Yep, it’s here. Writing thank-you cards and stuff, trying to figure out whether to get programs together, and other information about the orphanage to hand out. Guess there’s some technical stuff to sort too. Whatevs. Totally not freaking out at all. So glad I stayed out late last night. No headache at all. Anyway,...
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A Washa for Kinshasa: four days out
Here’s another note to self, and a reference point if I need it in the future; here’s the gist of the email I just sent to the performers: ********** Hi everyone. Here’s a little bit more and a request for short bios… {tl;dr: can you send me a one-or-two sentence bio?}...
Note to my 2019 self
It’s five days before the show and this guy (pictured) is back. I don’t know why I do this to myself. What did Amy say last year around this time? Oh yeah: “You do too much.” I can see it. My hands aren’t shaking or anything, so that’s good. Anyway, talent is lined up,...
Continue readingMy 20th Century Life
My friend Brendan unearthed this photo of us back in the late 90s when we were touring around the east coast and parts of the south in our band (that’s Val in the middle). I miss a lot about those days, and all the experiences and cities and colleges we explored. I just got...
Continue readingJogging in a Suit
This morning I rushed to work after dropping the kids off just in time to host a meeting with about 20 folks (15 in the room, 5 online), and as soon as it was over, I raced home, changed into shorts, and did a quick run around the lake before lunch. When I got...
Continue readingEntertaining for Toilets?
A couple of pieces of news came in over the wire this week: 1) My friend Robert, who’s spent the last couple of years in Kinshasa (which is in the Congo (which is in Africa (if you’re bad at geography like me))) has been trying to fund a series of repairs and upgrades to...
Continue readingIndustrial Wonderland
I had to drop my car off to get the heater fixed the other day, and I ended up walking several miles home afterwards, mostly along highways, under overpasses and crossing industrial roads. This morning I walked back out there to pick up a rental car in the same area and took Industrial Boulevard south...
Continue readingGoal-Like Things for the Year Ahead
I don’t know why I’m doing this, but I am. To get it down. So I have some kind of focus or something. Things I’d like to get done before the year ends: Write a new draft of that book-like thing, and see if I can convince anyone to look at it* Submit queries...
Continue readingWhen Your Dad Reads Your Diary
Funny story. I got home from work yesterday and found my dad knee-deep in my private journal, which I’d accidentally left out in the living room. I’d been writing in it recently and just neglected to put it away, and so there he was, casually and deliberately leafing through the pages. He seemed a...
Continue readingFalling in Love (WIP)
My lungs lighten At the sight of your feet, Quickening their pace As I approach It’s been so long You’ve seen me at my worst I’ve seen you at yours (I hope, I hope) When I first held you My heart thumped So hard It seemed to confuse you I wrote you a letter...
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