November 2021
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November 28th, 2021. I found the edge of my envelope.
Setting up on the streets of Alexandria VA in a tent right NEXT to the sunshine! My brother painstakingly got me and Kristen’s hand measurements so he could surprise us with strange 80’s gloves. Kristen had never HEARD of Freezy Freekies but understood the concept that if the Freezy Freekies start changing colours, it’s gonna…
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November 25th, 2021. Happy Thanksgiving.
Mom came over for Thanksgiving dinner – or was it supper? My brother and his family spent their Thanksgiving in quarantine though cause their very, very first house guest of the pandemic was invited into their home on Saturday – and then that very, very first house guest of the pandemic tested positive for COVID…
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November 19th, 2021. I’m a real boy.
My heart is pounding like I just ran down the street. My palms are sweaty and my head is pulsing with the edges of a headache, pressure pushing at my temples and behind my eyes. It’s amazing that my stress responses for being held up at gun point, being in a car accident and being…
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November 18th, 2021. Flush ot.
Flus hot? Flu shot. Got my flu shot today. Generally trying to wrap my head around COVID, Life, the Universe, Anything, the fact that probably we’ll be Living with this disease in, on and around our Lives for… well… the rest of our Lives perhaps… and I’m losing my sympathy for that portion of our…
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November 21st, 2021. Another quiet Sunday (but a loud Saturday night).
Heather playing at Red Shedman Brewing in Mount Airy, MD – November 20th, 2021. Gosh, I hadn’t realized how this photo makes the room look EMPTY (though at this point the night HAD quieted down a fair amount). Rest-assured much of the night was a little more anxiety-inducing in it’s crowding – we HAD a…
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November 16th, 2021. The SPRING with Mark “Muleman” Massey. OH. And Happy 20th Anniversary!
Heather made an amazing graphic for our 20th anniversary – and her husband made it spin. We FAMILY. Heather and I, as of tonight, have been playing together for 20 years. It’s kind of hard to really comprehend – unless I try to remember playing without her – and though the memories of playing with…
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November 9th, 2021. The SPRING with Seth Kibel.
I know, I know – it was supposed to be Flo Anito and Seth Kibel. Well – Flo’s husband tested positive for COVID just a couple of hours before the open mic, and though Flo has NOT, we figured it’d be smarter to reschedule our feature appearance till later. HOWEVER – Seth couldn’t be denied…
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November 2nd, 2021. At the SPRING with Laura Baron.
I’ve known Laura Baron for a long time, but I know her mostly as client, really – and so I sometimes gloss over just how talented she is. It was an honour to have her perform at the SPRING open mic, and though numbers continue to be FAR too low, her joy and beauty, combined…
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New American
This year has been an exercise of just how much I can sympathize with the fallacy of compromise and knowing when to duck Who’s in who’s out you gotta learn just when to bail out This year has been an exercise and I’m all worn out I wish there was a pill Take it quick…
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November 1st, 2021. Faith.
As if to say “No, YOU fix it!!!!” (In truth I think this is me talking about the new lights at the New Deal Cafe and how awesome they are… or perhaps how they obscure the clock… who knows really… ) Saturday was magnificent and Sunday was beautiful, but Monday’s leaving me close to exhausted…