A Work at Home Mom’s Blog

Other than the occasional celebrity train wreck that captures my attention, I’m not real big on celebrity news. But I found something out last night that I just had to share: Peter Tork, former Monkee and current Shoe Suede Blues frontman, has cancer.

Cancer is a scary thing. I’ve lost a dad and three grandparents to it, and my aunt is a survivor. The good news in this case is that Peter’s prognosis appears to be good. A biopsy indicated that the cancer has not spread, and he is having surgery today (March 4th, 2009) to remove what they’ve found. You can read more at Peter’s website.

I’m a Monkees fan from way back. Not back when they were the kings of the world, because I wasn’t alive then, but I started watching their show when it came on MTV in the 80s. I was just a kid then, and they were the first music group I went totally gaga over.

I got older and pursued new interests, but a couple of months ago I heard about their movie, Head. I never knew they even put out a movie, and the more I heard about it, the more I wanted to see it. So I borrowed it from Netflix, and I loved it. That renewed my Monkee interest, and I started looking for my old favorite songs and seeing what the members were up to now.

I always really identified with Peter, because he was so… different. Kind of like me, only cooler. I looked up some of his new stuff online, and I was blown away. He’s just got so much talent. And even at the age of 67, he’s still a cutie pie.

Anyway, I just wanted to share the news in hopes that my readers would send some thoughts and prayers his way. I hope he gets through all this with no complications, and that he can eventually come back to North Carolina so I can see him perform live.