Mary Anne

There are a couple of special days in Song-A-Day. Sometimes, it’s a random thing where someone issues a general challenge of some sort: ”Disco Monday,” “Write something with this as the title,” and, of course, there’s the non-mandatory cover day on the 22nd, but the halfway point is Valentines Day. The 14th is a great opportunity to write a love song or, at the very least, a thank you or apology for having to put … Continue reading

A Monkey on Your Back

In case you were of the mistaken assumption that when music comes to me in a dream, it’s majestic or deep or the words of the cosmos or my innermost voices rising to the surface, I present today’s song. This is one of two songs that was in my head when Olive the terrorist demanded that we had slept long … Continue reading

Auturgy

Three Hours Later In the interest of preservation and self-teaching, I have left what I wrote in its original state below, but here’s an addendum. After posting this entry, I had a cup of coffee and took Olive to the dog park for about an hour. I came back, had another coffee and listened to Auturgy again. It’s fine. Yes, it needs love and attention and, yes, all of the points I made below are … Continue reading

Wintry Mix

The first real winter storm of the season has arrived. In an effort to get one more exercise session in prior to the snow and ice showing up, Olive and I went to the dog park right after breakfast, and it started snowing while we were there. I wasn’t expecting anything to stick, much less stay frozen for long, but the buildup was surprisingly fast and by the time … Continue reading

Lights in the Mist

Another night with far less sleep than I was hoping. I think I managed to go to be at 2am after working on Revenant. I finished that track up in the morning and posted it, then spent most of the day with Olive (the dog). We returned to the dog park, this time without her Great Dane friend, and she was a bit more adventurous and inqisitive. More importantly, it wears her out, and I … Continue reading