November 4, 2016.
I stopped at the Sheraton in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania the other night on the way from Cleveland to New Haven. It’s a hotel I’ve been to a few times and there’s something reassuring about knowing what the lobby…
Trumping Trump
October 4, 2016.
“Here we are, light unshown;
One round heart, one round home.”
- Apocalypse Lullaby, The Wailin’ Jennys
There’s been this controversy locally about the upcoming election. Shocking, I know. But there’s a pretty good mix…
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Find a Light
September 19, 2016.
“Look at where you are. Look at where you started. The fact that you’re alive is a miracle, just stay alive - that would be enough.”
- Eliza Hamilton, That Would Be Enough (Hamilton)
I’ve never…
The River Runs Wide
‘River, river carry me on
Living river carry me on
River, river carry me on
To the place where I come from.’
- Peter Gabriel, Washing of the Water
Yesterday, Northern Wisconsin, I am loading a canoe on the back…Read more
Living river carry me on
River, river carry me on
To the place where I come from.’
- Peter Gabriel, Washing of the Water
Yesterday, Northern Wisconsin, I am loading a canoe on the back…Read more
Boy in a Dress: 12 years later.
"Who am I to change my life? Who am I to fuck with form?" - from A Guy Named Joe, Joe Stevens
12 years ago: my first CD, Boy in a Dress. It was the culmination of years of false…Read more
Employee of the Month
It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it is a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm alright when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain…Read more
The Inevitable Crash
I have never in my entire life been someone who exercises regularly. In fact, I could probably been counted among the "proudly out of shape" who got winded going up a couple of flights of stairs and then made a…Read more
Maple Syrup
Made it back to Decorah just in time to catch maple syrup, tapping trees, the magic of that. Drinking sap out of the bucket, the wonder of it, right from inside the tree, something almost holy about it and maybe…Read more
Let This Be the Year
I am thinking of Limits, both visible and hidden, placed from birth or gleaned from experience, the underlying lie that we are undeserving, fear and the fear of fear, the anchor of depression, the plague of self-doubt, all of it…Read more