THE GYPSY CAMP

Photo by Bob Gentry ©2001 Stanyan Entertainment

A Thought for Today

In friendship, silence is more important than words.

I put a seashell to my ear and it all comes back; the yellow sun . . .the Mediterranean blue, the sky, the children running on the beach that day, the kildear birds marching in formation down to the sea, and back - when my memory wanders, as it does when bad things happen, I put a seashell to my ear and it all comes back; that day . . .you.

Even the gypsies. It all comes back. You see what loving does; it makes you trust in horoscopes, and gypsy wands and fortune tellers, and even seashells.

I still believe in love. It's hard these days you know, and yet it's still the great adventure; better than blowing bridges or a bus ride to Chicago. Even better than running away from home . . .to . . . join the gypsies.

                                -from "The Sea", 1967 & Folio #21, 1979

Details of Rod's upcoming concerts and appearances can be obtained via the link below:

Rod McKuen Concerts & Appearances

ST. PATRICK'S DAY 

Nat King Cole o Caroline Corr o Lesley-Anne Down o Patrick Duffy o Arye Gross o Mia Hamm o Shemp Howard o Bobby Jones o Rob Lowe o Mercedes McCambridge o Rudolf Nureyev o Michael O'Shea o Kurt Russell o John Sebastian o Gary Sinese

Privacy is paramount to peace.

Guns make lousy plowshares, but oh, they rust so beautifully. Think of how they'd look with snap beans crawling over them.

THE GREEN

                                   - from Folio No.9, Spring 1976