A 15 Year Old gets a Lesson On Love...

9 August 2017

A 15 Year Old gets a Lesson On Love...

Hello JazzLovers


A Life Lesson at 15.

The Summer of my 15th year, I worked summers at the local Juke Joint in Acers Homes in Houston. My Mom was a friend of the owner and a regular there. I stocked the beer boxes and cleaned just to listen to the juke box. Even though I was not supposed to I also served in the evenings,( My Mom was there so in those days it was Ok.) That summer a man about 50 years old would come in as sit in a corner drinking beer and playing the blues. He would drink every night and go home at midnight. I somehow started him to talking to me when I served him, he was quiet yet very nice and polite. 

 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV9oeKObJd4         Today I sing The Blues    Aretha Franklin

Finally he started to tell me his story. When he was 19 he go into some trouble with some of his wilder friends and went to prison for 30 years.. An older man (27) took him under his wing as his protector, as the years went by they became lovers, he said this was the only person that had ever touched him with kindness or tenderness. As time went on he opened up more to me and one day at the end of the summer we were alone in the bar, my mom had not come in yet and the owner Martha was working in the back. When I served him his beer, he asked me to sit for a minute. I was happy to because he was always so sad.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcO1xx3Mu_M      Someone to believe in. Randy Crawford

 

He began to tell me about this love and how it developed and how lone·ly and lost he was without him and that he was not adjusting to being out of prison, he only went to work to the bar and home, he had no friends everyone he knew was gone. My heart went out to him but at 15 I didn't know what to say so I gave him his next beer on the house. It was getting close to the end of the summer and the next week I was to return to Louisiana for school. I sat with him all that week when the bar was slow and listened to his stories. I really hated to say goodbye on my last night he gave me a cross ball pint pin that I still have.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBbloxAgBCc            Just You Just Me  Ann Peepbles

I looked forward to the next summer hoping to see him and how he was doing. Monday I went to the U an I to get my job back and anticipated seeing him that evening but he did not show. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and the rest of the week he did not come. Saturday I asked Martha what had happened to him. She told me that the week after I left he broke into a place and waited for the police, was arrested and sent back to prison. I smiled. I understood. His Love was stronger than a freedom with no joy. I never forgot him and I never will. I do so hope his love was still there, I know they had stayed in touch through the mail.

 

So Many Men never know what it is Like to really be Loved.

I am so grateful for that lesson because I have known Love.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zamJkPhtCJk        I Just Love The Man    The Jones Girls

 

 

Well Jazzloves Until next time.

 

Keep The beat.

 

DW Jazzlover 

Black History

The Remarkable Women Who Raised me.

Well hello Jazzlovers

It has been awhile, but I could not let this month go by without giving thanks to these six remarkable women.

If you have been keeping up with me you know I had a traumatic experience when I was six years old and these are the women who healed me. My Aunt Mel {back row third from left} is the only one feft and she will be 99years old next month,She has been wanting to come home for one more visit to our church and since black history at our church is my area, I tried to make that possible. But at the last minute she changed her mind about traveling and in no way was I going to be upset about that! But thanks to technology and my 18 year old neice she was able to speak to the church Live!It was so beautiful and so well recieved! She is the most amazing woman and sounds like a 25 year old girl!!! He diction and clearity on the history of the church had every one in tears and she is funnny as hell! But that's My aunt Mel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj6VcS7gouU       "I know where I've been" Queen Latifah

I came into this family when I was  six, My Father married the Woman on the left back row and although she was only 23 years old she was wise beyond her years and really became my mama!!!!! I did not speak for a year but they were so loving and caring and made no big deal the day I did start speaking..The Beautiful woman in front is my beloved Grand Mother, who I love to hang out with and I liked to cook with her and the day I started speaking she had  left out an ingredient on the dish she was making and  I said" Grandma  you left out the salt" She rplied "You are right baby go ask you mama to send me some" It was no big deal!!
I know some times they wished I had stayed silent! Because after that day they could not shut me up!!LOL
I loved my Grandma! All 5 of her daughters were just as remarkable and I have never been a step child in this Family. My Uncl KC on the right is still my ideal man! He was my best friend and taught me to be a man even though they all knew I walked a different path, I was loved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj3aZYvCIZU    " I know where I've been" Alex Newell

