This week’s been, shall we say…slow. As I indicated earlier this week, I’ve been feeling a little off-kilter, in large part, I think, due to how slow things have been. Things got a little better as the week went on, I suppose, as the weather the last couple of days has been gorgeous, and I’ve […]

Felt yesterday that I’d been lagging a little behind the curve on most things. Even though I’m objectively ahead of the game at work, with all my projects in their proper places with time to spare, so it’s not necessary for me to participate in the current crazy sprint to get things lined up for […]

It’s been a relatively quiet week (at work, anyway), capped off by a welcome surprise day off thanks to the Federal Government (including unanimous consent in this Senate!) making tomorrow, Juneteenth, a national federal holiday, which, frankly, is long overdue (now, let’s just pass *any* of the election reform laws floating around DC right now, […]

Last night I sat down (virtually) with my good friend Frank Parker of the Nefarious Filk Ferrets for an hour or so as a guest on his Filk Quest streaming show; talking music, influences and community in our little corner of the music/fandom world. I also played a few tunes during the course of our […]

Little to report that I haven’t already mentioned; work has been, apart from the rise of a potential Reply-All-Pocalypse™ on Thursday afternoon, relatively quiet and somewhat productive. Got some riding in, including a wet 20 miles on Wednesday as I tried to stay ahead of a storm, and unlike all my peers on social media, […]

My home state, the Commonwealth of Virginia, marches to it’s own beat when it comes to statewide offices in Richmond. A rhythm that’s one count off from pretty much everywhere but New Jersey. Our elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General fall on the odd year right after national Presidential elections, unlike pretty much […]

photo courtesy of my friend Wanda; focus on my cheater tablet stand rather than on me. So that’s Concarolinas in the books. Our shows went pretty well, considering we hadn’t played together in over a year. I thought we sounded good enough, and the folks who came to listen understood that we were shaking off […]

Going to do this today, because when I’d normally be prepping this post, I’ll be packing and heading south for my first live gigs in over a year. It’s still a little intimidating, even if after rehearsals that showed me that I haven’t forgotten nearly as much as I thought I had, to be getting […]

The weekend was…a weekend. Sure enough, it rained most of Saturday and Sunday, which the crops I see sprouting along Route 5 certainly needed, though it wrote off those days for the cycling I had so desired. But, I got the grocery shopping done, made a killer slow-cooker pot roast, dropped into Guitar Center to […]