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Merry Christmas to All AND to All A Good Night...I Do Mean All!

Steve and Jan, 1996, by Crystal J. Sincoff

O.K....What's this post all about.....Anyway?....You know, we both bet you have a pretty good guess...if we say 'Christmas!'....huh?
Yeah...It's that time of year and, that's on every one minds ain't it? 
I can see it in every body's face....BUT, there's more I can see this year....they're a little too quiet, their smile a little too forced.
'What are they gonna do this time?'....all the children are excited, jumping up and down with glee...watching for Santa to come down that chimney and all....they're expecting, ...expecting....'ah'.... all types of goodies, presents and stuff. Just where is it all coming from....'ah'...Santa or something?...SMILE!
I heard that it's a real blessing,..'to see life the way it really is...not the way we wish it was'.
Times are difficult, food, utilities and rents especially high with wages just not keeping up with demands of everyday life. it's especially difficult on young families with wide-eyed expecting children, who have been taught they haveta keep up with little Tommy and Mary next door.
I see more and more folks living in R.V.s, 5th Wheels and Travel Trailers...and it looks like giving up on ever owning their very own 'dream home'.
Another thing,.....have you seen the increase, availability [spell?] and acceptability of street drugs? I mean, really hard street drugs....like heroin! for example. I believe many use that stuff, just to handle just what is happening with wages and  their expectations above.
Someone who sings 'bout real life and hardships, and not sugar coating it a bit, is TOM WAIT. An American singer-song writer, composer and actor...[WIKIPEDIA]. His voice has been descibed as...' "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car".

This morning, I found a 'Chrismas Carol' by him that spoke of all of these things... 'ah'...kinda, well anyway it reminded me of them..and my concerns about manifesting of our dreams in life...not, just pretending, closing our eyes and getting another mortgage or something. Jan
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I 'm posting Tom Wait's Christmas tune and video below...AND, 'Merry Christmas'.

Chet Baker - Born to Be Blue

Steve's recording this tomorrow @ THE REHEARSAL WORKS in Sumner, Washington.Jan

Where's BARTLETT?....UPCOMING EVENTS

By J.A. Rose-Bartlett cc

Where's the Bass? UPCOMING EVENTS: Just where is STEVE BSRTLETT/bass? Anyway?
Steve's gotta jazz gig on January 8th...it's a Sunday afternoon, 2 o'clock 'til 5pm @ TRADITIONS CAFE in Olympia, Washington.....address...300 5th, that's right downtown by the waterfront....easy to find.
ERIC VALLEY/keys/trombone has hired him to help host Eric's jazz jam in January...the jazz jam is held every second Sunday of each month at Traditions.
There's other guys hosting this gig too...and you! Bring your axe and join in! Traditions have sandwiches, organic salads, soups, fair trade coffees and espressos, ice cream...that sorta stuff...yummy!
I'll post all the names of all the guys that'll be hosting this gig, as soon as I get all their names with the correct spellings..and check with Eric...O.K? Jan
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More photos below....
1.] top photo...Steve peeking from behind his Double bass.
2.] first photo below....Steve with a copy of his first and favorite electric bass....'56 Precision P-Bass.
3.] Steve with bass.

by J.A.Rose-Bartlett cc

by J.A.Rose-Bartlett cc

What A Day...December 6th Was

taken in 1996 by Crystal J. Sincoff cc

Hey Everyone...December 6th.It' was our anniversary today! Yep...Steve and I got hitched on December 6th in 2004.
Yeah....That's twelve years of 'legal' bliss, we'll be celebrating  and also nine years of 'illegal' testing the waters, so to speak...(wink) or just getting to know if we were just right for each other....(we were)....we will also tack those on here and celebrate too.....yeah!
We met in November of 1995 in Olympia, Washington...moved to Yelm, Washington together in April of '96.
I had known Steve's Mom, Elisabeth Bartlett, for 'bout 10 years, did not know that she had a son. Got a little worried when I saw her over @ my new boyfriend's house. That...???, that ???..she was always really cute! How dare she....SMILE!
We're planning our day this morning, and shoving alotta fun stuff in...sooooo, if we off line today, you'll understand....'Yippi'.
Jan and Steve