These Beautiful People standing there gave me a strong foundation that has taken me around the world and brought me back!! My Grand mother was born ony 20 years after slavery but was the most positive person I knew, and a very firm believer in the truth!!  She set me on the path I follow until today...I never heard her complain about a thing in my life! I am so grateful! I could not let this month go by with out saying Thank you to this remarkable family that made me their own! My Father was a lucky man to marry here.and he knew it. I really don't think all my cousins don't remember or just don't care that I am natural born, I am very included ad as Cousin, uncle,nephew as everyone else! Aunt Mel said sundry I was her favorite nephew!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYhY3Z4QwTo      The Barrett sisters

I know what love is and it is thanks to My wonder family ! I have become the confidant to my same gender loving nieces and nephews and to their parents who are trying to understand thier children! So I am happy for my lessons on love from these remarkable people.

.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqn-aCL4KU       Bella Reese  " Being Green"

Well Jazz lovers I leave you  With

A Quote by Dr. John Henrick Clark, sums it up well

(When You lose track of your Heritage, You Lose track of your place in this world!”

The struggle is not over.

DWJazzlover  

Posted by D W JazzLover at 2:27 AM

I am a Man, I am A Black Man, I am a Same gender loving Man and I am OK With That

The beginning.

Hello Jazzlovers

Another Beautiful Day to be On This Earth.

I had an interesting experience this week that started me to thinking, Someone asked a few weeks ago why did I choose to be Gay? My Answer was " for the same reason I chose to be black." This week I was told that I don't act Gay! and that gave birth to this FB Post that I feel I should share with my Blog readers. So here goes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V21-8iJbThU    " I've Been here Before- Deja Vu "  Tina Marie

I prayed and debated a long time before sitting down to write this post! But after having 3 near death experiences, I feel I need to express exactly how I feel about Life and Gods Love. I had an interesting experience the other day when a neighbor said to me " You don't act gay! "My answer was how do gay people act? But it started a process of thoughts in my mind!
 

So I will attempt to explain my ...thought process after the question. To start with I am Male, second I am a Black male, and I am a same gender loving male, none of which I had a choice in being! Yet each one of the labels carry a different set of rules and perceptions of what each one denotes.
The known are I am not now, nor do I desire to be a female (I love my sistas with all my heart, Women are remarkable!). Being a black man carries it's own set of issues to be dealt with, Then add same gender loving man to that adds a whole new dimension to the equation!

 Same gender loving men who are not stereotypical confuses, ( down low) , Those with a strong X chromosome,( Effeminate) are more accepting, because they are more visible. Society deals a little better with this..
I support my effeminate brothers with all my soul because if not for them we would nor have the freedom we have today( Stonewall 1968), but my MENTOTRS were James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Bayard Rustin,( Father of the Civil rights Movement, Malcolm X, Hughie Newton, Men who loved men and still worked for out freedom. Their sexuality did not define their actions or their contributions to our freedom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj6VcS7gouU   Queen Latafah  "I know Where I've been"  

 Plato and Darwin were right about natural selection, we would all be a lot freer if we could love who we were destined to love. When heterosexuals ask the question when did you choose to be gay? My answer is exactly the time you chose to be straight!!

Now I know some of you are now going to throw the Bible at me! The same book they used with colorful beads and Missionaries that lured you and I out of Africa out of Africa and into slavery with! But I serve a Living, Loving God that intended me to be just who I am!! I know my time is short on this earth but I am so filled with gratitude for the gift I have been given to see the beauty and being able to create beauty and to keep a loving heart in spite of the hate I face every day of my life. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46XAah-olSw   "The Ways To Love a Man"

 I close by saying I am A Man, I am A Black man in every since of the definition and I am a Same gender Loving man and I have Loved and been Loved . I live-in gratitude of Gods love.

Jazz lovers I leave you with my Favorite Della Song, my theme song and I have been blessed enough to live it.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WVBkNez4bU  "The I have been looking for"

 

Well Jazzlovers until next time, 

 

Keep The beat!

 

D W Jazzlover

The Down Low

Hello jazz lovers

Happy Holidays.

