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Life’s easy driving towards rainbows. Sitting on my front porch , I’m thinking over the amazingly beautiful weekend with the crescent moon 🌙 hanging low in the west. From graduation to Jubilee, skirting on the edge of a northern weather front, this weekend trip up on Friday triggered the record for rainbows in more ways than one . Longest duration - 20 min worth 😲🌈🌦headed north on I -81. Double rainbow in Bluefield. AND! a Rainbow Tower.!? This shaft of rainbow 🌈 stretching skyward popping out of atop the mountain ⛰ into clear skies. Magical!! After a 50 min rainstorm in W VA mountains at dark and OH roads, we made it ! Glad to have waited considering the muddy muck traps inside, I guess, even tho I would’ve love to have gotten a signed poster and would’ve loved even more to have seen Scottie play. We slept near the front gate. Tho it looked dicey a bit early, Saturday was the beginning of just perfection. By early afternoon, Gertie my westie was perched atop the hill, but not before getting a little dirty. All Good Staff took us to a shady spot between two trees that delivered cool breezes. My only concern was the spot of 3 inch mud previously squished up like white bread through baby’s fingers. However ! This white bread box of a van didn’t want to get stuck . Gertie didn’t mind the dirt on her mudflats. Pretty much a badge of honor for a 2x2. As I swung her freight left through the mud hole , I made my destination; she slid a bit , lost traction and rested in good position. Next step, I needed the stern of Hurdy Gertie to tuck between the trees. Back wheels grappling for purchase to no avail, Tito, Alan, and a friendly neighbor rocked her bow to stern a couple of time, heave ho and away she went. On back, on back…. , and she was safely home. Joy! My boyfriend didn’t know what to expect and was blown away by the well put together festival, out of this world staff, and the sound. To say the closing fireworks 💥 were more than just visual is an understatement. And he was in disbelief it was the same location for Buckeye 1988 show. Nikki, Jason and Tito laid out the red carpet and it was just beginning of kind beautiful people. Strangers to reuniting with friends brought a sense of peace and goodness prevailing in the world despite the craziness out there! I get by with a little help from my friends. It has been a roller coaster year , without much respite. I saw the Quasi Kings in the burg months ago and enjoyed listening on the walk down. The Amazing Giants were poised on the wings hallmarking the festival spirit. Ready for some great JGB. Tore Up, That’s What Love Will Make you Do, Dynamite!, Get Outta My Life Woman are what I recall. DSO! It is always too long to see them. Lol. The system sounded great and I tended to drift more center for good sound. Wang Dang Doodle screams 80s to me, add Day Job and the Yamaha baby grand played between 82-84 , there ya go. Overall solid and fun! Add the mirror suit guy and a bird on stilts and Barraco on Lovelight it doesn’t get any better. Sunday came fast. It’s been a hell of a year. I’ve been busier than a one armed wallpaper hanger. What I consistently find tho, love that raises your vibration is everything! It doesn’t matter physically how I feel if I’m peaceful and content; the wellspring will carry me on. After spring reunion Suwannee, I decided I’d go see Peter Rowan any chance I get. He still has that Hollywood polish. Railroad Earth played his tunes so well and seemed so honored to back him up. At one point he traded licks back and forth with the guitarist and hit those high notes like he can. Something about singing out vowels is such a heart opener. He loves crowd participation! “Wild Horses”, “Land of the Navaho” , “Fetch Wood, Carry Water”, “ Midnight Moonlight”, “the Hobo Song” to name a few. What is most captivating is the joy he shows when performing. You watch his soul dance much like a keyboardist we all know. I’ve been told “I want to give you all the things you want and none of the things you don’t want”. My heart was filled to the brim Sunday night. All the songs like Casey Kasem airwaves. The hits kept rolling. A birdie told me VIP deck had cleared out and it was heavenly dance space. There is magic at DSO shows. I never tire of seeing them perform. There is no one who delivers like they do. Thank you. And I have to say, I have been blessed again and again through the years by a kindness and joy that heals my soul.

I love my people and the only thing I didn't love is my people who couldn't make it...We have a strong crew/group that continues through the magic of DSO land.. Thanks To Steve Trickle for hosting us and the band/crew we all know so well! Loser, Crazy Fingers, World to Give, Mission, China Doll, High Time, Midnight Moonlight with Allie, SCOTTY x 5 to include Scarlet > Fire... and SO much more!!!!! Holy Moly! Love you all...see you next time!