This is the time of the year when the veil between the spirit world and our world is the thinnest. Ghosts walk the streets and there’s an extra bit of magic in the air. I feel it this year.

Maybe the Year of Kings was all about doors opening - playing at the Orange Peel, recording with Kevin Moloney, getting some nice music press. Maybe the Year of Queens is about not taking this for granted. I tell you this: when the world is turned upside down then every practice is precious and every song we write together is precious and every show is precious and every friendship is precious.

There’s blue in the mountains this morning - and a blue to the clouds in the shade.

There’s a blue to the steam of my coffee - and blue to the bird calls made.

There’s a blue to the smoke in the chimney - lonely and lingering without you.

There’s a blue to the breakfast being eaten - and my breath is turning blue.

And then the color fades without you.

We will have power and then sewage and water in the next week or two. There will be a public event to mark this flood. And then there will be music. There will be a lot of music this Fall and Winter and into 2025 - maybe even more music. Music from us, to us, and for us. It will be a very powerful time. It will be drunken and emotional and happy and sad and quiet and expressive and brave and defiant.

We have a very dear friend who recorded Sinead O’Connor’s first two albums. She was 20 years old and pregnant. I’m pretty sure she understood the gravity of her situation. And she responded with creating music of timeless beauty. Our friend helped her. How do we try to use our lives to create such beauty?

Bringing the drama.

Thank you @slygrog. Best music/art space. Thank you @_willfranke and @amanduh_derst for your amazing genius sets!

Dance and dance away the ache.

Dreaming leads to better days.

Dance and dance away the ache.

Dance before it gets too late.

Writing a song is like catching a firefly on a July evening and then letting it go.

It has been an interesting summer. On the outside it seems like stop/go and stop/go. On the inside it feels like we are slowly creating an unstoppable song book.

The trick in life is to have one foot in the real world and one foot in the magic world. At least one foot in the world of melody and poetry and dancing and singing….