February 2011
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We have had so many warm days in a row. If I were...
We have had so many warm days in a row. If I were an apple grower, I would be worried. But I love the reminder that spring is coming. I want to un-winterize the Airstream, though I know it is still a little early. But what great motorcycling it has been the last week. I rode downtown last night to a poetry event honoring a friend and poet who died ten years ago. It was a fine...
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This is the song that became Outside Door on the...
I found an early version of a song that captures the initial urgency of the idea. I love when that happens. It’s usually when I am checking through an old hard drive and discover a song title that I don’t recognize, and it turns out to be a version of a song that has a directness and an innocence that is compelling. This is the song that became Outside Door on the CD Open Hand....
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It was like a magic trick where the music was the...
For the first time in twelve years, it’s a snow day in Chicago. And I flew through there just before it hit on my way back from British Columbia. I would have been camping out in the airport with all the other stranded travelers. It is bliss to be home where it is sunny and warm. Nate is working on the home test for Cooper Union, the art school he so wants to get into. Google it if...
