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John Kerry VonErich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:41 PM
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'60s folk icon Joan Baez hurt in fall from treehouse
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Published: Friday, November 19, 2010 at 7:54 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 19, 2010 at 7:54 a.m.

WOODSIDE -- 1960s songbird Joan Baez is "resting comfortably" at an undisclosed location after falling 20 feet to the ground from a treehouse -- a treehouse she purposely had built without walls because she wanted to sleep among real birds at her Woodside, Calif., home.Click to enlarge Joan Baez.

The 69-year-old Baez was climbing down from the platform Wednesday when she plunged to the ground. The San Jose Mercury News reports Baez suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from Stanford Hospital.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:43 PM
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1. She just spent one of her nine lives
that is a CODE TRAUMA... just from the mechanism.

She is LUCKY.
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:43 PM
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2. Man, I hope I'm still climbing trees when I'm 69.
Get well soon, Ms. Baez.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:46 PM
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4. I saw her in concert in 2008, and she looked nowhere near 69 - and her voice
is still incredible.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:21 PM
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20. I've seen her many times...
I adore her! I'm a metal head at heart, but Joanie amazes me. Most recently, the last couple of years anyway, I've seen her at UCLA's Royce Hall, in San Diego (I can't remember the venue, but it was outdoors at a large seaside hotel), and at The Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. I wanted to go to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass because she AND Jackie Greene were performing (he's a modern day Dylan) but work got in the way.

I'll not be missing her again! She's precious!
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 08:26 AM
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30. Jackie Greene
What a talent. I'll be listening to him in the days coming

A modern day Dylan is right on too.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:44 PM
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22. My best friend asked me just yesterday who I would like to see in
concert and I said "Joan Baez, before one of us dies". I'm 67 so I think I better hurry up and buy those concert tickets.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:22 PM
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21. Climbing trees? Hell, I hope I'm still climbing stairs. nt
Edited on Fri Nov-19-10 05:23 PM by RaleighNCDUer
edit for dumb speling
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:44 PM
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3. I hope she has a speedy and full recovery
National treasures are hard to come by, and Joan is one of ours.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:46 PM
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5. I am 69. at least for two more days,
and I am in awe of her! A fall like that would probably finish me.
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:50 PM
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7. Well a slightly early HAPPY 70th TO YOU then!
:D
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:12 PM
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17. Thanks!
The only thing worse than being seventy is the alternative! LOL

Actually, I feel great and enjoy good health , for which I am grateful
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:51 PM
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8. True, as mature adults we just don't bounce like 6 year olds anymore.

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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:13 PM
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18. Yes--I have lost all of my bouncy!
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 06:03 PM
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23. Things that used to bounce do not
and vice-versa.

the joys of senior-hood.

And, as Mr. D said recently: " I remember when waking up stiff was a GOOD thing?".
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:56 PM
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10. We share a birthday! I'll be 48
Hope you have a good one! :hi: :party:
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:08 PM
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14. happy birthday!
:party: :toast:
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:48 PM
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6. I've fallen from trees, but not 20 feet.
I hope she'll be okay.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:54 PM
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9. Get well soon sister
You're braver than me.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:57 PM
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11. Sleeping with the birds is one thing, but ...
she shouldn't try flying with them.

;-)

But it just goes to show: she should have been a better tree-hugger. ;-)
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John Kerry VonErich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:02 PM
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13. careful
Joan fans bite it you mess with her. I know, made the same mistake long ago.
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veganlush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:59 PM
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12. wow. if I'm gonna be climbing trees at 69..
I'd better get started.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:09 PM
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15. She performed in Reading, PA in October - she sold out the large
auditorium,and got great reviews.

mark
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:11 PM
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16. I just amazed
that she went to Readin PA. wow, I didn't think anyone went there.:beer:
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 05:52 AM
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27. Well, now that we got electricity, we get some musicians other than
accordian and mandolin players...We even have inside toilets now...mostly.

mark
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 05:13 PM
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19. Joan is my idol...
I see her every chance I get, and I celebrate her life, and I applaud her activism, and I adore her for the pacifist she is. She still sings like an angel.

Healing vibes and wishes for a speedy recovery! "Treated and released" sounds like a good sign to me, so I'm going to hold that thought.

I'm an outdoor sleeper too... I would have a treehouse like this if I could. I settle, at the moment, with a bed next to a giant sliding glass door that leads to a third-story balcony. I aspire to fully sleep outside some day.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 06:05 PM
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24. Glad she wasn't hurt...but honestly, how many other celebrity names could you
insert in the sentence " ________ hurt in fall from treehouse"!!!!! That said, all the best to her...I think she's great!
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Jeanette in FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 07:54 AM
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28. Keith Richards...LOL
Keith Richards fell out of a tree a few years back and lived to tell about it. But he was only 62 at the time. Don't know if he would make it at 69.

Get well soon, Sister Joan
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 06:18 PM
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25. Now when they say she is out of her tree, they won't be speaking metaphorically
not that anyone but a stupid cruel person would say that...Get well, Joanie!
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 09:18 PM
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26. Wishing her all the best! nt
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Le Taz Hot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 07:58 AM
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29. One of my favorite pieces:
Diamonds and Rust
Joan Baez + Guitar, Live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMHSbcd_qI
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