Congratulations Kathy, you've now passed into the third and final phase of living.
In the first phase, you had all the excitement, thrills, and experiences of everything being new, and living life to the fullest, while trying to accomplish goals, personal and financial success.
Second phase, living out the life that you've carved for yourself, enjoying your fame and fortune, and being able to live where you want and how you want, to the best of your abilities.
You are now in the third or spiritual side of your life where you start to look back on all that you've accomplished.... past relationships, successes and failures, and start to wonder what it all means. and what is the ahead for you, as well as bigger issues like the true meaning of life, etc.
Sounds like you're embracing this new phase of life in good order.
I hope you enjoy it, cause you can't do it over.
Also, I have the terrible feeling that we will never hear from the Go-Go's again.
interesting analysis, however I disagree. I don't think I'm in a third and final phase of anything. I look forward, dream big and certainly don't "wonder what it all means" --not sure where you got any of this from, but thank you for reading and subscribing!
Thank you for the response. I think your positive attitude is terrific, but I recall that I've also heard you say in the past that at your current age, you start to look at things a little differently than you did before.... with vague reflections on things, spiritual and the universe around us. All Very natural, at least that was my impression.
As someone that is almost exactly your age, I can still feel positive, but realize that I am in the last third of my life and nothing will change that, I'm sure you must have reflected on this at some point ?
Are you still working on the second book of your biography? Might we see it next year? The first book was soooo good.....
Your dispatches from the front line always bring me cheer in one way or another, Kathy. Looking forward to catching your music in London sometime soon.
Not to feel is not to love is not to live. While searching for Terry and Julie, keep embracing those taliswomen like the one you spotted and savor a Waterloo Sunset for we less fortunate. To radiate life is to be seen is to share a gift.
The Kinks’ 1967 classic Waterloo Sunset refers to the Station. Terry and Julie arguably Terence Stamp and Julie Christie, though Ray Davies has said not. Definitely listen.
thank you Elissa! I so appreciate this from you. As soon as Clem's book is out in the world I can focus on mine. It's been a lot of work, with him gone, but I promised I'd get it out. All the copyedits, reviews, revisions fell to me. I'm excited to start my second!
thank you Kathy, I am delighted to be sharing these few minutes with you and pbj
you have a reassuring voice, and that is needed today
I have been noting your voice in a few corners, and Audrey's, too, and I need to return to those spots (I am always returning for things I miss) if only the moment and the movement would stop to catch its breath
What an amazing celebration of Clem's musical life. I hope you'll be back to perform in NYC with Psycher!
On a practical, more mundane note about your toe. I feel you. I am the queen of hammer toes. They're annoying and uncomfortable. You can have it corrected with surgery by fusing the bone so it remains straight. Another option is if your toe is rubbing up against your boot, try using band-aids - or just wear sneakers!
Thank you for jumpstarting my heart this morning as I begin to intersect with others on the human highway. Beep beep fellow traveler…after you! As a result of your post, I will practice kindness, grace and empathy today. Great seeing you in NYC, albeit way too brief. Maybe I’ll come visit soon. ❤️❤️❤️
What a delightful update. I appeared as a guest on a podcast recently and agued a lot about Blondie. Raved about how amazing Clem was on Parallel Lines and how it might be one of the most important records to the 80's (which were yet to come). So amazing to see Debbie is still so radiant. What a special lady. Blondie matters so much. I'm always making that case :)
I would have loved to have been in New York for the celebration of Clem’s life and music but, with a new puppy, I just couldn’t swing it. My friend Brad Elvis, however, was there on drums for a few sets and he shared all of the pictures he took and his memories of the experience.
Wonderful, as always. My gardens haven't awakened quite yet-- I'm located a ways up north-- and it's heartwarming to read an account by someone who observes and appreciates such things.
The Clem celebration concert sounds awesome. I would have loved it (it's taken 60+ years, but I think I'm finally getting to know myself :)
Also, the photos are fab. A handsome trio to be sure, and so cool to see three people whose work spun on my old Technics turntable throughout my high school and college days.
