IN THE HEART of another drought filled midwestern summer, being committed to the house i thought i'd drop a line.

There has been an air of confusion it seems,.....around everything, maybe its the heat, the haze, the malaise of apartment bound days that seem to string together.

Maybe its yet another stage of grief. I read the other day there are 5........i think i'm hitting number four right about now with a bullet.......pun intended.

Plans for the rest of the year are shapping up nicely......3 weeks in Texas, then back east so far as i know.......i prefer not to know about every step of it cuz things change on a dime and i hate getting my hopes up for things to see them set adrift.

Record is still on schedule for a Sept 25 release. Video will be done on Aug 1st.......

feels kind of like  a holding pattern , just waiting for things to start.......i know when things get busy i'll wish i had days like this where there is nothing much to do except marvel at your family and play piano.......

have micro bursts of songwriting.......one song in particular is so good i'm avoiding working on it......cuz i don't want to be done with it........Heather said i'm thinking about it the wrong way and that when i finish it.......is WHEN i give it life.........so maybe that's tomorrow........its pretty much done......but its like a pretty girl in the room, you know she's there....you know she's looking your way.......but you wanna wait......savor the moment before you look back.........maybe tomorrow i'll go over and buy her a drink......and say
" lets get outta here, whaddaya say?"

i would love to hear if anybody has contacts in Texas.....Austin or any of the major cities.....places that would let us stay........cars we can rent/borrow.....baby sitters......pianos i can borrow.....or really any of the things that one needs away from home........if anyone has any ideas.......please get in touch.......

thanks everybody,.........stay cool.....both figuratively and literally
xo
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