I had an Interesting experience in Church today. I got the DL eye from a very unexpected place!!And No It will not Happen!!! I assure you of that fact. But it did start me to thinking..

I have just Finished J.L.Kings "On The down low" and realize he cashed in!! It is Hype for Women. I think I will Blog about my findings..He has finally admitted that he is Gay and yet does not want to be a part of the gay community! I understand that, he still has a lot of self hatred in his own life and made money on it..I offer no disrespect to the Man it is his life after all. I just see it differently that's all.

 I was born at the end of the 1940's and grew up in the 50's and 60's, I knew I was different very early in life and was not really like other Boys even though I like doing boy things and really enjoyed being a boy!

As I grew I began to understand what was what, I knew Fem guys and realized early that I was not "Like That". But at the time it was serious business not to be visible, the messages from Church, Family, and Society was not accepting of Same gender loving men or Women although for women they often got a pass due to men's fantasies of two women together. but for men it was totally taboo! 80% of the same gender loving ...men were on the DL or Closet the stakes were just too high to be visible, so a separate society was formed with in a society. There were meeting places, parks, greyhound, almost anywhere and He is right it is always eye contact.

In the 20's,30's 40's and 50's there was a code for those "In The Life" Certain color ties, The color of Hankies in a suit pocket, certain code words known in the cities example The term "A friend of Dorothy's". But as a whole a complete life to hide..When the gay revolution started in the late 60's, 1968 to be exact, things began to change in the White communities in larger cities but small towns and the south stayed the same even until today! We could not allow relationships to become visible in the Black Community, so the DL became a way of life..It will take decades for that to change..But no one is free until all are free!

The one good thing about his book is alerting women not to live in denial about their men it really can save their lives. But until the stigma of Men loving Men is removed DL men will be around for a long time.. He climes to accept his Homosexuality but if you really listen to him it is obviously clear that he does not. I do understand his thinking, All through time you are told your natural being is wrong and that you are not suppose to exist is a very hard row to hoe! people still think it is a choice. The only choice open to men is to live your life or live a lie. It is like Bleaching Cream is still one of the biggest selling products around the world. When You question my color you are questioning God and his creation, it is the same with sexuality. The DL was created by the society in which we live.
 
My Next Blog will be more in-depth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46XAah-olSw Della Reese To Love A man..

Only one song this time and until next time
Keep The Beat

D W Jazzlover. 

 

Touchdown

Touchdown
Available on Amazon Kindle.


Hello Jazzlovers,

It has been a little while since I have been here. I keep my self busy all the time, since I have been away I have completed a Quilt, created a fabric, made new friends, and I actually sat down and wrote a book! This is the song I played a lot while accomplishing these things.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgBe0jmJBjw    Victoria Wilson James "Perseverance Works"

I am not really concerned that the book sells, the important thing is "I Did It." The accomplishment is what's important. I have been writing in a journal since 1979 and there is a book there too, but not yet, I am not ready for that. This was a book that came out of my head, it is a different kind of love story, and I know it is not for everyone. Life is happening all around us and it really could happen like I wrote it. I do believe it is possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj6VcS7gouU  Queen Latifah " I know where I've Been" 

I still believe in Love and I am a firm believer that the "The Lord Win Not Mind if It's Love," I read that some where when I was very young and held on to the thought all my life. Two of the characters in the current book has started to speak to me and I have started their story, "At Last Home"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwxM--iDH2c   Etta James " At Last" Live


Here is what I learned while writing this book! A healthy new respect for writers, I had to ger out of the way and let the Characters speak for themselves, they will say what they want to say, I learned I have forgotten good grammar! That was the hard part. But I did it anyway!!! I learned a book does not always flow start to finish but reveals bits and pieces of where it has been and where it is going and it was my job to understand that. It was a wonderful experience. And I am feeling good.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJRX-8SXOs Nina Simone  "Feeling Good"

It is a brand new day for me My Friends.

Until next time Jazzlovers

Keep the beat.

D.W. Jazzlover.

Trouble In Mind..

A place of Refuge

Hello Jazzlovers,

It is a beautiful day today..

To Beautiful to be troubled!!

