First of all it is important to note the resurgence of activity on the blog by one, Ashley Addair, who has returned to our readership and reminded us with playful sentences to be happy in simple moments, to be audaciously yourself, and furthermore I would remind you to vote for her as “best visual artist” [...] Continue Reading »
the toppling Honda and aftermath
2if there were timeouts
5Months ago I was posting drafts of memoir chapters as I wrote them. The writing has been a stop and go effort for two years now, and a huge struggle of time management. I am guilty of making more time for writing than is fair, truthfully. The balance of work, and the work I wish [...] Continue Reading »
finding happiness in work: advice to the younger me
2We’ve began a three month family plan: a checklist for hitting the road in a travel camper come spring, a bunch of paintings and enough CDs to sprinkle around for gas money and electric hookup. No, not really. I’m afraid the plan is going to be a little more boring. Like putting together our taxes, [...] Continue Reading »
introducing Loretta
4On Friday night Addair had fallen asleep on the way home from the grocery and Ashley went inside to start dinner. The little guy was still zonked in the car seat and the radio played pop country at a gentle level as I scrolled through Craigslist on my phone. Always for the same two things: [...] Continue Reading »
and he awakes before i finish posting this
5I can’t sleep because I’m angry. I don’t know at who exactly. I’m trying real hard not to whine. Partially, I’m mad because Addair Kentucky hardly sleeps. Don’t give me advice about this, sleep advice makes me angry. I checked out a book on tape, Bringing Up Bebe, to listen to on our trek to [...] Continue Reading »
is felini losing its hold? and is leisure blue going to sell this house?
0This is Nathan doing the hard ladder moves. I know I was instagraming a lot yesterday and someone asked if I ever get any work done. Well yes, Nathan is very good at what he does. Then I hid somewhere and caught a nap. But we finished yesterday on the exterior, and there is a [...] Continue Reading »
eight. the men in black suits.
1EIGHT My warmup for a gig starts many hours before. First I walk a mile to Andy’s and borrow the Neon. I head downtown to Market Square, park in the alley, enter Cafe Four and go down the elevator to a storage room. The keyboard case is in the back, through piles of crates, [...] Continue Reading »
four. the suttree
3This week I’ve been sharing some of a memoir draft that’s been in the works for over a year. I’d love your feedback. And I need encouragement. Call it insecurity, that’s exactly what it is. Thank you for reading. FOUR. It was getting late but I had to do it. With a handful of [...] Continue Reading »
en route to somewhere, album 5 on the way
0I’m just sitting here in Bristol, TN watching Motocross with Glen while Ashley and her sister take a walk. We’ve got paintings to drop downtown at the Blowfish Emporium here in a minute. Then I’ll swing by Uncle Sam’s, the pawn shop where I got “Conrad” a couple years back. Gave a good piano tuner for [...] Continue Reading »
post democratization demo-quality fantastical idiosyncratic anecdotalism
3(from Levon who is listening to An Introduction to Charlie Mars) At the end of this week we’re heading to Virginia to do a handful of things. 1. The Addair women are going to dinner theatre at the Wohlfahrt House in Wytheville, VA. 2. Running a Spartan Race in Leesburg, VA. Basically a maniacal obstacle race challenge through [...] Continue Reading »