A Life Update And An AWESOME Song!

As I've shared here recently, a few months ago I received a message that my computer operating system would no longer be supported — and since I've LOVED my trusty ol' PC and rely on a ton of software on it — I began the time-consuming and painful process of figuring out what to do.

After some research about it, I contacted a computer tech who said he could help upgrade my 'puter to the current OS on a new solid-state drive — and try to migrate all of my beloved software to it as well.

He didn't make any promises though — and even warned that some of the programs might not survive the transition — but said he would do his best.

Music Below:  New York based Gospel/Americana group, Ollabelle - 'Gentle Annie'

'Computer Bekymmer * ' - Copyright 2020 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved

* Bekymmer is the Swedish word for 'troubles, worries, concerns, etc'

(I got sum of der S'vedish blood in me, dontcha know. : )

https://en.bab.la/dictionary/swedish-english/bekymmer

As I've related in other recent posts — to help speed up the upgrade/migration process for the tech — I cleaned up my decade old 1T main drive and ended up moving or deleting over 700 Gigabytes of old files.

Whew! It took forever to go through everything — and as mentioned before, while it was fun to look at ten years worth of old files, it consumed a LOT of time.

Then one day while I was still cleaning things up, my computer started REALLY slowing down and I hoped a re-boot would help — but when I re-started I got one of those error messages we all DREAD.

It said something like, "Your drive is in danger of IMMINENT failure!"

Yikes!

I immediately shut it back down and at my first opportunity rushed over to the tech — feeling a little sheepish about having taken so long to clean every thing up — and handed over a shiny new solid-state drive and my old computer — and prayed for the best.

Much to my relief, a few days later, he reported that EVERYTHING had gone well:  Not only was the OS upgrade successfully transferred to the new drive and installed in my trusty ol' PC — but he had been able to migrate ALL of my old software over to it as well.

Now I'm happy to say that I've been testing everything out for a while and it's all working perfectly! 

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In addition, while all the computer schtuff had been going on, I was in and out of Doctor's offices for a possible upcoming surgery — AND my car has been in and out of the shop.

The upside on the car is that while the repairs were costly — I've been able to take care of some things that needed to be addressed for a while — and was back on the road after only losing a half day here and there.

Anywho — I haven't had much time for artwork — and often just didn't feel like being creative either — but hopefully now that everything is sorted out I can begin being an "art guy" again.

BTW — my cartoon above came after I was completing this post and was looking for an illustration showing someone with computer trouble.

After a bit of searching I thought — come on, Jephyr — YOU can MAKE one.

And so I did!

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Finally to da music!

Recently, I found an AWESOME song, Gentle Annie, by the New York based Gospel/Americana group, Ollabelle, and I've shared a video of that below.

According to the video's YouTube description:  

"'Gentle Annie' is an early American Parlor song which was written by Stephen Foster in 1856. 

It was recorded by Ollabelle, as part of the Stephen Foster tribute album, Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster, released by American Roots Publishing in 2004."

It's a beautiful song and definitely pulls on the ol' heart-strings — especially if like me, you've lost a love or two along the way.

Gentle Annie - Lyrics

Thou wilt come no more, gentle Annie
Like a flower thy spirit did depart
Thou are gone, alas! like the many
That have bloomed in the summer of my heart

We have roamed and loved mid the bowers
When thy downy cheeks were in their bloom
Now I stand alone mid the flowers
While they mingle their perfumes o’er thy tomb

Shall we never more behold thee
Never hear thy winning voice again
When the spring time comes, gentle Annie
When the wild flowers are scattered o’er the plain

(instrumental break)

Ah! the hours grow sad while I ponder
Near the silent spot where thou are laid
And my heart bows down when I wander
By the streams and the meadows were we strayed

Shall we never more behold thee
Never hear thy winning voice again
When the spring time comes, gentle Annie
When the wild flowers are scattered o’er the plain

 When the wild flowers are scattered o’er the plain

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See you again soon....................