As folks may know, I've been down in the dumps now for a while, due to some medical problems that I've been dealing with.

Yesterday afternoon, Kathy called to say that the Friday night players would be over to pick me up around 5:00 pm, as we were going out to supper, and then heading over to the RBC Bluesfest. They had all chipped in to buy ( Read more... )

Friday morning. The weekend is almost upon us ( Read more... )

As noted in this journal entry, I went to the RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest last night to catch husband-and-wife team Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks in the Tedeschi Trucks Band. And I was not disappointed ( Read more... )

It's going to be a very long, very difficult day today, methinks.

I went out to the RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest last night to catch the Tedeschi Trucks Band, one of the few actual blues artists at the festival, and had a terrific time ( Read more... )

It's been a kind of mundane day so far today, and that suits me just fine.

As part of my birthday present, Kathy, Tom, Angela, and I are going to be going to this year's incarnation of the RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest going on here in the city this evening. Granted that the festival this year isn't really all that much about the blues, having ( Read more... )

Up and about this Sunday a.m., and feeling somewhat better. Taking most of yesterday off has helped out tremendously, and the back, hip, and leg are feeling good this morning, with only a modicum of pain.

Had really wanted to go to the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest yesterday, as local talent Jill Zmud and the amazing Ray Bailey were both playing the ( Read more... )

Friday morning. A relatively cool day this morning, one that is quite comfortable ( Read more... )

One of the reasons that I go to the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest is to actually see some artists perform the blues. You know, that form of music that originated in African-American communities of primarily the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th Century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple ( Read more... )

In sad news, part of my month off from running roleplaying games has taken a hit.

spross told me yesterday that he's struggling too much with creating the plot and dealing with the gaming stuff for the Desolation game that he started running on Sunday (see this blog entry for more on the game). I should have seen this coming, since it's happened the ( Read more... )

As noted in yesterday's journal entries, the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest launched yesterday, and I was fortunate enough to get to see one of the early evening shows last night ( Read more... )