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10/25/2005: "SEPTEMBER 24 2005"

up too early. 3 songs came landing in. each one about each city I will be in here in the land of new zeal.

Then dave fetched us and dropped us back at the airport.

Landing in Wellington: picked up there by jim, juliet and andy…these were the folks that were contacting me at the same time lee did .

…

The show tonight will be the best I guess.
Opening was sam scott and tom coldwell on bass. Great.
The aftershow was thick with Wellington fun.
Guys from some big vineyards showed up at sound check and stayed for the duration of the evening. They were from across the sound on the top tip of the south and invited me to spend the next night in their hood, which word has it is remarkable. They were Rainer fans too! this astonished.

Later, another fellow approaches and tells me he met rainer in London way back when. someone grabs my hand and then there is a loud soft giggle brushing up against my ear. A fluff of warm breadth inside that chuckle. lips press up against my cheek and a kiss is shoved there. the whisk of retreat, a rush of wind, I turn in time to only glimpse. a woman in a knit cap, joni mitchell smile and eyes sparkling like a thief all caped up inside a grey poncho out the door.

I’d been tagged.
Must have really been a good set tonight.
I continue my sip of Centinario tequila, my favorite brand. How did it ever get here ?
I used to have to go to nogales to buy it long ago.

A good omen.
A good night.
Long one too.
I stay up intentionally to allow the end of the day to destroy me.
I do.
It does.



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