Gratitude

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Comment by bill galante on February 18, 2009 at 4:30pm

I have a friend that lives in Prague. She's an American that married a Czec. They lived here for a while, the moved back to Prague. Her husband died some years ago. now she devides her time between the CR and Texass...as she calls it. If you ever plan a trip there, let me know, and I'll put you in touch with my friend. When I met her, she was working for the Czec president Havel in Prague Castle. We got the grand tour. We saw things there ordinary tourists could never see. It was amazing.
I have always wanted to go back there, but haven't traveled much since my wife passed away. Budapest was going to be our next trip. Maybe some day.

Comment by Marinspin on February 18, 2009 at 4:09pm

Bill your afternoon in Prague sounds fabulous. I would love to see Prague. My friend's husband goes there often for business. He gets to go everywhere.

I gave one of my friends a Stan Getz CD and her husband said "Bossa Nova no one listens to that anymore". He can't help it he is Mr. Opinion and has one on every subject.

Comment by bill galante on February 18, 2009 at 3:32pm

Marinspin.......Brazilian jazz is very relaxing. I mentioned to Ernesto earlier that my wife and I were in Prague some years ago for a few days ( beautiful city..highly recommended ). While wandering about some of the narrow back streets we heard faintly in the distance Brazilian jazz being played. We followed the music to a dark little cafe' bistro kind of place. It was recorded, and played over a state-of-the-art sound system, that made it sound live! I'll never forget that afternoon. It re-introduced me to Bossa Nova all over again. There's agreat disc of instrumentals featuring Charley Byrd ( Bird?? ) and Stan Getz. Of course The Girl From Ipanema and Destafinado are the Iconic classics.

Comment by Aino Kivimaa on February 18, 2009 at 2:49pm

Having the family, the home and people you love around you is a blessing. That's what I'm really grateful for.

Comment by Marinspin on February 18, 2009 at 2:31pm

Before I ran away to move to Brazil in my early twenties I played a old Stan Getz recording of The Girl From Ipanema into the ground every morning on some horrible record player I had in my bedroom. I called my father up from the Caribbean to let him know the truth that I was not just going to Mexico for a month. He hit the ceiling and said that he should never have taken me to Brazil in the first place and two that he should have known what I was up to when I played that Stan Getz album into the ground every day.

I am grateful that I did get to see Astrud Gilberto sing The Girl From Ipanema at the North Sea Festival and I am very very grateful I had a family that took me traveling. I feel very fortunate because I love to travel.

Music is magical and life changing at times.

Comment by Marinspin on February 18, 2009 at 1:01pm

I am incredibly thankful for music and it's healing abilities - especially Brazilian music. I look like some well known in Brazil Brazilian singer whose name I can't even remember. When I was in Brazil people use to stop me on the street to tell me I looked like her. Twilight Zone... My grandfather who was Eastern European was born in San Paulo. His parents stopped in Brazil on their way to the USA. My dad (his son) was in San Paulo leading a tour the day his my grandfather died in the USA. More Twilight Zone....

Comment by bill galante on February 18, 2009 at 5:42am

Ernesto.......I look forward to hearing more about your music

Bill

Comment by Ernesto Rafael Vega on February 18, 2009 at 3:09am

Hey Marinspin,

I'm thankful that you started this group.
It is a place where good things are contagious.

Best.
Ernesto

Comment by Ernesto Rafael Vega on February 18, 2009 at 3:07am

Bill

That's very cool. I have a similar story but my instrument is the Guitar. I like all the same stuff you do basically. Big on Blues and Classic Rock.

I'm grateful to have some things in common with you, now we can discuss some stuff we agree on like "Kind of Blue" and Bossa Nova, I speak Portuguese and actually survived a 7 year marriage to a Brazilian Carioca man-eating Tigress. But it was exciting..... :)

We can talk music on another thread, but I do want to tell you more, if ok with you.

Best,
Ernesto

Comment by Marinspin on February 18, 2009 at 12:40am

I am grateful for mother nature with her magical paint brush and the beautiful rainbow I saw above Sebastopol today.

I am grateful for the calves and green velvet grass covering everything not to mention the plum and cherry trees are starting to bloom and the magnolias.

I am thankful for having such a nice day and beautiful drive and such good organic food to eat.

I am thankful for my yoga teacher and incredible yoga school that keeps me grounded and feels like home and my fellow yogis and yoginis.

I am thankful for another beautiful day with wonderful people on this amazing planet.

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