Why I use Firefox/LibreWolf
Want to know the primary reason I use Firefox/LibreWolf as my daily-use personal browser? It’s one feature.
Dear Diary
Sunday Post Wrangling – 03-05-23
This week’s regularly scheduled wrangling has been interrupted by covid. It finally got me. I’m back to the land of the living at this point, but barely, and am still not feeling capable of any meaningful creativity or expression. So yeah, zero Mastodon posts to wrangle from the past week. I’ve gotten to spend a … Read more
Sunday Post Wrangling – 02-26-23
I’m introducing a new habit into my routine — pulling all of my Mastodon posts from the previous week into my blog. This was inspired by Marc at disquiet.com. Although this is technically antithetical to the Indieweb philosophy of syndicating everything from your website to other sites, I love using Mastodon as my place to … Read more
Recording as Live Performance – a New Process
I’ve been trying to make my recording process and live performance much more similar — of course, with more gear available during recording! The reason for this? I’m trying to cut down the INTERMINABLY long process of taking a song from creation to release. In my past solo work, I’ve spent months per song (though … Read more
A Scottish Excursion: August 2022
I recently took my first all-by-myself vacation: a 10-day trip to Scotland. It was a blast, it was epic, and it was…a LOT of walking! Here are the highlights… Part 1: Edinburgh I spent the first three nights in Edinburgh. My apartment was next to Holyrood Park, which is an incredible park near the center … Read more
It’s finally spring in New Hampshire.
I love hiking when spring is *just* happening in New Hampshire! Bolstered by the clear results of a “Hike or Nap” poll on Mastodon, Peanut and I took a lovely walk today on some of the trails in the Harris Center for Conservation Education‘s massive…tracts o’ land. (Yes that WAS a Monty Python joke, thank … Read more
The tallest ones bloom last.
Although I didn’t think so when I was just a little unopened bud, I’ve come to realize that I’m a late bloomer. Fortunately, the buds are nice too.
Extreme Imagination Conference
I’m thrilled to be participating in the Extreme Imagination conference, which is put on by the Aphantasia Network and is dedicated to the study of aphantasia and hyperphantasia. I’m really excited to learn more about what’s going on w/ this burgeoning field of research, and to connect w/ other artists who are variously on this … Read more
Welcome to the family.
I am not a patient human. I woke up having a dream about a guitar part that required a hollow body. This was inevitable from that moment on. Also, my first ever guitar was blue. (It was also not nearly as wonderful as this big beautiful blue bastard.)