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Just back from Boston where I had a
great time playing last night. We had a sold out house and I made a lot of new
friends opening for Ellis Paul. I don’t remember specifically but I’m told that
the first time that I met Ellis is when he opened for me at the Tin Angel as he
was just starting to make a name for himself. It was good to hear him again. He
continues to grow as an artist and the recent birth of a daughter seems quite
naturally to loom large in his music. I laughed when I heard the title of the
song he wrote upon finding that his wife was expecting. It’s called “I Have Nine
Months to Fix the World”. I was reflecting on that impulse, one all parents can
identify with, this morning at mass. I believe much of my song writing stems directly from it. Water wears
away the rock though. Reality intrudes. Hope ebbs then flows again as a natural transition takes place.
Maybe a kind word for it is wisdom and it comes, very slowly, from watching your
children grow. I guess if I had to sum it up in a song title it would be “I Have
a Lifetime to Fix the World”. And of course this reference is not to my lifetime
but to my child’s lifetime. I’m only beginning to grasp this idea but I think
little by little your kids, and then perhaps your grandkids, become the vessels
that carry your hopes for the
world forward in time. Where better to put your faith? More on this later… Peace, John
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