Keith & I lived in picturesque upstate NY for almost 4 years right after we were married (1969-1973). A few weeks after settling into our tiny caretaker's cottage overlooking a small lake in Olive Bridge, a HUGE music festival, Woodstock, took place nearby. The town Woodstock was about 30 minutes from our mountain cabin, and the festivities took place just a few miles south of there. I must admit it sounded a bit too rowdy & too muddy for the two of us, but on the news nightly we'd see camera shots of hundreds of people pouring into Yeager's Farm, plus the numerous bands playing. Little did we know it was an HISTORICAL MUSIC HAPPENING, in our back yard!
Recently I watched a special UNC program on Pete Seeger. We saw Mr. Seeger once while he was sailing up and down the Hudson River on his sloop the Clearwater. He and his crew were drawing attention to how dirty the river had become and the need to clean it up.
We went into Kingston to see him, & hear him sing & play. He was a delight:)
Pete Seeger is a legend in the music world. I'm not sure I realized how amazing & talented a gentleman he was when I was in my early 20's!
Our part in cleaning up in the early 70's? Our church youth group, kids we grew to love like a family, volunteered to sort glass at the recycling center at the local dump. Now that's a funky outing once a month, but we were doing our part when recycling was a new idea (once again).
There are more sweet memories of that wonderful time/place in our lives, but enough to ponder tonight:)
Roseland
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