November 2016

Closed Eyes On An Old House

Sleep did not come easy the night before Thanksgiving when I was a child.  Maybe even more so on this night than the one that comes a month later.  You know, the one in late December when kids stare up at the sky after the stars come out to see if they can catch a glimpse of a man in a sleigh.  

No, I Won't. Yes, I Will.

 

This is Chauncey's Gift.  The name of the piece, that is.  I don't know anyone named Chauncey but I think it's a fine name.  Mr. MoonDog chose it after a character in a movie who was a little touched in the head and tended a flower garden before becoming a political advisor.  Like I said, he was simple minded.  Chauncey, not Mr. MoonDog.