August 9, 2000 about 1 a.m.  The Music Never Stopped


Thank you, dancing bear, for your many gifts of music, for sharing
your warm, open heart with so many. Thank you for showing many of
us the way, leaving no doubt. Thank you for being a pioneer, a
psychedelic explorer, blazing a trail for the rest of us to follow
in our myriad of quests for the same things - enlightenment, self-
understanding, community, and a real good time. Thank you, dear
Jerry, for lighting our path and showering good vibrations on us.
May the Four Winds blow you safely home.


[Jerry Garcia left this plane for other musical and magical realms
 on this day in 1995. Please take a few moments in your day today
 to put on your favorite Grateful Dead melody and spend quiet time
 in reflection, joy, and remembrance. I express my gratitude for
 the long, strange trip and the many fruits that are coming to bear
 from the seeds that have been planted over many years.  --Shaggy]