Come Summer’s Sun

Hi,

I hope this finds you all staying smart and staying well as we clock into Summer.  Seems like people can’t wait to return to some normalcy and it is understandable but so many cities are throwing the doors open even at a time when the cases of C-19 continue marching forward.  Nashville is one of them.  I dunno, it doesn’t take a lot of brains to figure that one out.  Then again, we don’t have a lot of brains in government and the ones we do have go unheeded.  Well, I know what I’m doing… a rerun of the last three months.

We’ve pretty well kept the world at bay since the middle of last March and I’m liking it just fine.  Of course the reason for it is an epic tragedy, but I’m never at a loss for things to do or to occupy myself with.  Still staying busy with music, writing, reading, records, some yard work and lots of cooking.  The amazing thing with eating home all the time is how well we eat and have managed to shed a few pounds without even trying.  Below is a great and simple recipe that’s a current fave around the Bennett table.  The other welcomed occurrence is a drop in our credit card bill each month, half of what it used to be…. and I never thought of ourselves as “consumers”.  My big splurge over this period was to order on-line a seriously heavy-duty, double wheeled Kobalt wheel barrow.  It’s a shining blue beauty, makes hauling heavy stuff a breeze and I look for any excuse to use it.

What I do miss is seeing my friends and also being in the studio.  I was on a good roll toward finishing my new album when everyone pulled in.  So, I am looking forward to resuming my work whenever we’re all safely on the other side of the virus.  In the meantime I thank my lucky stars every day I wake up that we’re all healthy.  I can’t recall a year where I’ve lost so many friends, some to COVID others not.  Through it all, I’m staying up-beat and I hope the same goes for you.  

Stay well,

Richard