Quintessence - Only Love

...all Hail to the AMERICAN DREAM of reckless driving, and shooting!

@ike4930

2 years ago
I'm 62. I've always HEARD of John Prine, but never listened to any of his stuff. Last week of March, 2020, as I walked to my truck to go to work, a mangy looking cat dropped out from the fenderwell of it and met me, obviously blind, obviously hungry. I got him some food, and a dish of water, and went to work. On the way to work, I turned on Sirius radio and "Hello in there" came on. I really enjoyed it, and did some phone flipping at work to find the video, and then this song. When I got home that night, that cat was waiting on me. I fed him again, gave him fresh water and a cardboard box and an old jacket to curl up on. Next morning, he was back up in my wheelwell when I came out to go to work.

Long story short, Sebastian now has his own apartment at the back of the garage and while not totally blind, has some trouble seeing after being beat up so bad in the woods, his eyes taking the worst of it. His shot records and doctors records are longer than mine, and he loves about anyone that'll show him the least bit of affection, which is everybody that meets him!

John Prine died about a week after Sebastian and I met, and I've kicked myself for not getting acquainted with him music earlier in my life, but then, the impact it's had on me lately surely makes up for it. He's missed HERE, for sure, but for that mangy cat and me? Hello in there, indeed!

What a tribute they put on NBC last night. A tidal wave of love.

This was earlier this year. What a swan song.

Old man grunge