Am I someone you might know? Do I look familiar to you? Maybe I’m a TV personality. Did I teach your kids in school? I’m often told that I have a familiar face, but usually people are wrong, and we really don’t know each other.

Don’t be fooled by my joined date. This is my second FReeper name. I lost my sign in credentials after an absence and then a move. IIRC, I started lurking around 1999 or 2000, and officially joined around 2003.

I’m originally from Gainesville, FL. I enjoy Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, in part, because Tom wrote a lot about Gainesville, the South, and his life. We have a lot in common, and he (they) never knew it. I grew up in the same neighborhood. Walked past his house nearly every day on my way to grade school. There’s more, but thats not really important, is it?

Here’s the official audio version of “Gainesville”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_x713mqopzM

TP & the HB are probably my very favorite band, but there are others that I listen to every day. Among them are Santana, Eric Clapton, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Earth, Wind & Fire, and The Rolling Stones. So many more, too numerous to list.

Now that Tom is gone, sometimes I find myself thinking about being the Last DJ on his Sirius XM station. I’m not sure which 5 songs I would play. There are so many great ones. My list would not be complete without these:

Dreamville, Room At The Top, You And Me, Crystal River (the live version), June Apple, Call Me The Breeze (listen to the Live at the Fillmore version sometime - it’s excellent), and my all time fave, Southern Accents. Each one holds very special meaning to me. I don’t know if I’ll ever work up the courage to do something so public like that. This may be as close as I ever get.

If you want to know more about my TP favorites, or about Gainesville (of old), shoot me a message.

Oh, I love to cook, watch football, soccer, and hockey, work outside in my yard, and I keep the beer fridge filled up for my hubby. I think every wife should do little things every day that show her husband how much she appreciates him, and he should do the same for her. Works for us. We’re still 19 in our minds. ;)

Oh, and I shouldn’t be remiss. I owe all of this to my Lord, Jesus Christ. Without Him, I am nothing.