But I am troubled so I must write it out..I am giving it to the Universe and letting it go...

I am normally a very happy person and don't let things I have no control over get to me..but I think I am a little venerable right now..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6eg2ppX2tU Nina Simone "Trouble in Mind"

I am back in my home town after being gone for most of my adult life, I have visited and have stayed a while, but I always knew I would be leaving so it was OK.. I knew what it would be like coming back and I really don't have a problem with it...I am actually happy to be back, I need to be clear on that front..My family is absolutely wonderful!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqn-aCL4KU Della Reese "Being Green"


One of the things I have always had a problem with is hypocrisy!!I have lived my life openly and honestly..So I was very surprised at something that happened last sunday!!( To be honest I expected it) Yet it did surprise me..LOL. For some reason last Sunday I decided not to go to church,It is a community event so I do enjoy going and being amoung people I have known all my life..So My decision not to go was unsual...When my Family returned they were a little vague as to how it went...Until a little later in the evening when they let it drop that the sermon was on Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve...(They can not get pass that one!!Can They?)!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1mdrQpNnHk&feature=relmfu Della Reese " Fire and Rain"


I felt betrayed because before I started going back to church I had the conversation with the Minister, and asked if they had a problem with it I would not return,,and I was very comfortable with that decision...I was assured that it would not be a problem..I think the Universe for keeping me home last Sunday..I don't think I would have kept quiet...You see I am a Child of this Universe and I did not ask for this GIFT of being me...I am going to live this life and play the hand I have been given until the end...I have a strong loving and giving heart,that I am so grateful for..I see and work at creating Beauty!! If there were no Adams and Steve's there would be very little Beauty on this earth and what a dull place it would be...I really believe this..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRu1xAu5NxY Della Reese " The Games People Play"


The Controller of this Universe is amazing and does not make mistakes and I am a true Child of This Universe...I celebrate that!!! I can only answer to The Universe for me no one can answer for me and I can answer for no one else..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXMTsQBZeYI Della Reese " I've Got to be me..."


One More..... To say thanks for listening Jazzlovers I feel much Better..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GNg5nyeeD4 Loving Spoonful " Daydream"

Ok One more!!

See I amfeeling better....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GNg5nyeeD4 Mama Cass " Dream a little Dream"

Well Jazz Lovers

I've Come This Far By Faith

Faith Is Personal...

Hello Jazzlovers,

It is a rainy Day Here today...

I have never written about Religion or Faith because I feel like it is personal.... Sitting out on the front porch having a fag,this post started running through my head...So that I am clear I am only writing about my personal faith..no one Else's, only mine...I feel like we are all trying to get to the same place, it is just that we are taking different highways...My route is different now than it was when I was a child...I am becoming disillusioned with Church and Religion..Don't get me wrong,I do belive that there is something in this Universe Bigger than me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXTi1UCzWuI James Clevland " I don't believe he brought this far"

I am very grateful that I had the Church,and the Masjied in my life as a child, it taught me many lessons on goodness and discipline in my life..Those early days have been my Rock and my Faith runs deep!! But Not like everyone Else's...I am having much trouble with Church and with religion right now..I grew up between three religions and realize that the messages are almost the same..But I cannot live my life looking at the end of my life!! I was put down here to Live, to Learn to be free..I can not believe I was not meant to make mistake's , to enjoy pleasure, to love someone,That is what forgiveness is all about! Isn't it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYhY3Z4QwTo The Barrett Sisters " I don't beieve He brought me this far"

I have been a "Child of the Night" and loved every moment! But I have never done anyone any wrong,Langston Hughes once wrote " Children of the night will give a snake a break" and that is the truth...I loved the Night Life,I enjoyed the people and I have had much fun,and I have met some wonderful people and made friends that will last a life time..I also still have friends from my child hood..But the discipline I learned at My Very religious Grandmother stayed with me and kept me safe!So I have to believe that there is a Creator of this Universe..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxwSP38hRi0 Aretha Franklin " Going down Slow"

When I was out there loving the Night Life, People were real!I loved the music and the dancing better than eating...Mater of fact I saved lunch money to have the price of a ticket and a couple of drinks,LOL before I could afford it.. I wanted to experience it all and I did,but it does not mean I lost my faith or my belief in A Creator of This Universe..I just found the People of the Night more honest if!!If they were a Thief,You Knew they were a thief!!They did not hide it..You Knew a Lier when you met them!!They too did not hide,,A Loose man or woman admitted the were fast..A Nice Guy or a Lady was respected and left an alone or/and Procter!! Langston was right...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCGsPWv1nKk Cassandra Wilson " Children of the Night"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wqHOXXe_QM The Jones Girls " Children of The Night."

