piano, well, not an acoustic piano, but a piano of sorts, electric, with wooden keys though, i will have you know, in my flat.

i took piano lessons when i was younger, 10 lifetimes ago, and didn’t really like them to be honest. never practiced, and yet, i did ok. maybe some talent there, who knows? passable at any rate as i once wrote, using a line i appropriated from a Jack Higgins character.

at any rate, there is at my disposal, an instrument of the keyboard variety, along with, i should mention, a 6 string acoustic guitar, and a 12 string of the same ilk.

i sit and play, all 3 usually, on a daily ish basis. no, not at the same time, although to be honest, that would be cool.

anyhow, sitting at the keyboard just now, thoughts came popping up, that i thought apropos, so here i am, at a keyboard of a different set of spots, emptying the brain pan so to speak. i would like to add here, and apropos (love that word, don’t you?) of the moment, that a photo, framed no less, of my parents sits on the top cover, looking down on me as i play.

i don’t play for really anyone, don’t know that many people to be honest, well, none that have gained entry into my abode, but for a few i have tinkled the ivories, so to speak.

one such person, a pretty special person to be quite frank, i’ve played for, a few times. she, yes she, thinks i am quite talented. deflecting compliments as i do, i mutter thanks, and change the subject.

anyhow, tonight, playing of all things Let it Be, by the world’s greatest band, the Beatles, and my passions taking over, (along with my left foot. long story, remind me sometime) and thinking of this person, and of course my parents, i realized just how incredibly blessed i am, and how, even after a life of mistake upon mistake upon incredibly dumb mistake, i have a person in my life, whom i love, and, i know, loves me. and that i was given the gift of parents that gave a shit, and only wanted their son to have something in his life that he could find pleasure in.

i’m lucky. no other way to describe it.

thank you, Mom and Dad, for everything. i didn’t deserve most of it, but you saw something, and kept believing in me.

and thank you, love of my life, for being you. and for allowing me to be part of us. together. always.

i love you.

as always, i bid you,

peace.