Grateful Blog: Day 33: I just read an article online this morning—perhaps you’ve seen it already, about an indigenous tribe that was photographed somewhere in the Amazon rainforest. It’s a bit of a sensation because they’re so infrequently seen or photographed. The article went on to mention that worldwide roughly 100 such tribes are said to exist. There’s probably some …
The Alarm Company…
Grateful Blog: Day 32: I just got the call from the alarm company—the office alarm went off. Send the police? Or not? Its times like these after 3 consecutive grueling 11+ hour days that the last thing I want to do is drive back to the office to check it out. But you know, I own the company and SOMEBODY …
The Best Christmas Gift…
Grateful Blog: Day 31: This year I got a book for Christmas called ‘Life on the Working Man’s Lake: A Tour of Honeoye Now and Then’. It was a portrait of one ofNew York’s ‘Finger Lakes’:HoneoyeLake, in the country of the 5 Confederacies of the Iroquois (a governing body that has been recognized as influencing the very notions of our …
1/3 of my Life on my Back…
Grateful Blog: Day 30: Well hell, 30 days so far. Who knew? Last night was weird. I slept well. I didn’t find myself tossing and turning. But it was decidedly strange. We bought a new bed on Saturday—you know one of those things where you say ‘Let’s just go look but we’re NOT buying one’ moments where you find yourself …
Eat, Pray, Love…Nap.
Grateful Blog: Day 29: You ever have one of those weekends that were so busy that you forgot to relax and have a weekend? Felt yourself late Sunday night thinking about what you’d so if you could just skip work next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday? It’s easy to do, right? My wife was watching ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ tonight on …
Luck, Golf and Lightning…
Grateful Blog: Day 28: I’ve been thinking about ‘Luck’ all day today. After last night’s high speed near-miss on the freeway, I came home to find out I was a Semi-Finalist in the 2011 Great Lakes Songwriting Contest. http://www.greatlakessongwritingcontest.net/ Like every songwriter I know, I’d tell you right away that songwriting’s not a competition. It couldn’t be further from the …
“You Keep Swervin’ in my Lane…”
Grateful Blog: Day 27: It’s easy to be Grateful about the big things. Tonight I was driving home, minding the speed limit (rare for me) and behaving (even rarer) when someone tried to come into my lane without looking. Suddenly sandwiched between their SUV and the giant pickup ion my right I had no where to go. For whatever instinctual …
Grateful for Gordon Lightfoot…
Grateful Blog: Day 26: I was driving home from tonight’s gig and on the stereo came that great opening line “I can see her lying back in that satin dress, in a room where you do what you don’t confess…” Damn. It’s one of those songs from my childhood that just takes me back in time. I first heard Gordon …
Happy Birthday Captain!
Grateful Blog: Day 25: Today’s my friend Lyman’s birthday. I met him a few years ago at an open mic. Seemed like a nice guy. He’d been toNashvilleto do some songwriting and I was planning to go as well. Without so much as asking he sent me an email with a bunch of venue contacts and information that would ultimately …
A Little Heat…
Grateful Blog: Day 23: They just came to fill the oil tank up today. Yeah, we still burn oil for our heat. It’s ‘old school’ in a way I suppose and about as environmentally friendly as your average Chevy Suburban. The thing is I really like oil heat. It’s warm (not hot) and moist (not dry) and generally stays warm …