You nailed it about the feeling that others "get" you; to me, that is possibly the most precious thing about life. Knowing that even your idiosyncrasies and quirks are seen and appreciated.
I remember a long-ago planning session among friends, for a trip to Disney for Gay Days. This was in the 90s, before Disney got okay with gay, and Gay Days was still very much unofficial. I was on the fence about going, because even as a kid I was NOT into Mickey Mouse and the whole shebang, and that has not changed. So I was being a bit cranky, and one of my friends said, "I feel like I don't want to go if you don't. I am really looking forward to seeing Neil vs. The Happiest Place on Earth."
I never told any of them that I was really touched by that. I think I will tell them now.
Yes, I found out that Disneyland is not the place for me. My friends and I were approached by one of the characters, whom I kept calling Goofy. (I am awfully ignorant about Disney stuff, mind you.) My friends were cracking up, and Goofy keeps shaking his head, and I'm like, what? Finally, someone pointed out that I was talking to Pluto, and, exasperated, I said, "Well, I can't keep all these freaks straight!"
Pluto walked slowly away with head bowed, leaving me to reflect that I should not be calling a Disney character a freak--admittedly, a lesson I probably shouldn't have needed to learn. So I imagine that I couldn't get back into Disney now if I tried. :-)
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Congratulations Kathy, you've now passed into the third and final phase of living.
In the first phase, you had all the excitement, thrills, and experiences of everything being new, and living life to the fullest, while trying to accomplish goals, personal and financial success.
Second phase, living out the life that you've carved for yourself, enjoying your fame and fortune, and being able to live where you want and how you want, to the best of your abilities.
You are now in the third or spiritual side of your life where you start to look back on all that you've accomplished.... past relationships, successes and failures, and start to wonder what it all means. and what is the ahead for you, as well as bigger issues like the true meaning of life, etc.
Sounds like you're embracing this new phase of life in good order.
I hope you enjoy it, cause you can't do it over.
Also, I have the terrible feeling that we will never hear from the Go-Go's again.
I hope I'm wrong.
interesting analysis, however I disagree. I don't think I'm in a third and final phase of anything. I look forward, dream big and certainly don't "wonder what it all means" --not sure where you got any of this from, but thank you for reading and subscribing!
Thank you for the response. I think your positive attitude is terrific, but I recall that I've also heard you say in the past that at your current age, you start to look at things a little differently than you did before.... with vague reflections on things, spiritual and the universe around us. All Very natural, at least that was my impression.
As someone that is almost exactly your age, I can still feel positive, but realize that I am in the last third of my life and nothing will change that, I'm sure you must have reflected on this at some point ?
Are you still working on the second book of your biography? Might we see it next year? The first book was soooo good.....
Beautiful woman, beautiful life. ;-)
Your dispatches from the front line always bring me cheer in one way or another, Kathy. Looking forward to catching your music in London sometime soon.
Keep on jazzing.
thanks Steve!! xxx
Not to feel is not to love is not to live. While searching for Terry and Julie, keep embracing those taliswomen like the one you spotted and savor a Waterloo Sunset for we less fortunate. To radiate life is to be seen is to share a gift.
The Kinks’ 1967 classic Waterloo Sunset refers to the Station. Terry and Julie arguably Terence Stamp and Julie Christie, though Ray Davies has said not. Definitely listen.
thank you for reading, who are Terry and Julie?
Also: yes to the oysters. A good writer couldn’t come up with a better description 👍🏻
Stunning, stunning writing- Please tell me you’re writing book #2 so that the world can read your words.
thank you Elissa! I so appreciate this from you. As soon as Clem's book is out in the world I can focus on mine. It's been a lot of work, with him gone, but I promised I'd get it out. All the copyedits, reviews, revisions fell to me. I'm excited to start my second!
thank you Kathy, I am delighted to be sharing these few minutes with you and pbj
you have a reassuring voice, and that is needed today
I have been noting your voice in a few corners, and Audrey's, too, and I need to return to those spots (I am always returning for things I miss) if only the moment and the movement would stop to catch its breath
and I could sit quietly again with you
thank you for this, the better part of living
What an amazing celebration of Clem's musical life. I hope you'll be back to perform in NYC with Psycher!
