rainbow connection

I was stunned this morning to get the news that blogger Winston Rand has passed away.

Winston…he was a “pretty good guy.” This is how he wanted everyone to remember him.

Winston was from northwest Tennessee and contacted me about a year ago. We had a few emails back and forth and I met him once at Mothership Barbecue. He was always lovely and so encouraging.

And the man could write circles around you.

This post is written by Roomie, who sits at Winston’s desk, fingers on his keyboard, right hand on his mouse, next to a half cup of coffee that he started to drink last Friday morning. The white cup has a picture of a bucking bronco on it, a cowboy waving his whip as he moves with the zest of life. A nasty film is beginning to form on the surface of the coffee.

Sometimes it takes a simple tune to capture our attention. One like The Rainbow Connection, the opening song from the The Muppet Movie (1979). Written by Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams, Rainbow has been covered many times by a wide range of artists, from Willy Nelson to Debbie Harry to Justin Timberlake, but the one that warms me most is the original sung by Kermit the Frog, which of course was Jim Henson (R.I.P.). Kermit’s rendition may be the only song I am drawn to t