I have always been honest and open with my life, even when I did not know I was, it is hell tryi,ng to live a double life..and for safety there are times you have to try...You must allow other people to fool themselves at you expense..Don't get me wrong I have made mistakes in my life lots of them,but I have learned from most of them and tried not to repeat them...But that's like!!I have Loved and I have been Loved,and I can find no wrong in that..I found a book in a junk shop when I was just a kid,The title was "The Lord won't Mind if it is Love" I am so happy I found that book, It saved my life in many ways..It came along when I was having a serious Identity cries,it helped me to decide to life my life as I was,,,To play the hand I was dealt,and I have no regrets..and I think that is what the Creator of This Universe want of us !! My God does Not make mistakes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzQkX-IZDbQ Nina Simone " My Way"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3rvos6CRCM Shirley Bassey " My Way..

Well Jazzlovers Until next time.

Keep the Beat...

It's Is MY Life

My Life

Hello JazzLovers

It is such a beautiful Day today..

My head today is both looking back and looking forward,being home is very interesting..
I am so grateful for my life and the way I have lived it..but sometimes I think those who did not leave might be the lucky ones..It amazes me that a lot of people I know and have known all my life are still in the same place, I just can not figure out if they are happy,they say they are but there is a sadness in their eyes that can not be denied..The jokes are the same,the laughter a little brittle and too loud,slightly brittle,also basically doing the same thing..playing the same games..

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMSyXuvNpeM&feature=fvst            Skip Intro..


Don't get me wrong I am not saying there is anything wrong with their lives,it was their choice and I can accept and live with that..I am making new friends and I am also a person of interest right now...(LOL) and I am also enjoying their company..Oddly enough they are interested in my life,and realize I am still the same person that left all those years ago..I am reconnecting with people that I enjoyed before I left and all of them also have traveled and have a lot to talk about..It is all positive and I am loving being home it was time..even reverting to my initials as I was called as a child and i realize there are people even in my family that don't know my name...Amazing!! One of the things I am discovering is I have never been invisible...Thank God I have never tried to hide my like.(People were paying attention !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS0rF4VovC0              Lena Horne "Maybe"


I became an adult when I was molested by the school janitor when I was 6 years old, I vowed I would never be venerable ever again..that is when I decided to make my own way in this world...That is about to soon to lose innocence!! My whole life changed at that moment..I do still trust easily until it is broken and then it can never be regained,don't get me wrong I have friends in my life that would trust with my life and vise verso...But because of that incident my sense of awareness is is very high,and I can spot devious people a mile away..(The Book "Blink" explains it very well) which keeps my heart open to new people and experiences..


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzQkX-IZDbQ                 Nina Simone " My Way" 


I plan to write about how my life has changed from the time I was 6 years old until now..and why I am happy with my life as it has been until today...My life has been fascinating I have done things I only dared to dream as a child, But I never felt I could not do anything I set my mind to do and I have never been afraid of hard work...I dared to dream bigger than what I knew...Life is for the living!! So go out there and get yourself some live Honey!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIyJb8GlboY&feature=related              Shirley Bassey" My Life"


Well Jazzlovers Until Next time,

Keep The Beat.

DW Jazzlover...

Finding My Way Home

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Finding My Way Home

Thoughts!


