This 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 »
four. the suttree
3the memoir progress: making more cuts than an email inbox cleanup
0This evening I’m facing difficult cuts in the draft of my memoir. The document hasn’t been opened since April 28, which is a little while to cool off if one is planning to make a nice, objective proofread. Yes: defining parameters and moving away from the full length autobiography. After a lot of studying on [...] Continue Reading »
thank you (so very much)
0I really don’t see how anyone manages to be a new mama without my friends and family. I still owe quite a few of you thank you cards, but here’s a little offering of thanksgiving dedicated to our village (as they say). it takes a village (click it!) I couldn’t begin to name specifics because the [...] Continue Reading »
be careful, that ladder’s still hot
6Yesterday the theme of the day was thievery. There has been a lot of it around recently. I’ve had a few things lifted: a table saw from a garage around the corner, three bikes, a hammock cut from its ropes, and always my precious cantaloupes. One time I thought a wheelbarrow was safe because it [...] Continue Reading »
watching little Tuck chew his fingers and other news
0About to take a walk. I’ve been trying really hard to remain present lately and strolls seem to encourage that. Our neighborhood ice cream man is back for the season and the dogwood tree is in bloom.
playing the piano in church
6From the view out of the batter’s box, I always looked up to the pitcher’s mound and feared I was the lesser man. In this battle we engaged, his leading the field of play, I worried that he was craftier or stronger, or that the people watching me would be better served if this over [...] Continue Reading »
parenting by the nashville number system
2I got Addair his first guitar today. It was a thrift store find, otherwise I might have waited a little longer. They say it’s good to play music for babies and this kid has had no shortage already. I don’t want him to be classical prodigy, but I do want him to understand the difference [...] Continue Reading »
Sucker of a guy
0From my phone: I just brought my friend home after lunch and playing 11 o’clock Rock on knoxivi.com. We’re watching the movie Once. Glen Hansard is chasing the bum to get his tip money back. I gotta go scrape lead paint off a house in 4th and Gil. Playing on the show was fun. I’m [...] Continue Reading »
a book proposal
3Before I get started, just a reminder that today I’m doing a guest appearance on 11 O’Clock Rock. Anyone can watch this live at 11:00 here. I have to think about something else for now, so I’m writing. And looking for a ride. There is a piece of paper around here somewhere which I stumbled upon [...] Continue Reading »
a keyboardist walks into a bar….
0I got into a heated argument last night concerning bringing a keyboard to a ten minute open mic slot. Management became involved for what I consider “keyboardist discrimination.” Anyway, I shouldn’t tell the full story here. But ask me to when you seen me. It reminds me of a similar instance of keyboard-hate that [...] Continue Reading »