March 2007

March 31, 2007

March 31st, 2007.

It’s funny, I can’t remember the last time I woke up and saw some slanting beam of sun illuminating the dance of dust. Perhaps I’m simply not inhabiting dusty enough rooms, but some how that brownian shimmering has become something lost with childhood. This gangling betentacled beast was our introduction to the Muir Woods outside…
March 30, 2007

March 30th, 2007.

Coming home to Frank and Winston was quite a Lovely way to end the evening. Winston was friendly but refused a position in my Rabbit Army (rising) on pacifist grounds, which I could respect. It was probably for the best as my arctic campaigns won’t start for quite some time and in other environments he…
March 29, 2007

March 29th, 2007.

Wednesday found us racing from Los Angeles to the San Francisco bay area trying to get on the list for an apparently very well-attended open mic in Santa Clara. The postcard perfect picture of mountains and mountain lake, somewhere betwixt Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA. Below – as we entered the area south of…
March 28, 2007

March 28th, 2007.

This is some of the 80’s rock culture that made the Rainbow so famous. Unfortunately, we didn’t meet with Keith Moon or Alice Cooper or Slash or ANYBODY! Pointy birds, oh pointy pointy… Peter, we miss you and it’s awesome to see you all the way out in LA. And though we’ve been staying with…
March 27, 2007

March 27th, 2007.

Then we encounter BIIIIIIG cactuses! What’s weird (and worrisome) is that most all of them are sort of clawed up at the bottom, and I have NO IDEAD what kind of beastie is willing to take a mouthful of nedles for the dubious nutirtional content of a cactus. As we were leaving Phoenix, we spotted…
March 25, 2007

March 25th, 2007.

We had to stop and check out route 666. Though there was little real photographic evidence of evil, my bacon cheeseburger was definitely unruly later in the day.. However, I’m not sure if that was any evidence of actual Satanic influence. Last night we went back to the Fiddler’s Dream to play a gig. We…
March 23, 2007

March 23rd, 2007.

Laura introduces me to Kree… OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Oh my God we’re watching guys playing Trogdor on Guitar Hero 2. And singing along. I’m not sure if I want to die or not. But it’s pretty damned funny. Burninate the countryside, bitch. Last night Heather and I just barely…
March 22, 2007

March 22nd, 2007.

The Invasion OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA There’s a particular kind of ornamental cactus – I don’t know what it’s called – that is distinguished by it’s soft, smooth skin and exceptionally delicate hues of pink and rose. They are soft and feminine and look like rose petals would look if they decided to grow into fruits.…
March 20, 2007

March 20th, 2007.

Our last sunset in Houston, Texas as we depart George Bush Park. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA I scare children sometimes. I know, shocking, but true. At the Rodeo back in Austin, we went in to see the Painted Horses show and I ended up sitting next to a little girl, perhaps six years…
March 18, 2007

March 18th, 2007.

As I was a walkin’ I spied yon white heron bird… And then Heather SCREAMED!!! I whip around to see what t’was the matter here in George Bush Equestrian and Hiking Park in Houston, Texas… T’was a wolf spider climbing up my maid’s ivory limbs! Ok okay, so she’s not MY maid, and not really…