Personal Truths

today, is a new day
with this day comes a chance
preserve the optimism towards others
a better time to enhance
with the oneness of truth
shuffle around for a better stance
the characters of true things
let us share our personal truths
each one, teach one
the things we hold to be true
our hold, our versions
how we relate to facts
the grasp for honesty
without a need to be proud
seeking the comfort of true things
awareness to seek
consciousness to find
learning from time
the world, the picture
inside you and me
spirit & soul
soul & spirit
spirit & soul
the best is yet to come...

George Waldrop- Personal Truths by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Wellness : Lonesome Valley

Stars Fall Into The Streets

1. The Staple Singers- Respect Yourself
2. Eric Bibb- Spirit I Am
3. Lucinda Williams- Awakening
4. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros- Redemption Song
5. Johnny Cash- Diamonds In The Rough
6. The Monroe Brothers- You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley
7. Hank Williams- Drifting Too Far from the Shore
8. John Cowan- Dark As A Dungeon
9. Blind Willie Johnson- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
10. Leonard Cohen- Hallelujah
11. Amos Lee- Speed Of Sound Of Loneliness
12. Joni Mitchell- Help Me
13. Dom Flemons- The Highwayman
14. Emmylou Harris- Crescent City
15. Billy Goodman- One Way God
16. Gillian Welch- Miner’s Refrain
17. Simon Joyner- Hollywood
18. Thurston Moore- January

Wellness : Lonesome Valley by Texhobart on Mixcloud

My Mind's Mirror

I caught myself looking at my past
glimpse of my appearance of my minds mirror
the reflection is my perception
the image was true but, it doesn't last
wandering through my imagination
carousel of flowing images
I never used my mental facilities
performed mental powers before
not like these days imagination is a tool
like the dictionary is a tool
contemplating the written poem
like the words are exciting pleasure
great missing pieces of the puzzle
my mind sound unto the void
color pictures of places
distraught focus unto starkness
like a early photograph in a tray of water
blooming into a grand and familiar page
taking a picture in a mirror
developing a thought
inkling of myself
to cast back

George Waldrop- My Mind's Mirror by Texhobart on Mixcloud

Thinking About Barbara

Contagious Friendliness- Mixing For Betsy Brown

1. Page Wilson with Reckless Abandon- Virginia
2. The Carolina Chocolate Drops- Cornbread and Butterbeans
3. Laura Boosinger- Goin' Back To Dixie
4. Jean Ritchie- See That Rainbow Shine
5. Freakwater- My Old Drunk Friend
6. Old Crow Medicine Show- Wagon Wheel
7. Kevin Tihista- Still Looking For You
8. Victoria Williams- Summer of Drugs
9. David Rawlings & Ryan Adams- To Be Young (Is to be Sad,Is To be High)
10. Amy Rigby- Summer of My Wasted Youth
11. John Prine- Flashback Blues
12. Drive-By Truckers- A World of Hurt
13. Elizabeth Cook- Sunday Morning
14. David Grisman/Jerry Garcia- The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
15. Kris Kristofferson- Shadows of Her Mind
16. Marianne Faithful- Visions of Johanna
17. Janis Ian- I'll Give You A Stone (Changing Tymes)
18. Patrick Sky- Sometimes I Wonder

Unconscious Women (Contagious Friendliness)

a walmart tatoo
seeing what others see
unsure of what to be
thinking what others think
doing all things easy
leaving problems unsolved
always with the need to be free
not endowed with mental faculties
without an identity
condition of self
womanliness thinks pink
easy to criticize of confused
I risk being mean
I know these women well
I have a continuous hurt
I have a personal truth
pain has dulled my flame
it still gives off light
contagious friendliness
taught my heart contentment
satisfied to be a good friend
time has told me
all I ever wanted was a good friend
a friend is conscious woman
like a child's mind
children understand friendship
I love my friends
I love women
I love poetry

Lone Pilgrim : Mixing For Betsy Brown

1. Donovan- People Used To
2. Gillian Welch- Six White Horses
3. Patrick Sky- To Find A Way
4. Nick Drake- Place To Be
5. Fairport Convention- Who Knows Where the Time Goes
6. Bob Neuwirth- Turn It Around
7. Simon & Garfunkel- Punky's Dilemma
8. Grateful Dead- Black Peter
9. Pink Anderson- I Will Fly Away
10. Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Maria Muldaur- I'm A Woman
11. John Prine- Illegal Smile
12. Levon Helm- Feelin' Good
13. Ryan Bingham- The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)
14. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan- Ramblin' Man
15. Derroll Adams- Curtains Of Night
16. The Horse Flies- Hush Little Baby
17. Joe Thompson- Careless Love
18. Bob Dylan- Lone Pilgrim

People Used To

People used to get together round a fire
Fishes were cooked, songs were sung
Moonlight used to guide our way home in the dark
Do you find it hard remembering?

