When I was young I had fantasies of being a rock star, but I was a failure in guitar lessons and couldn’t really hold a tune, so that didn’t really work out.  But I’ve stayed pretty obsessed with music.  I like to be surrounded by it, and in my mind my life is accompanied by a soundtrack.  Somehow music makes even the darkest situation bearable.
Yes, life is good when there is music around and life was great this weekend.  I spent Saturday and Sunday a the Life is Good Festival in Canton, MA and I heard some amazing artists.
The festival raises money for the Life is Good Foundation to help kids overcome life-threatening challenges such as violence, illness and extreme poverty.  Pretty much everything anyone did on the festival grounds those two days somehow contributed to the work of the foundation.  Even if you bought a beer and threw a dollar into the tip jar, the proceeds and the tip went to the Foundation.  An awful lot of the work that had to be done those days was done by volunteers.  Some of them were employees of Life is Good giving a little extra time, others, like me, did not and were just volunteering their time.
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