John Lennon

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I have spoken of my cousin, Greg, more than once in my posts.  Here's another one.  Today, I think today, another email came informing me that it is the 40th anniversary of John Lennon's death. This is a bit of trivia that could have passed me by and it wouldn't have mattered a hill of beans! 

Many weeks ago he sent me something, I think it was many somethings, and I failed to reply in some shape or form.  It was a bunch of music numbers.  None of them appealed to my senses.  I will say that if it wasn't Leslie Uggams or the Lennon Sisters, I'm practically illiterate in the music world. So, meaning nothing to me, I ignored all that he sent. 

Well, I don't want to do that again but it did get a reaction from him: I good long, loud, emotional phone call.  He told me off a good one.  All I could do was laugh and laugh and laugh because I really  couldn't understand how someone could get their bundles in a tiff over such a thing as me not responding to something they loved so much, his musical numbers that were hard rock, loud, etc. etc. etc.  I don't even know the name of what you call a lot of the music nowadays!

He even told me our whole conversation and event would make a good topic to post about.  I'm not sure if I'm hitting the mark with what I'm writing or not but I think the gist of his point was that sometimes a person will send stuff that means a lot to that person and whether or not it means something to the recipient, the recipient should at least acknowledge it to the sender. Maybe he's right; I'll find out after this goes out!

So, every day, or ten times a day it seems, something comes in from my cousin.  Another song or music of some sort.  Where and how does he get this stuff?  That impresses me more than the music itself.  I don't quite understand how he does it, or better yet, how he finds the time for such trivia! 

But, it is fun hearing from a cousin who makes me smile and laugh with music that he loves and I really could care less about. Where, oh where are you Leslie Uggams and the Lennon Sisters!!!  And my sympathies to all those who are glad to know of the 40th anniversary of John Lennon's death. 

So the point of this post is: if someone sends you something, music or not, reply and express yourself somehow.  It meant enough to the sender to at least think of you!