2018
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Most of my friends have no time to read…
I’m reading Tom Clancy books right now. Red Storm Rising a little while ago, Red Rabbit now. I like his Jack Ryan books especially because Harrison Ford plays him in my head. They are spy thrillers and they are dense and they aren’t poetically written but they certainly distract and the political environment of the…
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I don’t have much to say at the moment. I think my brain’s not really ready to process it all and that’s just the way it is. Our friend Dave Glaser died at the beginning of this month, and that was awful. We weren’t close but I admired him greatly, and we’d played together just…
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78 and sunny.
I’m trying not to scroll through social media. It generally only upsets me or fills me with contempt. I won’t lie, I agree with an awful lot of angry people, but part of being a social animal is controlling your thoughts and not blurting them out. This is not “political correctness” – this is how…
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A Bad Week.
What a week. And, of course for a musician on Friday night the week’s just beginning – but even with that taken into account, it’s been pretty brutal. As previously discussed! Playing Wednesday night at Hershey’s in Gaithersburg w Gabrielle Zwi, Doug Alan Wilcox and SIobhan O’Brien. Our friend Sue came in from Saint Louis…
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A Bad Gig.
It’s been a rough week, and it’s only Thursday morning and I haven’t really parsed everything yet. Eventually I’m going to have to think it through in a more focused manner and decide what to do about this evening’s events – but for the moment, as it’s 2.42am and I’m mostly writing to clear my…
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Some delicious ketchup.
Sunday’s show in Perry Hall, MD got rained out so Joey just hung around our house. We jammed and napped and watched questionable television shows while spouting brow-raising politics! One of my favourite aspects of open mics – Zach Sealover is showing Zander a couple of chords. It’s how *I* learned almost everything i know,…
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Up all NIGHT but can’t SLEEP ALL DAY.
Before driving down to Takoma Park for a Folk Festival meeting on May 31st, I stopped by my friend Georgie Jessup’s place to chat about doing a video series there. She has a great place – I just hope we can make something cool happen. I used the word “awesome” too many times during a…
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The Saga of Not Our Cat
Several of you have been intently following the saga of Not Our Cat (Prince). I’ve got a novella of an update here that ultimately has a happy ending – but has been chaotic, to say the least. If this doesn’t interest you, scroll on, friend…scroll on (but it’s a good story)… So about 6 weeks…
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A Grey Morning.
Prince is still freaked out and is hiding in his storm shelter spots… A small boat that didn’t stand up to the storms in the harbour in Baltimore. Flooding in Ellicott City, more rain on the way today, tomorrow, the next day. Water in the basement, I’m glad I’m not the owner. Not Our Cat…
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#ECStrong Again?
The skies opened and dumped a LOT of rain on us Sunday afternoon. I’ve heard various estimates, but basically “three months of rain in under an hour” seems to be the most accurate representation. Ellicott City has been devastated and apparently we’re one of the few houses without a LOT of water in the basement…