And still you people tell me life is easy to get on with
But what I've got so far's enough to get along with
People tell me that it's so oh - oh
I don't know anymore, I don't know

People used to get together round a problem
Eyes were looked at tongues were true
People used to stop and say how do you do
Do you find it hard remembering?

And still you people tell me life is easy to get on with
But what I've got so far's enough to get along with
People tell me that it's so oh - oh
I don't know anymore, I don't know

People used to spend an hour making tea
Easy easy was the rule
People used to pause to think and contemplate
He who hurried was the fool

And still you people tell me life is easy to get on with
But what I've got so far's enough to get along with
People tell me that it's so oh - oh
I don't know anymore, I don't know

Now, I'm Working For The Weekend

Workingman's Dead

I have been out of work for 6 years. Today, I found out I got a job working for the county. The first thing I did was listen to Workingman's Dead! Hanover Recycling is a plant that recycles paper & computers. I took a tour last month. It is a process going through my caseworker & available position coming open. I will be among other people with disabilities and they will work with my skills. I have only had dead-end jobs in my life. So I have been blessed with this fine opportunity and I am pleased. So this mix is a celebration. Now, I'm Working For The Weekend. Enjoy!

1. Grateful Dead- Cumberland Blues
2. John Lennon- Working Class Hero
3. Tom Paxton- A Job Of Work
4. Mcenroe- Working In The Factory
5. Me Muses- Spacework and Finger Exercises
6. Tom Waits- I Can't Wait To Get Off Work
7. Heavenly Gospel Singers- Working On The building
8. Rachel Harrington- Old Time Religion/ Working On a Building
9. Cowboy Junkies- Working on a Building
10. Elvis Costello- Welcome to the Working Week
11. Thelonious Monk- Nice Work If You Can Get It
12. Captain Beefheart & Ry Cooder- Hard Workin' Man
13. Abner Jay- I'm A Hard Working Man
14. David Bromberg- Hardworkin' John
15. Albert King- I Worked Hard
16. Jimmie Strothers- I Used to Work on the Tractor
17. Merle Haggard- Working Man Blues
18. Grateful Dead- Easy Wind

Conceit

1.

an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.

2.

something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea: He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours.

3.

imagination; fancy.

4.

a fancy; whim; fanciful notion.

5.

an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, especially of a strained or far-fetched nature.

Disease Of Conceit

There’s a whole lot of people suffering tonight
From the disease of conceit
Whole lot of people struggling tonight
From the disease of conceit
Comes right down the highway
Straight down the line
Rips into your senses
Through your body and your mind
Nothing about it that’s sweet
The disease of conceit

There’s a whole lot of hearts breaking tonight
From the disease of conceit
Whole lot of hearts shaking tonight
From the disease of conceit
Steps into your room
Eats your soul
Over your senses
You have no control
Ain’t nothing too discreet
About the disease of conceit

There’s a whole lot of people dying tonight
From the disease of conceit
Whole lot of people crying tonight
From the disease of conceit
Comes right out of nowhere
And you’re down for the count
From the outside world
The pressure will mount
Turn you into a piece of meat
The disease of conceit

Conceit is a disease
That the doctors got no cure
They’ve done a lot of research on it
But what it is, they’re still not sure

There’s a whole lot of people in trouble tonight
From the disease of conceit
Whole lot of people seeing double tonight
From the disease of conceit
Give ya delusions of grandeur
And a evil eye
Give you the idea that
You’re too good to die
Then they bury you from your head to your feet
From the disease of conceit

Nag Champa In Winter

sometimes I take a walk
it's cold in January
winter is blue with gray skies
I often wonder if I will make it through
I have to think
about the things I will say to you
people are like the weather
it's but, for feelings that change
people are not like the weather
pitiful but, capable for compassion
virginia in January
it's the wind and rain
motivating us to complain
drinking tea on the patio
smoking & incense
to enhance a mood
showing people
allowing myself
to be me