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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.)
I’m thrilled to have been asked to join the board of the formidable, cool, and formidably cool local arts service organization, Arts Alive!! (This sentence has two exclamation points because one belongs to the organization’s name, and one belongs to my enthusiasm for the organization.) I’ll be serving at least through 2022. Arts Alive! is … Read more
