Hi there.

This site has been around since December 2000. There have been ups and downs, but it’s been nice having a place to write things that feel like they belong to me, not to the place where I write them.

Here, some recent (?) posts:


This Is Relaxing?

If you had told half-my-age-ago me that I would: Voluntarily sit down at a keyboard Turn on a metronome Play fingering exercises up and down an octave Progressing chromatically With both hands BECAUSE IT IS RELAXING That guy would have had a hard time believing it.

Simon Fresh

Simon and I have a lot of fun with GarageBand, because music should be fun and not a lot of fussy work.

Snake Options

Simon and I got out the “buggy” this morning and went for a run along the Wolf River.

I Like It: Spiraling – Transmitter

Let me make a long-overdue mention of the 2002 album “Transmitter” by the band Spiraling. I probably listen to this thing once a month, and have ever since Steve brought it to my attention.