I just read my friend Jodi’s blog, and I am always inspired by her ability to write nearly every day, finding something in her world to BE inspired by. She takes beautiful photographs of her life (especially her gorgeous son, Isaac) and surroundings and shares them online. She is an incredibly creative person, and her sewing machine is also up and ( Read more... )

i see that i have neglected to update this thing for four weeks. i can't really even remember what happened yesterday, let alone in the last four weeks. so, i'll be random ( Read more... )

my life has been utterly turned upside down, and there has been no return to normal yet. i'm getting really, really tired of it. i have not been able to work a typical schedule for...what...three months now? yes, about that. i thought it might be over when the house was actually completed, but no. when will it ever end? or maybe...this is how it is ( Read more... )

i am at a place in my life currently where i am learning yet another painful lesson about the necessity of assertiveness in life. about opening my mouth and asking questions, about asking questions about other questions i do not even know how to ask, or what i am even trying to ask or talk about. this place is very uncomfortable for me. it has been ( Read more... )

okay, which part do you want first: the good news, or the bad news ( Read more... )

actually, there are two of them. big, long trenches. one is for the water pipes and one is for the electrical conduit. the yard is worse than i have ever seen it, and as of tomorrow, the worse right now than i will ever see it again ( Read more... )

Life Is But A...Nightmare ( Read more... )

for those of you wondering why i have been incommunicado, surly, strange, isolated, pulling a disappearing act, and just plain weird lately, here's what has been on my mind ( Read more... )

The Bedford, New Hampshire show on March 10, 2007…I arrived at the club at 8:30 pm or so, and it was packed. It was also smoke-filled as hell and I kicked myself for wearing my favorite tapestry jacket inside. As usual, there were a billion bands scheduled to go on before Travis, and I thought that I had arrived in the middle of them and at least ( Read more... )

The Portland, Maine show at The Station, 3/9/07…When I arrived at the club, there was a damned LINE out the door, and I simply could not believe my eyes. This is Maine, after all. I did not realize that Days of the New had such a following here, and it was fabulous to see, I was so proud. The venue is situated in a strip mall with a rather odd ( Read more... )