Hello Jazzlovers,

I have been away for a very long time. I hope you have not forgotten me but it has been ragingstorm for the last 6 months and there as been very little music running through my head. So let me try to tell you about it, just the fact that I am sitting here writing this post is a Mirical with in it's self... I went in for some test and woke up from a coma 4 days later!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MI7NEwIaJE


Now in a coma a person can hear everything being said you just cannot respond, I heard the Dr. Say D-----P----- will die tonighr..So I waited to die amazingly there was no fear,(I belive the journey just continues at a different level) But I did not die that night, I don't know if it was the first night or the 3rd night because I woke up on the 4th day wirh my best friend sitting by my bedside....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjgWly1dVDI

Nine Months later I am home with my Family and I feel fine...My Family have been remarkable in their Love and Care of me,,,My Thing have arrived and Iam seeting up my room as I like..so I am surronded by things I love..I am back in the area I grew up inand friends are so great in their joy of seeing me once more..It is Fantastic...I am also accepted just as I am now....But in the past I feltlike a "Stranger on This Earth"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmolZG_j_c


So Jazzlovers Life is really for the Living and as the Old Folks use to say "Just keep Living Sugah" And "Never say Never". I am Very happy right now..I do miss my friends but a Group of us plan to meet in Amsterday{My Favorite City in The whole World}this summer..so there is something always to look forward to....!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkWMdux53-Q


Well Jazzlovers I leave you with Love..and Miss Della Reese...My Favorite Song...Never give up on Love...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WVBkNez4bU&feature=relmfu


Well Jazzlovers until Next time ,

Keep the bear!

D W Jazzlover.....

Do You Button Your Shirt from The Top Or From The Bottom?

How Many Projects can you spot?

It is another beautiful Day

Hello Jazzlovers,

I am getting dressed to meet some friends, and I noticed something, I have been paying "attention" to mindless activity!! In other words I am catching myself when I am  unconscious in an activity, because I am doing something all the time, but my mind travels when I have started doing something,in my mind starting it is also finishing it so mentally I go on to the next thing...

A good example is the photo! But I will come back to that! Today while getting dressed after I put my shirt on, I noticed I remember picking the shirt out, and taking it off the hanger...But I don't remember putting it on and buttoning it up!!My mind was already on something else..Now here is the funny, I have never missed buttons on a shirt or buttoned one crooked because My Grandmother taught me to button a shirt,She said "Baby feel down to the last button on the shirt with your right hand and feel down your shirt to the last button hole with your left...now Sugah put those 2 together, now feel up to the next button and button hole..all the way up and don't look down at the buttons"!! Try it it works every time! So for me buttoning a shirt is a mindless activity because I don't have to think about it..

So my aim, today is to see just how many things I do without thinking about it..Like leaving one room to go into another room to get something and get there an not know what I came for!! Did I forget or once  I started to go get it did I mentally go  on to something else? Good example if you look at the photo, I started cleaning that little table and the legs fell off, I went for Hammer and nails, but had to wait for it to dry before nailing it back together, while waiting I decided to read a while until I could work on it again..I looked up from the book at the quilt in the corner  that I am working on, and left the room to get a fabric I had just bought to lay against the quilt to see if it would work!!! Looking at the photo everything looks disconnected but but they were all in the process..Now my question is was I conscious the whole time ? Or am I as dizzy as I think I am some times!!!LOL

So I am going to try today to monitor every time I come back into focus!!!and what I am doing at the time..Because you see I am a Dreamer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kEjwm_me_s      "The Loving Spoonful"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xN9r0bWe78&feature=related  The Mamas and Papas...

And My Most favorite song about being a dreamer....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajwnmkEqYpo&feature=related  The mams and Papas... I love this song..

So you see Jazzlovers If I can button a shirt and not be aware of it, how many other things have my mind learned to do with out thought? But  it is wonderful being a Daydreamer...So Dream a little dream with me... !

So Jazzlovers
Until Next time keep the beat...

DW Jazzlover..

Southern Smothered Chicken

Hello Jazzlovers..

I have louisiana cooking on my mind today...The above photo is of My Aunt and Uncles Cafe which was a staple in my life growing up..I am craving their cooking today..But making one of My GrandMothers dishes and decided to share it...So enjoy...

