As old as you think

You can't judge an apple by looking at a tree,
You can't judge honey by looking at the bee,
You can't judge a daughter by looking at the mother,
You can't judge a book by looking at the cover.

Lyrics of You can't judge a book by looking at the cover. Written by Willie Dixon and sung by Bo Diddley 1962

It is funny how your perception of age changes as you get older. We can all remember a few folks we thought were almost ancient when we were kids or teenagers. Then, not that many years later when we reached that same age, it seemed remarkably young. If you think for a minute I bet you will come up with a few examples. Has it occurred to any of you that within 11 or 12 quick years, we will be 70.

Must be thinking about this because of Bo Diddley’s death today. Don’t know if any of you got to see him perform (or were even fans), but he was quite a showman. In about 1970 or 1971, I saw him as the warm up band for Creedence Clearwater Revival. In my opinion, he stole the show. There was this old man, I remember thinking, strutting, dancing and jumping all over the stage as he played his guitar. He was 79 when he died today. This would make him about 40 when I saw him. My perceptions have certainly changed.