I call it finger dancing

What happened to our nice warm "spring like" temperatures? I had to find a CD to listen to, to warm me up. The Caribbean influence of Kenny Chesney's most recent CD titled "when the sun goes down" does the trick. I can picture my toes wiggling in the warm sandy beach as I sing along.

I call it finger dancing when your hands just have to be dancing even when you are driving, don't tell the sheriff that I do this. Kenny Chesney sings, "sun tan toes tickling in the sand, cold drink chilling in my right hand, watching you sleep in the evening light, resting up for a long, long night, cuz when the sun goes down, we'll be grooving.

When then sun goes down, we'll be feeling alright. When the sun sets down over the water everything gets hotter when the sun goes down". Then music plays. "All day long just taking it easy, laying in a hammock where it's nice and breezy, sleeping off the night before because when the sun goes down we'll be back for more."

By about his time, my daughter is kind of bored of hearing the same song so many times in a row while we are trying to type the words. But then I tell her there is still a good part to come when Kenny sings "This old guitar and my dark sunglasses, this sweet concoction as smooth as molasses. Nothing to do but breathe all day, until the big moon rises and it's time to play." Wow, I love this song. "When the sun goes down, Uncle Kenny's hotter when the sun goes down." Kenny Chesney is great.

Music has always been a motivator for me to get things done. I can put on my headphones with my MP3 player and clean house all day, or pull weeds, or drive the motorcycle. Now with MP3 player technology, you can load on them just the songs you like. For me, that is male country singers songs that are fast paced to walk to.

PINE NUT TRAIL ASSOCIATION

The Pinenut Trail Association is having a "Clean Up" at Prison Hill by Mexican Dam on March 17th. Are you interested in helping pick up trash and keeping our beautiful mountains clean? You can call Nate Littrell 265-9936 at for more information.

-- Lisa Welch is a Johnson Lane resident and can be reached at 267-9350.