over the shoulder, boulder

it just became tuesday, which means it's either really late or really early. i've been weaning myself off espresso lately but found myself imbibing in some nice french roast coffee the past couple of days.

on wednesday i'm heading up to boulder to perform with jennifer hicks and fragile creep ( www.fragilecreep.com ) at the boulder international fringe festival. the piece is coming together in intriguing and kooky ways; last i heard i'll be wearing a lab coat with some sort of nurse motif...

mostly i'll be playing guitar/loops but have also compiled some soundtrack type of stuff to go with particular sections. should be fun and it'll be great to see all the other stuff going on these next two weekends. this is also the time of year i like to get away, not only because it's long overdue, but because most of my students are starting their transition back to school-mode.

me n' the girls did finally get out of town a couple weeks back when we camped alongside the chama river. it was wondrous but we're kicking ourselves for not researching the area better; apparently we were extremely close to some natural hot springs! gosh darnit all to betsy! it was great, though, and the dogs did well in the tent and staying close when they were running around exploring. only downside: the rattlesnakes, which killed a day of hiking we had planned. the dogs are clueless about rattlers and we were trudging around in our tevas (and chacos)...not exactly a good mix. i'll add some pics in my next rh.com picture update, which is sadly out of date.

god's green ghost miraculously garnered the 'best new band' vote in the annual santa fe reporter's readers poll. i honestly think we probably had the most interesting name on the ballot, but hey, i'll take it! no plans for any gigs any time too soon, but there are a couple folks due for visits in the coming months, so it's quite likely. dave wayne, robert muller, paul brown and i are loosely planning a non-one-off project to rehearse, compose and perform with. will tackle that upon my return.

my dad is kicking some recovery ass up in MN. he's driving, reading and finally getting back to banging away at some mystery project down in his workroom. i may get up there this fall but won't know for a while if that'll happen. they're surely planning on heading to AZ by late november, which, considering my mom's gloomy outlook on that this spring, is great news.

teaching is still going well; finagling my returning students with some new ones and am pretty much booked solid upon my return. we'll do another concert this fall or winter for sure. in fact, we just did a mini concert at the children's museum last week for a fundraiser there. only about five students, most of which i played bass for and all of which sang, which is something i'm continuing to encourage. perhaps i'll even belt something out myself wunnathesedaze.

lesley continues her busy massage life at ten thousand waves, eyeing a solo road trip and change of paradigms in the coming months. she's going to hold down the fort when i go to colorado, and i'll do the same when she goes. seems like a healthy thing for all, yes? hopefully we'll get out of the country together again next year sometime. weird--one year ago we were still in bali and she was just starting to get horribly sick; something she's still trying to recover fully from but appears to be on the path.

not too exciting, but i recently got contacts again for the first time in many years. nice to see peripherally and not have to have a plastic crutch on my face. still hiking five days or so a week in the mountains here and noni has recently been graced with the fashion and functionality of an "outward hound" backpack thingamajob. so far she's only been carrying a handful of macrobiotic cookbooks for weight, but we're putting rocks in there too to weigh/slow her down. so far so good; she's proud of her new look and it keeps her on the trail and endowed with an Important Job (you never know when you might need a recipe for daikon n' kuzu macaroons).

sold my 2880 super looper on ebay, and recently purchased a dehydrator and bad-ass vitamix blender for our continuing curiosity with raw food.

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