Smothered Chicken
1 Can Cream of Chicken soup or Cream of Mushroom soup your choice
One Whole Chicken Cut into pieces.
3 or 4 or 5 good shakes of Lea&Perrin
Season Salt to Taste
Black Pepper to Taste
Red Pepper to taste.
One or two Small onion Choppled
2 Stalks of Green Onion Chopped,
1/2or more of a  Small bell Pepper Chopped.
Garlic to taste chopped, ( I like a lot)
1/2 to 1-Stalk Celery chopped..
1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce..
1 /2 Cup of Corn oil or sunflowere oil or crisco your preference, it will not affect the taste..
1 cup flour in paper bag..

Place chicken is large bowl, season with salt, black and red pepper add Lea and Perrin and soy sauce cover chicken well with seasoning, cover and place in fridge, for 1to4 hours or longer but Minimum 1hour...turning chicken in the bowl every hour..
In the mean time chop the trinity of Bell pepper, onion and garlic and green onion and set aside..(.I know There are more than 3 but it is called the trinity at home)

Heat oil (Not too hot) in a skillet that has a cover a cover, place chicken in paper bag with flour and shake until well coated, add to frying pan piece by piece and fry until golden brown on all sides,as you remove each peice of chicken place back in to bowel with Marinade until all chicken is done...
after all the chicken is cooked pour off oil except 1 table spoon, turn heat down to low and add onion garlic bell pepper and celery stir until onion is cooked pour marinade and juices from the chicken into frying pan and stir to loosen sticky brown bits in the bottom of the pan, now add the cream soup stiring until smooth and one can of water and return chicken to frying pan and cover, simmer over low heat until chicken is tender stirring frenquently to keep from sticking...cook for 35 to 45 minutes..

 

Serve over Rice...( I like rice and potato salad with this dish...)

Enjoy!!!

 

You can also use Pork chops instead of chicken..

 

Now for a little cooking music!!

 

Miss Katie Webster,

 

 I have loved this woman all my life and she is where I am today!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaiG_HVZmZY      Red Negligee

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwC--VUA6Q0&feature=related    Whoo Whee Sweet daddy

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIvUFWoenVM&feature=related     Trouble Blues ( Great for stirring the chicken!!!) In the kitchen Music!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu1mKfl5Zyc     Since I Met You Baby

 

Now if this is for dinner!!  It is ok to open a bottle of wine, and put a lot of love in this dish!!!!

 

 

Well Jazzlovers

until Next Time,

 

Keep the beat!!!

 

Much Love DW JazzLover

 

 

Josephine Baker Day The First Black Superstar

Repost..

It is Josephine Baker Day Today 20 May

Hello Jazzlovers,

I have just returned from a working Vacation in Amsterdam and Paris, I will write about Amsterdam later. Paris I had not seen for a few years and was amazed at the changes, which I will also write about later.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aUjrxQehcM&feature=related

 

What I do want to write about is Josephine Baker and the fact that even almost 30 years after her death she is still revered in Paris. Her image is everywhere and very often in places of HONER ! She is still a symbol of beauty and grace even school children know who she is, I seriously doubt it is the same at home.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=MsXyDrf9HO0

Today 20 May is Josephine Baker Day, so instead of me giving a history lesson I have decided to let her speak for herself. Thanks to all the wonderful people on You Tube who loved her too and they have made my research very easy.All the links today are about her wonderful courage and great heart, her Beauty and her bravery during the war. If you are like me it took me all this week to listen and view all the wonderful videos of her life, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. I will continue to remember her and her beauty, she had a fascinating journey.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H46uf5-Way0&feature=related

My and Contributors to You Tube's Tribute:Enjoy

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8M6vSZMB2U&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlP7nOSIgBY&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QEbG-c6tmI&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Z5hygBnuU&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1R06xNDGOI&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUDvjxg9wKE&feature=related

Ms. Josephine Baker

I think Ms. Josephine Baker has spoken very well for herself, and I hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have. I am so grateful to my mother for making sure as a child I knew who Josephine Baker was. But as a child I had no idea of just how wonderful she was.

 

I am grateful for my days in Paris to have reminded me of this Gracious Legend, and for their continuous love for her.

 

Untill Next time Jazzlovers

 

Keep the Beat...

 

DW Jazzlover

Do You Know who You Are?

A very Dusty Day and Rain In April!!!!


