Monday’s Back…With A Vengeance

Another weekend come and gone. It’s like it never happened, sadly. That’s the story with most weekends, you’re so excited on Friday afternoon that you don’t take the time to stop and smell the roses so to speak. Saturday morning you may pull back on the brakes a bit, but then you get caught up […]

Really Feeling Time Pass Lately

I’ve really been feeling that creaking of time. How it slips through the cracks, slips out the window in the middle of the night, and generally leaves without saying goodbye. One minute I was kind of struggling to stay afloat with three little kids in the evenings while my wife worked second shift; cooking, cleaning, […]

Welcome To The Future…And The Past : A Curmudgeon’s Weekend

It’s been a pretty solid weekend. Honestly, the last two or three weekends have been what I would call solid time spent outside of work. Lots of record spinning, lots of walks, quality time with my wife…I guess what I’m saying is I can’t complain. But knowing me I will soon stumble upon some reason […]

Friday, Pine Needles, New Laptop, New(Old) turntable, General Weekend Gratefulness

We’ve made it to yet another Friday. The work week has finally come to an end, so rejoice and make the most of those two days off. If you have to work the weekend, my apologies. I’m firmly in the throes of autumn clean-up at my house. It’s pine needle dropping season, so I hook […]

October Is Here, Spinning Spooky Scores, Happy Birthday Mr. Pooch McGooch…And New Music Soon

Well it’s been a really, really, really long and hot summer. I’ve never been one to resent hot days, but apparently at 50-years old I’ve become that person. I don’t care if it’s a dry heat or a humid heat, it’s not my friend. I’m sure that once we hit that first single digit day […]

Crapper Broke, Long Weekend, New Creative Space…

As a homeowner I do feel a certain amount of pride in the place I call home. It’s not an extravagant home, just a little under 1,200 square feet. Three bedrooms, two baths, with a living and dining room plus a kitchen. Not quite enough closets, and just a couple square feet short in the […]

The Big Catch-up : Records, Beers, ER Visits And Cats Oh My!

Hey ho. It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve done a check in here. Not that I haven’t been posting, as I have been listening to and reviewing quite a few albums as of late. I just haven’t sat down to catch you all up on what’s going on in my world. Well buckle in, […]

“All The Children Are Scattered”

Been feeling everything a little heavy lately. It was a nice four-day weekend, albeit we skipped out on that Van Hagar concert Friday night. My wife and I decided that neither of us wanted to stand in a field at 93 degrees for three to four hours, so we opted to just pick up our […]

Too Damn Hot, Van HaGar Cometh, Ready For Fall

We’ve been in the midst of a late summer heat wave and I’m not liking it. Tuesday was a nearly all-time record high around here, with the heat index getting to 105 degrees. Listen, if I wanted to fry my brain walking to and from my car I’d live in Arizona, Louisiana, or Florida. As […]

Get Lost In Creativity

I know I’ve posted about this kind of thing many, many, times over the past couple years, so bear with me. I think it’s an important part of living a life that feels fulfilled, which in turn makes us better, grounded people. Losing yourself in the process of making things is, in my opinion, what […]