Lost Voices - Love Is Not Hard To Find
What I've Learned So Far...
She wore a baggy purple shirt over baggy purple sweat pants. Her hair was chopped short and her body was padded with a layer of soft flesh that bore tribute to the starchy diet of incarceration. She had her arms folded across her lap, her gaze fixed on the floor in front of her, and she was almost imperceptibly rocking to a rhythm that only she could hear.
She was maybe sixteen years old.
I can't use her real name here. Let's call her Krissy. I have no idea how she came to be locked up. It is not a question we ever ask. We can safely assume that at some point in her short life everything just spun out of control, to the point that it no longer worked for her to be out in the world.
The Lost Voices Concert on the Lake Is Just Over A Week Away!
The 2009 Lost Voices Concert on the Lake is just a little over a week away, on Saturday, August 29 from 4 to 8 PM. We are going to use the "round robin" format that worked so well at the Ark concert in March, so it is sure to be an exciting show, featuring Josh White, Jr., Robert Jones, Peter Madcat Ruth, former Silver Bullet Band drummer Charlie Allen Martin, Salem Withcraft and Frijid Pink guitarist/singer Arlen Viacelli, Rob Reinhart, Cliff Gracey, Soulstice, Scott Clauser, me, and some other surprises. Click here to buy your Tickets. The are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. That's a lot of
We need a few volunteers to help with set-up and tear-down on the day of the concert. If you can help, please go to the Web site, fill out the form, and let us know how you can help.
If you can't make it here next Saturday, please consider donating a little something and help Lost Voices change the world.
Thanks!
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- mike
Mike Ball
Author of What I've Learned So Far...
Winner of the 2003 Erma Bombeck Award
Web: whativelearnedsofar.com
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