Yesterday's severe weather allowed me to view the new painting by Terrance Osborne! I took off my shoes to wade to my car, which was fortunately on a slight incline. The hour long down pour left Oak Street and Carrollton quite flooded. I decided to ask the local frame shop owner how long this normally took to recede.
I was told by a very nice man, that it usually receeded in 1/2 an hour. I opted to wait it out. He said, "Look at whose painting we just got to frame."
I turned to see a 14 foot tall, by 4 foot wide group of Preservation Hall musicians pouring out of one of my favorite haunts from high school. I love that the music is pouring out of this 100 year old establishment! It is so true of our cities musical heritage. It certainly seeped into my bones. It is the stuff that keeps these bones moving and happy.  I remember Sweet Emma with her hats playing on that old piano. We sat on the floor and lapped up the sounds, unafraid of the flood of cords resonating in our brains.
Our flooded cerebral cortex crammed full of sweet sounds. I returned week afer week for more of this delicious elixir. Now I have a job very close to those same doors. How sweet it is!
Mr. Osborne had just left the original to be framed for its new owner. What a delicious treat on a stormy day!
Normally, I park on a side street with no elevation. I was very fortunate to get to fill in at a cancellation at my chiropractor's office on Oak St. As I drove up, I noticed this elevated , parking metered space, the wiser part of me selected that spot. Am I grateful! Had I not parked there, I would have had flooded carpet.
Yeah Terrance Osborne, and yeah un-flooded cars!

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