Yes, I’ve been very busy lately. I had a period of time when I was out 12 days straight and the only reason I stayed in that 13th day was because I was too tired to move. Summertime brings out the social in all of us.
I’ve had nights on roofs, nights on late walks, nights full of silence, nights full of song and a conspicuous lack of nights full of tears. I am so blessed.
My job has picked up. It has gotten more challenging and I still love it.
I went camping this past weekend with several friends. We were planning it for over a month and a half; I was thrilled to see it all come together. On the trip we had a bear. The bear managed to somehow get up to where my tent was and knock it over, putting a hole in its process of scouring our campsite. Bastard bear. I got that tent when I was 13 or 14. It is where I stayed on all my camping trips with my dad and brother that we took at least once a summer. It went to
Just ate an ice cream sundae. I immediately regret that decision. Ice cream does not like me much.
Two weeks ago one of my oldest and dearest friends, Megan, was in town along with ol’ Nathan H. They were doing a 100 mile century ride in the mountains around here, evidence that they are gluttons for punishment. The first night we went to the Chocolate Lounge and in walked Katherine/Andy/Ena and Nathan E. The six of us sat down around the big table and began to chat. It took a moment to realize that all six of us had attended the same high school, seven hours away from where we sat. Andy had started there in 1990; Nathan H had graduated in 2000. We spanned a decade. Amazing.
Tomorrow is the start of Bele Chere. The past two years I have intentionally skipped out of town; this year I am excited to stay for the simple reason that Dar Williams is coming. A free Dar Williams show. I can handle that. I started listening to Dar in 1996 and haven’t seen her live since a show I went to with Emilie in 2003 in
This is a favorite Dar song. It’s about depression but has some of the more poignant lyrics I’ve heard on the subject. “It felt like a winter machine that you go through and then/you catch your breath and winter starts again/and everyone else is spring bound.” Ugh. What a description.
I love the line, “When you live in a world, it gets in to who you thought you'd be.” Can’t wait for the show.
And to mess with you, check out this cover that Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco did in 2005. It is in my top five favorite covers of all time. Video is lame, song is amazing.
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