Hello Jazzlovers ,

I am sitting here thinking of many things, I realize I have much more time behing me that I have a head of me...I had a conversation with my sister last night as i was getting ready to go out with friends and My Sister said a couple of time " I know You" and when I was having dinner with my friends a couple of time they also said " I Know You"! I am totaly different when i am with family than I am with friends....So I started thinking..Does anyone ever really know us?Do we know ourselves..

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqFv7cDXjlM

There was a time in my life in between Lovers when I was totally lost,When I dressed to go out, I chose a persona to be that night and i got into charater..and thats who i was the whole night....But one night and i will never forget it.....!!!! I put my hand on the doornob and i had no idea of who was going out!!! What a frightning feeling that is when I realized that I had worked so hard to please people and be what they wanted me to be, that somehow I had gotten lost.....Needless to say I did not go out that night!!!That brings a smile to my face...But it was the turning point in my life....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46XAah-olSw&feature=related

I have only had 5 lovers in my life,( Yes I still believe in Love) Number 6 is

Circuling  Now!!!  All of my lovers have been long term. Now if you ask the family, they all think I am wild!!!LOL, It will be interesting when I go and they get together and i will be the center of attention,I would love to be able to hear those conversation....But if i was doing all the things that was present in their minds !! I would not be alive today!!You see I learned a lot from my mother...She too was a lost child, but the strongest Woman I have ever known...I am a love child and being a love child I have both my mothers heart and My fathers heart...I was a total mystery to them both!!LOL because I have both there shared traits......and I am so grateful for that...I am just starting to understand my father...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2d23Pz9tOk&feature=related

The only consistant thing in life is change..and after the first whore i fell in love with the only thing i required of my lovers was fidelity!  Trust me you don't have to waste anytime looking for it, if they are not true you will walk upon it!!! So do not wase any time looking for it...Trust was my most important thing in life....Until I met my last lover...A much bigger Whore than the first one!!LOL But my nose was open to the max,,I would have eaten ten miles of shit to find out where the scent came from!!!I am laughing my butt off right now!! Love is a MF!!!!! But unfortunitly I fell in love with a serious liar>>>>So when the trust is broken There is no reason to stay Pack your bags and go.....Never wait when you become unhappy!! I remember people asking how long are you going to stay here, or on this job, or what ever ,and my answer has always been " Until The day i become unhappy!!You Know I really meant that!But to get to this place you must take a serious look at yourself..Because no one is going to love You until you know, understand, and Love yourself!!! 

Life is an amazing journey!!!

And you know I am going to leave it here and come back Jazz lovers because this font has decided to go left on me....and i am not about to get frustrated!!!!Opps due to the font change I left you hanging Jazzlover,I do now know myself and because i have lost all my baggage except a Carry-on, I Now have friends who know me also...I have found i am easy to know....
" A Friend is some one who knows you, Knows all about you..And Loves you anyway!!! I really Love My friends...LOL 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4EsZ84Q08g&feature=related

I really did not plan for this to be a Della Reese evening but She is saying what I need to hear...!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4EsZ84Q08g&feature=related

Never give up on Love Jazzlovers and next time i will explain how I now know who I am....I am still in the conversation!!!

Until Next Time Jazzlovers...

Keep the Beat!!

And remember it is not that easy being Green!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqn-aCL4KU

DW Jazz Lover.

Much Love!!!!!

Trying To Creat Some Beauty in My Day

Quilt top finished...


Hello Jazzlovers

Another day at home, so I finished the quilt top today!! I am just writing today cannot say what i want to say!! But the Blues are walking around my bed and my head...and in this town The Blues are Brewing!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWtUzdI5hlE

Everyone is waiting for 2012 but I think it has all started now...The world has gone stone crazy!!So Many gone before their time! and my question is For What???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WNkoABY63w


There is so much running through my head right now...we are living in serious and troubling times..So I think I will just keep Quilting....Because it feels like 1950 all over the world....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtZBJsi56L4

Well jazzlovers Until next time,,,

Keep the beat!

DW Jazzlover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrXB3xD8NRI

Still Here just taking a break

Hello JazzLovers,

I am taking a short Break Due to the Climate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF5Nm4kjeVs

Keep The beat and Spread Some LOve!!



DW JazzLover!