It's been awhile since I posted anything; I've been busy on other platforms. I get occasional ribbing for my loyalty to Livejournal, but I'm not a fan of WordPress and all my archives are here. I can see a time coming when I might port or mirror my blog on Tumblr, but I'm not quite there yet ( Read more... )

Every now and then I worry that someone in my life feels shortchanged because our relationship never got physical. It can be an awkward elephant in the room, but the stars have to very carefully align for that to happen with me. Small things can easily derail romance: the most common is timing, but it's not the only factor ( Read more... )

I did it right this Pennsic ( Read more... )

When I first started playing professionally I looked at performing on my birthday as a good omen. Gigs in early March are much rarer than in summer or fall, so I took it as a good sign to have work so early in the spring ( Read more... )

I had a lovely time at Mardi Gras 2010 (Lombardi Gras), but as my Facebook feed fills with pictures from celebrating friends in NOLA I'm not really pulled to go to another ( Read more... )

It's been kind of a ludicrous week ( Read more... )

It's been a wonderful two months; here are some of the memories I'm taking away ( Read more... )

It's been a few weeks since I've posted anything, and they've been going very quickly. The St Louis Renaissance Faire has been treating me very well, and it's a great pleasure to be back among so many friends. It's an atmosphere that I always find rejuvenating; after a few months of performing six days a week the more relaxed pace of a festival ( Read more... )

Easter in Genova is huge. I don’t have any idea why Genova celebrates it so much (other than the usual Jesus-rose-from-the-dead stuff), but it’s an amazing time to be there. I had a fantastic time, but on Monday night I realized that I’d performed for fourteen days without a break and was in desperate need ( Read more... )

Yesterday I arrived safe and sound and am having a great time with my good friends Tim and Truly!  I'm particularly pleased that traveling with a dulcimer, stand, and laptop worked so well because I've always been reluctant to bring both computer and instrument on airplanes.  This is sort of a dry run for my spring trip to Europe, when I'm also ( Read more... )