June 2026
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Another Day One.
That’s what I get. That’s what I get. I’m just over 24 hours and 420 miles away from home and it’s good to be OUT, but the madness of the traffic of the Boston suburbs make me almost miss home already. Almost. We drove north yesterday, staying with an old friend and her angry dog…
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Ratspike.
Between John Blanche and Ian Miller, I don’t think they ever DID decide which one was Spike. I’ve held a lot of artists and musicians as influences, inspirations – as formative forces in my Life. But I haven’t MET a lot of my heroes. I’ve always been shy. I don’t chase autographs or put myself…
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Land of Confusion.
A friend’s friend has died, and it really doesn’t mean anything to me. Except it was sudden, out of the blue, and he was 6 months older than me, but he was healthy as Hell and looked ten years younger. Heart attack. I think endlessly about death recently. (okay, I’ve ALWAYS obsessed about death). About…