I walked into the living room and saw Teen Spirit and Grandma sitting at a table. He was playing his guitar the way he does: upside down. A lefty, Teen Spirit taught himself to play the guitar that way. And he was playing a beautiful song he wrote called Carolina Kids for Artsy Grandma. It’s one of the songs he does with his band, Cool and Unusual, a crowd favorite.

A moment of true listening.

I didn’t get what those kids said last night
It was blurred and slurred yet so polite
Then they wandered off into the night
Drunken but with grace

I stayed out of the way. Artsy Grandma and Teen Spirit have their own, special relationship. She was very interested to hear the songs that he writes. She listened closely and asked to hear another, which probably meant a lot to Teen Spirt.

I know this because I peeked in for a moment. Later on Artsy Grandma said that she was very impressed with Teen Spirit’s songs.

"He has so much inside of him," she said.