TRANQUILLITY BASE (LIFE FROM PLANET NORWOOD): August 2006

TAMARA'S MOMMY AND DADDY

TO TAMARA WITH LOVE......

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.....PEACE AND LOVE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY............FROM PLANET NORWOOD.....................Lj

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FROM THE BEGINNING.....

FOR TAMARA...WITH LOVE FROM MOMMY

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.....PEACE AND LOVE FROM THE PLANET...................Lj

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A STAR IN THE MAKING

IN THE BEGINNING.......

THERE WAS THE LEAD SINGER AND THE LEAD GUITARIST OF THE POPULAR LOCAL ROCK BAND......."TENKILLER"

MUSIC WAS ORCHESTRATED AND ALONG CAME......."TAMARA"

TAMARA WAS PRODUCED AND PRESSED AND BECAME VOTED THAT YEAR......."BEST ORIGINAL"

HER SMILE SHINED WITH SUCH COVER HITS AS......."YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE"

AND "SPLISH SPLASH.......I WAS TAKIN' A BATH"

ONE OF HER BIGGEST FANS WAS HER GRANDMOTHER......."NEANNIE"

AND OF COURSE HER DADDY TAUGHT HER HOW TO......."ALWAYS GIVE YOUR FANS A NICE SMILE FOR THE CAMERA"

SHE HAD A MIND OF HER OWN...KNEW RIGHT FROM WRONG...AND ALWAYS MADE HER MOMMY AND DADDY PROUD OF HER......EVEN WHEN SHE GAVE THAT ALL FAMILIAR......."KNOW IT ALL LOOK"

THAT "KNOW IT ALL LOOK" WAS THE LOOK OF INTELLIGENCE AND INDEPENDENCE.

TO THIS DAY SHE CONTINUES TO MAKE HER MOMMY AND DADDY, AND EVERYONE SHE KNOWS VERY PROUD OF HER.

SHE WAS THE BEST "SINGLE" PRODUCED AND PRESSED ON THAT CALIFORNIA AUGUST DAY OF 1972.

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.....CHAMPAGNE WISHES AND PROUD MOMMY DREAMS...........FROM PLANET NORWOOD.

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AUGUST 28, 1972

TODAY.....I CELEBRATE!

THIRTY FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY, I HAD A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE THAT HAPPENED TO ME.

IT WAS THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE FOREVER AND YET IT WAS ALSO AN EVENT FOR SOMEONE, VERY SPECIAL TO ME, THAT FOREVER BEGAN HER LIFE.

I DECIDED TO NAME THIS WONDERFUL EVENT........

TAMARA CELESTE

NOW THAT'S A PRETTY BABY!!

FROM A CUTE BABY......TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN!

I celebrate this day of August 28th!

Tamara Celeste

A celebration of a life,
Brought forth to me today.
In Oakland California,
Thirty four years away.

A blessed little cherub,
A gift from Heaven above.
A precious baby girl,
For me to hold and love.

A wondrous package of pink,
Wrapped up and presented to me.
Strangers to one another,
With love holding the key.

Ten toes and ten fingers,
I counted right away.
The tiny face of an angel,
Was given to me this day.

Just one look into her face,
Her eyes looking up at me.
I knew this was the beginning,
Her Mother I was to be.

Many names had come to mind,
While deciding on Tamara Celeste.
A tiny angel Heavenly sent.
This name would fit her best.

A blessed little cherub,
A gift from Heaven above,
A precious baby girl,
For me to hold and love.

A celebration of life,
Was brought forth to me this day,
A life that changed my life,
Thirty four years ago today.

Happy Birthday Tamara!
With all my love to you........Mommy

TAMARA...YOU'VE ALWAYS MADE ME PROUD....THEN AND NOW

I COULDN'T help falling in love with you...

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.....FROM PLANET NORWOOD.....A VERY PROUD MOMMY

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A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY

Three years ago next month, marks the date when we all lost the legendary Johnny Cash.

We miss you Johnny!!

JOHN R (JOHNNY) CASH.....February 26, 1932 to September 12, 2003

Here's another fantastic performance, delivered to us by Johnny........

HURT

Originally written and recorded by the music group, Nine Inch Nails......

This song is about realizing consequence and regret. It sends a powerful message that we should all proceed through life wisely, because there is nothing worse than being stuck with a label, a pain, a sickness, or a death, that we know beforehand will leave us only wishing things had been different and that we could change the choices we made.

This song is reportedly Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails, favorite and is always the final song played at Nine Inch Nails concerts. He considers it the most personal song he has ever written.

Reznor recorded the his album at a house where actress Sharon Tate used to live. Tate was one of the victims in the Manson family murders. Reznor didn't know she used to live there when he rented it.

On Cash's 2002 album American IV, The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash did a stark cover of this with a striking video. In the video, the 71-year old Cash appears very fragile as he sings this from his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Cash played the song over 100 times before he recorded it.

Cash wore no makeup, and there was no attempt to make him look younger or more vibrant through lighting or other effects. This was interspersed with footage of Cash in his younger days.

The video appeared to be Cash's obituary, as he was in failing health after a life filled with drug-abuse. The video was very emotional and drew a lot of media attention, including a story on CNN.

Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails, was very impressed by Cash's take on his song and quite moved by the video.

Cash's video was directed by Mark Romanek. He shot some of the video at the House Of Cash Museum, which contained a lot of Cash's memorabilia but had been closed for years and was damaged in a flood. Romanek felt the museum was an honest and powerful reflection of Cash's life.

Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, appeared in the video and died later that year. Romanek had to convince her to be in the video.

Cash's video was nominated for 7 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video Of The Year. Cash wasn't able to attend because of a stomach ailment. Johnny died about 2 weeks later of complications from diabetes, on September 12th, 2003.

The Cash video won a Grammy for Best Short Form Video. June Carter Cash, who died 4 months before the awards, also won for Best Traditional Folk Album and Best Female Country Vocal.

The Johnny Cash cover, of the Nine Inch Nails song, was used by World Wrestling Entertainment for a video tribute to the late Eddie Guerrero. The video tribute was broadcast on the November 14, 2005 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw a day after Guerrero passed away.

Johnny Cash called this song, "The best anti-drug song I ever heard."

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
upon my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stains of time
the feelings disappear
you are someone else
I am still right here

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN......GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS FROM PLANET NORWOOD.................Lj

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PRECIOUS SOULS

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

RESCUE IN THE DESERT

FEELING SAFE ENOUGH TO SLEEP

A BIG "THANK YOU" FROM DOG TO SOLDIER

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO SEND A "THANK YOU" TO OUR SOLDIERS........

WWW.LETSSAYTHANKS.COM

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.....GREETINGS AND "THANK YOU" FROM PLANET NORWOOD...................Lj

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LOVE AND WAR

WORDS FROM HOME

Try this from Xerox.
If you go to this web site,
www.LetsSayThanks.com

You can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq.

You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.

How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!!

This is a great site.

Please send a card.

It is FREE and it only takes a second.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these?

Whether you are for or against the war, our guys and gals over there need to know we are behind them.