nine. I got a call from Raúl and so I'm playing at the Downunder tonight. I played at Whole Foods. Steve came and so did the atheists and hipanohablantes and Rodrigo. I put a piece of cardboard to help the toads get out. I will make another tomorrow. I will label it CAMINO DEL SAPO.
54. Western Canal    4/14/2013    I met Jan at Dobson and Western Canal and we road our bikes all the way to E&C Roads and then to Gilbert. Later I road my bike to Whole foods and came back at night. Jan gave me a bike!!  Sally's expression at the superstitions: a dog's dinner. You made a dog's dinner out of this!
55. Elliot and Cooper Roads    4/14/2013    I met Jan at Dobson and Western Canal and we road our bikes all the way to E&C Roads and then to Gilbert. TWO BIG COYOTES at Elliot and Cooper when we rode up. They walked away. Later I road my bike to Whole foods and came back at night. Jan gave me a bike!!
56. Elliot and Cooper Roads    6/20/2013    Coyotes SCREAMING at the fire trucks from the island in pond nine. Other howls heard from other places. One small coyote walked across the road. Hot. Played last night at Whole Foods. Jan and Andrea came by to hear the last four songs or so. Charlie and Marie came and they brought me the beer glass I had left at their house. My arm hurt but I was able to play.
57. 2125 North Villas Lane    6/29/2013    Drove my bike to Whole Foods at 6:30 and when I got there I was half dead it was so hot! I must be more careful. It was 118° in Phoenix today.
58. Elliot and Cooper Roads    7/3/2013    Coyotes sleeping on the west side of the island in Pond Nine. I threw a hot dog to them. They saw me. I guess they have eaten it by now. (The hot dog was a Diamondback hot dog from Circle K which I bought on account of they were out of the jalapeño cheese dogs and it was awful.) HOT AS HECK and I didn't stay too long. TOO HOT TO HOOT. I played at Whole Foods and Sue Hendershot came and two atheists who left and then a new atheist later. Holly RSVPed but didn't show. It was a lot of fun but later my arm hurt so much I could not sleep.
59. Elliot and Cooper Roads    7/18/2013    Played at Whole Foods last night. Steve came. Skully even showed up. So did Kenton. That was it. Made six bucks, but when I was through I was aching terribly. Felt like I was eighty-nine years old. That terrible pain wasn't back, but I had a Celebrex when I went home and one today in the morning. HOT and Humid. Coyotes cried at the sirens. They were in Pond Ten this time it seemed.
60. Generic Place Anywhere    9/6/2013    Rode my bike to Whole Foods. It had rained and there was a puddle on Warner Road with a dead black-headed grosbeak in it. It's surprising how much they look like spotted towhees. He however had a bright yellow belly. Oh so a BHGB.
61. Elliot and Cooper Roads    9/11/2013    Fire station flag at have mast because it's 9/11. To hell with religious pigs. Sally came and I played at Whole Foods. Jan and Charlie and Marie and Steve came.
62. Sun Lakes    10/30/2015    Almost finished with my screed again Dr. Fracica. Weather is NICE! Saw Gina Bagnoli at Whole Foods today and we talked for 3 and a half hours.
63. Sun Lakes    2/20/2016    I went to Craft 64 in Scottsdale and it was a hell of a drive and I only got to talk to James and Susanna a minute and Roger was there too. Cis RSVPed but didn't show. I ended up talking to that gal Gail from Whole Foods who was getting ready to go to jail for FOUR MONTHS for her FOUR DUIs.
64. Sun Lakes    10/11/2017    Walked. Yesterday I had my teeth cleaned and I went to Whole Foods and drank two beers. I brought home some vegan junk and I even ate a bison burger and I'm going to gain weight but today I walked for forty minutes and also yesterday I brought home Old Rasputin or whatever you call it and also San Tan Moon Juice Galactic IPA.
65. Elliot and Cooper Roads    10/9/2018    I went to Steve's and played with Skippy and Frankie. Steve and I went to see the lawyer in Gilbert. It was a good session and free. Then we went here. We then went to Big Lots and the Dollar store. Then I went to have my crown put in at the dentist's office. Then I went to Whole Foods and drank two Clausthauler Non-alcoholic beers. I bought vegan "egg" salad and "chicken" tofu stuff. Two kinds.