As The Carriage Wheel Turns

I had a nice lesson tonight in not judging a book by it's cover. I gave a ride tonight to two couples in town celebrating a birthday. They were somewhat average for a Saturday night ride- nicely dressed, had eaten a great meal and were seemingly nice people. What I learned while taking them around downtown was how down-to-earth they were, how genuine and funny. It made me think of their family lives and how rich and rewarding they must be. I think what surprised me the most was their senses of humor. With a well-developed sense of humor, life's problems minimize on their own. With the wives belly laughing at their husbands' jokes, I could imagine children and lawns and homes functioning with all of live's attending annoyances and stresses, but in their neck of the woods, I saw smiles and happiness and, of course, love. Maybe some rides just don't let me in very far; these folks gave me a glimpse into who they really were, not who they wanted me to think they were. It was awesome and kind of made my night. There was some 'rimz' car show Downtown tonight and the cruisers made driving a carriage a challenge, to say the least. The weather was incredible- a high of 84 degrees today- in the middle of August! I was a couple's "limo" driver tonight as they booked me for a couple of hours and I took them where they wanted to go. They had a great time, downed a bunch of mimosas and had happily dove into the stronger stuff.  I had an ever-so-slight brush with fame tonight. I was in the gift store of the Peabody tonight and saw they had a teddy bear sitting next to some chocolate guitars. I took one of the guitars and put it in the bears paws, like he was playing it. Apparently, Mrs. Lansky, of Lanksy, The Clothier To The Kind of Rock and Roll, the guy who got Elvis to wear pink and black, went into the store and liked my creation!! I almost met Priscilla yesterday but it wasn't to be. I am more interested in meeting Lisa Marie as she is actually related to Elvis. Although, I always wonder how many people on the planet right now are related to Elvis as well. Are there other Lisa Marie's out there that we don't know about? And don't most people have kids? So, the guy you meet at the coffee shop who looks a little like Elvis and just happened to sing like a bird, well, ya never know. Until another day of As The Carriage Wheel Turns...