joan baez, bob dylan and the rain

[just_jenni]

It's raining today, but gently and the sky is trying to choose between light and clouds. Its colour is white in some places and very pale blue in others. I feel odd today as if I am coming down with something so I decided to relax and listen to music, mainly Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.

Their songs take me back to when my sister and I were in our late

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[keiliss]

I haven't listened to this in so long --- I wonder if perhaps what the world's going through now will teach a lesson anti-war protests never managed? (probably a case of 'don't hold your breath' but still...)

The outhouse story brought back memories. When I was very small my cousin's house had an outhouse --- you went out the kitchen and along the side of the house and there it was -- and it was famous for humungous spiders. I only ever went in there once, after that I learned to hold it till we got home, lol.

It sounds like the kind of day to be quiet and kind to yourself. I hope you're already feeling better - just rest, it cures most things.

[just_jenni]

It's strange how a lot of war analogies are popping up on the news and in social media comparing battling this pandemic to fighting a war. Maybe that's what led me to listen to some anti-war protesting songs and hankering to watch Woodstock again.

I've had vivid nightmares ever since about finding huge spiders in small spaces. It was from my memories of that outhouse plus the spiders in a particular bus shelter I used to use back in the day that has triggered them.

I've been resting a lot. It's been easy because our weather has been variable with lots of rain. I'm sure my allergies caused a sinus infection to start.

[becoming_rachel]

Hope you are feeling ok!
I grew up with all that music. My mom was a would-be hippie and the sounds of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary, Janis Joplin, The Beatles etc. filled my childhood.
I would have freaked in that outhouse!

[just_jenni]

Thank you. I think my allergies have caused a sinus infection to start. I've been using my sinus meds and hope I don't have to call the doctor.

Folk music has always been a favourite of mine since childhood. My Dad took me to coffee houses in Toronto when I was a kid. I loved the atmosphere there and when I was in my late teens I visited New York with a couple of friends and we stayed in Greenwich Village which was populated by coffee houses and folk singers as well. That started my love of folk and anti-war protest songs.