Ain't it funny how time slips away....

Time is on our side, Time after Time, Where does the time go? It really does seem like yesterday we moved to Maui from Toronto with 89 boxes and a family of five. In our late 40's, in 1997, we started fresh in a new place, far from family, following our dear friend Patricia Watson. We thought we may live in a jungle with a dirt floor, and what could be so bad about living in paradise and playing music for tourists til we die? Curt and I got a gig right away at Kahale's, two nights a week. Two weeks after our arrival, I walked in there in khaki shorts carrying my grocery bags and got the gig. It was there Jose Ortiz started to jam with us and sparked the show enough to pay for himself with a share of the tips. I currently have a duo now with him - Louise & Ortiz. Through the years we always seem to come around to play music together again.  Like a brother. Curt is having health challenges, so he is not on the music scene right now. It was some of my most pleasurable times making music with Curt - since 1971. Our daughter Joie is here now helping her Dad and his wife Cathi. Curt says: "if I 'd have known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of himself."

I sub for Curt now at Sargents Fine Art on the week-ends. It had been my gig, 22 years ago, then I gave it to Curt when I left for Vegas to help the girls in school. He has been there ever since! I have subbed for him occasionally, whenever he needed to take time off,  (read: when he is sick, because he never takes time off from a gig.)  I knew something was up, when Dick Sargent called me to play, saying Curt didn't show up for the gig. We pray for his recovery and vibrant health.

These past two years did not keep live music alive very well. Many of our musical peers have died or are retired from playing music. I can't imagine retiring. Music is my life. I am extremely grateful for students and gigs and the joy they bring!

 But, I do need some new younger musical contacts, for if and when I need a sub!