Went to the Dickens Fair today with Colleen, after determining that none of the kids intended to get out of bed before 10am. That's actually what we were hoping for -- they always get bored before we do. Not to mention the expense of buying them tickets and meals.

Our only non-consumable purchases were a purple vest and cravat for ( Read more... )

Busy being toast. Concert last went pretty well; good reaction to Wheelin' and QV. Lost a longer update because of stupid Apple keyboard conflicting with 30 years of Emacs habits. Pants not bankrupt, but required a large infusion of cash this morning. Set list later.

Life is a war, and nobody gets out of it alive. The best you can hope to manage is an honorable defeat.

The River winds back and forth across the wide, unmarked valley between Love and Friendship. Which side you're closest to at any given moment is less important than who's beside you on the journey.

After a nice walk (which I cut a little short because of pain in my right calf) and lunch, we went over to the nearest mall for some indoor exercise, and in the Cat's case just to get out of the house and have a little time with me. The Y.D. tagged along as well, for the shopping.

Parts of the upper floor in the mall are carpeted. ( Read more... )

At the museum yesterday we spotted a man on a nice little folding scooter: almost certainly this one. Either folds up or comes apart; the combination of small ( Read more... )

...So why do I need a wheelchair?

Let's get one thing straight at the outset: you don't "need" a wheelchair. If you did, you wouldn't be asking the question. So let's talk about why you might want to use a wheelchair, walker, or cane even when you don't need it.

Since some bright homo erectus discovered that it was easier to ( Read more... )

When I wrote "With her lover right behind her lookin' fierce and proud" in the last verse of Wheelin', I wasn't just trying to fit the rhyme and meter, and I wasn't just trying to describe cflute, either. Not only does the world look different from a wheelchair, it looks rather different from behind a wheelchair, too. It was a little ( Read more... )

My Toastmaster gig at ConChord is now a mere three weeks away. And now that I have reasonably solid timings on QV and Wheelin', I can actually plan out my set list -- as long as I don't write anything new in the mean time. The probability of getting QV on a single is getting lower, but it's still non-zero.

Wednesday was fun ( Read more... )

Having obtained approval from pocketnaomi, who inspired commissioned it by promising to come to ConChord if I would sing a song either by her or about her, here it is at last.

Note that the audio files were done during last night's practice session ( Read more... )