On a practical, more mundane note about your toe. I feel you. I am the queen of hammer toes. They're annoying and uncomfortable. You can have it corrected with surgery by fusing the bone so it remains straight. Another option is if your toe is rubbing up against your boot, try using band-aids - or just wear sneakers!
i am sneaker queen!! no to surgery!
PS: shakshuka. My mom used to make it for us 😋
i was close!
You should try it if you haven't. You WOULD love it! Spicy, garlicky, protein rich goodness.
Thank you for jumpstarting my heart this morning as I begin to intersect with others on the human highway. Beep beep fellow traveler…after you! As a result of your post, I will practice kindness, grace and empathy today. Great seeing you in NYC, albeit way too brief. Maybe I’ll come visit soon. ❤️❤️❤️
Late June might be perfect. Def London, they maybe France!
PLEASE come visit!! Late June or later in the summer. we can go somewhere else too, name it.
What a delightful update. I appeared as a guest on a podcast recently and agued a lot about Blondie. Raved about how amazing Clem was on Parallel Lines and how it might be one of the most important records to the 80's (which were yet to come). So amazing to see Debbie is still so radiant. What a special lady. Blondie matters so much. I'm always making that case :)
I think you will love Clem's memoir!
I am patiently waiting. :)
I would have loved to have been in New York for the celebration of Clem’s life and music but, with a new puppy, I just couldn’t swing it. My friend Brad Elvis, however, was there on drums for a few sets and he shared all of the pictures he took and his memories of the experience.
Brad was awesome!
To be known, and to share true emotional closeness, is everything! Lovely read this morning. Miss you!
thank you Nakia!
Wonderful, as always. My gardens haven't awakened quite yet-- I'm located a ways up north-- and it's heartwarming to read an account by someone who observes and appreciates such things.
The Clem celebration concert sounds awesome. I would have loved it (it's taken 60+ years, but I think I'm finally getting to know myself :)
Also, the photos are fab. A handsome trio to be sure, and so cool to see three people whose work spun on my old Technics turntable throughout my high school and college days.
All the best, rick
"I would've loved it" --great! thank you Rick
Thank you, Kathy ❤️
A “Vision of Nowness”
yes, liking the nowness and then-ness now and then!
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You nailed it about the feeling that others "get" you; to me, that is possibly the most precious thing about life. Knowing that even your idiosyncrasies and quirks are seen and appreciated.
I remember a long-ago planning session among friends, for a trip to Disney for Gay Days. This was in the 90s, before Disney got okay with gay, and Gay Days was still very much unofficial. I was on the fence about going, because even as a kid I was NOT into Mickey Mouse and the whole shebang, and that has not changed. So I was being a bit cranky, and one of my friends said, "I feel like I don't want to go if you don't. I am really looking forward to seeing Neil vs. The Happiest Place on Earth."
I never told any of them that I was really touched by that. I think I will tell them now.
fantastic, thanks Neil. We were talking about Disneyland in the dressing room! not my favorite place either, in fact I dislike.
Yes, I found out that Disneyland is not the place for me. My friends and I were approached by one of the characters, whom I kept calling Goofy. (I am awfully ignorant about Disney stuff, mind you.) My friends were cracking up, and Goofy keeps shaking his head, and I'm like, what? Finally, someone pointed out that I was talking to Pluto, and, exasperated, I said, "Well, I can't keep all these freaks straight!"
Pluto walked slowly away with head bowed, leaving me to reflect that I should not be calling a Disney character a freak--admittedly, a lesson I probably shouldn't have needed to learn. So I imagine that I couldn't get back into Disney now if I tried. :-)
you actually made me feel sad for Pluto/Goofy --also I would not have known the difference either!!