Update and Harry Chapin and Mr. Tanner

Well, the predicted storms did blow through. The wind and rain came, but for a fairly short period and then it was over. It's still cloudy and cooler than it had been, but not bad at all. I see a few small branches blew down in the yard.

The problem with the driver's window on Barbara's Toyota was nothing more than the mechanic having left a slightly loose connection when they installed a new control several days ago, so they took care of it quickly and gratis!

Tomorrow the VW is going out to a different VW mechanic to see why its "check engine" light is staying on. I think it's something to do with the catalytic converter which was replaced only last October down here.

I've started trying out Fotki as a site to share my photos. I've had one on Flickr for some time, but I haven't liked the way the collections and albums are set up on Flickr. With Fotki, they can be heirarchical, just like folders/directories on a computer desktop, and I like that. I am thinking I'll probably get everything eventually onto my Fotki page. There's not as flashy graphics and features on Fotki as there are on Flickr, but all I want is a place to upload and share my pictures.

The song for now is "Mr. Tanner" by the late Harry Chapin (of "Cats in the Cradle" and "Taxi" fame):

"Music was his life, it was not his livelihood,
and it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good.
And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul.
He did not know how well he sang; It just made him whole."

It speaks well to anyone who loves music but who does not make their living from music.
There's an interesting, short article about the "why" of the song here. If you've never heard this song, you owe it to yourself to watch Chapin singing it on YouTube here. It brings a tear to my eye everytime I hear it, which is not often. I was fortunate to see Harry Chapin give a small, intimate, one-man performance at Kearney State College (now the University of Nebraska at Kearney) in Nebraska in about 1978. Alas, Harry is one of those talented musicians who died much, much too early in his career.