NOVEMBER, 2006

What a great time of year this is as we cruise into the Fall and Winter seasons. And you have to like a season that has both Halloween and Thanksgiving occurring within a 30 day period. You won’t be scared but will be extremely thankful for our great November line-up:

NOVEMBER 2 – GALEN KIPAR & ISLAND FORD. This group from the fertile Asheville area is making its debut.

NOVEMBER 4 – MENAGE. This reconstituted group (again from Asheville) returns which makes us very happy.

NOVEMBER 11 – CATFISH BROTHERS. Guitar and dobro playing like you never heard before.

NOVEMBER 12 – JACK WILLIAMS. Part of the Monthly Sunday Night Concert Series. Tickets are $15 per person and seating is limited. Contact the café at 749-1179 for reservations.

NOVEMBER 16 – TBA.

NOVEMBER 18 – DONE FOR THE EVENING. A smooth jazz sound from a trio consisting of saxophone, bass and percussion.

NOVEMBER 23 – NO MUSIC. THE CAFÉ WILL BE CLOSED. SPEND THANKSGIVING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

NOVEMBER 25 – KELLIN WATSON. Yet another Asheville singer/songwriter returns with her band.

NOVEMBER 30 – TYLER RAMSEY. It just goes on and on with Asheville performers as this singer/songwriter is here for the first time.

DECEMBER 2 – GYPSY BANDWAGON. You only need to check their web site to know how much fun this band is.

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We have some house-keeping announcements to pass on. Through the winter months, the café will close at 8 o’clock on Monday and Tuesday nights. It will also be closed on the evening of November 3 for a private party. Finally, as mentioned above, we will also be closed on Thanksgiving Day. You have a great one and be grateful for all the important people in your lives.

I was prepared to be blasé about this year’s Fall colors because they seemed to be a rather bland combination of yellows and oranges with a lot of browns thrown into the mix. In the last day or so, however, the reds have begun to make their appearance and the impact is spectacular. They are vivid enough to make you blink at the intensity of their glorious color. Mother Nature is certainly going out in fine style. Throw in the warm sunny days we are having and it becomes exquisite.

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The old black woman was being interviewed for a documentary film. She was also poor, probably illiterate, and had managed to eke out a satisfactory existence in an extremely impoverished part of Alabama. The interviewer had asked her how she had survived for so many years and why she seemed so grateful for having lived such a long life. She said that she knew that the interviewer was no doubt well-educated and reasonably well off financially but that there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. Wisdom comes from using well the information that you have acquired and that it generally takes a long life to obtain it. She may have been illiterate but very wise in what matters in life.

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The Washington Post has a contest annually for the funniest new definitions of words that we normally use. Here is a sampling from 2005 that I liked:
Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
Flatulence (n.), an emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller
Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

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Quote of the month:
“Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen

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Robert Seiler
Purple Onion Café