Happy Birthday Rileigh! 15!!!

Rileigh's 15! Happy Birthday to my lovely favorite teen :) She'll be driving soon- wow!

Change to comments section

We've had some intrusive comments recently. Too bad, but that's the rude side of the cyberworld. To help prevent these comments, I've activated "word verification" in the comments screen. It's that curious little element that looks like this ...




If you're logged on as an author, you won't see it when you submit a comment. However, it will show up if you're commenting "anonomously." Sorry for the extra step, but I want to stem the increasing number of spam comments. Have a good weekend!

Last call from Tokyo

DATELINE: Yahoo Cafe @ Shinigawa Prince Hotel. We'll soon be heading home, although I'd certainly be willing to stay longer. Yesterday, we took the 'bullet train' (1st photo) south to Odawara, a coastal city (2nd photo). We toured the museum at a restored feudal castle (3rd photo) and enjoyed hiking around town.

The fourth photo is my work station for the past five nights. The last show went very well, both in terms of performance and audience. The last photo is most of the Johnny Rawls Band, minus the sax player. The man seated in the middle is Freddie, an ex-pat trying to make his way in the Japanese music business. He was our emcee one night.

All in all, it has been a great adventure. See ya back in the USA.

Images of Tokyo

Tokyo affords wide range of sights, sounds, and impressions. Here are only a few. The first picture is a street market near the bay. Following that is a Shintu temple; I thought I was taking photos inside, but apparently didn't. The third photo is an old shogun garden on Tokyo Bay. The last image is from the grounds of the Imperial Palace. I'll probably have one more post before departing for the USA.

Report from the Orient

Well, we have one performance under our collective belt. I'd rate it 7.5 on a scale of 10. Four more to go, and they look like fun. I plan to explore the neighborhood today, just poke around on foot a bit. We have a self-styled tour planned for tomorrow -- more on that later. Here's a view of Mt. Fuji from my hotel window; today was the first day clear enough to see it. The other picture is the performance stage.

Kaitlyn is three!!

Just thought we'd give a lil shout out to Kaitlyn! Already three going on fifteen, oh how she takes after her sisters. But we love every minute. Here are a couple of pics, the last one is of her opening Grampa John's cool Princess Puppet he sent. Thanks, she loves it!

Tokyo trip

My adventure is playing keyboard in the band for the Chicago Soul and Blues Revue. There are four acts: Johnny Rawls, a Mississippi blues man; Byther Smith, a Chicago blues man; Pastor Mitty Collier, a Chicago gospel singer, and the Flamingos, a 50 - 60s soul and doo-wop group. We're at the Shinigawa Prince Hotel near Tokyo Bay for five nights, back home in Helena next Tuesday. No time yet for sight-seeing, but hope to start with that tomorrow. If I get the chance, I'll post a photo or two.

Greetings!

Greetings from Tokyo!　Long flight yesterday. Adjusting to 16-hour time difference. I`ve already started snapping pix with the new camera from the kids. Thanks! Rehearsals start soon, first performance Thursday evening in the Yoshimoto Prince Theatre. I`ll keep in touch.

Happy Birthday Jeanine!!

Today is Jeanine's birthday. Nate made it home for a few days, and we were all together to help celebrate her special day. We all had a great time, and I know she loved having everyone here. Happy Birthday Jeanine, we all love you very much.

Christmas compilation

I am working on putting together a Christmas compilation for Gramma with a video I took over this last Christmas and was hoping I could add some pictures of Christmas' past at the Moore homestead. Well, not literal Moore homestead, but you get my drift. If you have any pictures or video clips, please forward them to me. My email is miranda.meunier@gmail.com. Thanks!