#10 Nonplussed: Irony, the winking bastard
I couldn't bring myself to read my book or listen to my CD for a while. I know my limits. I know my habits of hyper-critical self-talk. I...
#9: Done.
I'm a day late. (Or 20 years late, depending on how you're counting.) Done. I'm not sure what else I have to say about it. I think I'm...
#8 Entrepre-what? (Business Meeting 1)
It's August 15. Technically, today I'm launching the doves. Flowery and grandiose. Let's all wear white. I woke up at 4:00 a.m. thinking...
#7 Bygones (Excerpt & Music)
Posting another track from the album today: BYGONES. That is here: https://soundcloud.com/patresa/bygones-1 And below is an excerpt from...
#6 Oh Shit
And here is August. How did that happen? Summary: 1) CD is mixed, mastered, and ordered. 2) Book is almost done. 3) All related duties...
#5 Rotary Dial (Excerpt + Music)
This is what I've been working on. In August (hopefully) a CD with 9 original tracks *and* a companion book will be available. The book...
#4: The Quitter (an excerpt)
An excerpt from the book (which will be coming out along with the CD...unless I quit): THE QUITTER I quit things. Sports. Workout...
#3: I am equally not Joey Lawrence.
On the 24th we recorded "Ember" and "Bygones." We ran out of time for the tenth track, "Stuff and Such," (our scheduling issue. not the...
#2: I am not Bess Motta.
This is my 3rd grade picture and one of many reasons I feel stupid scheduling a "photo shoot." We lived in Fort Scott, Kansas, at the...
#1: Calamity's Own Private Bungalow (40)
Start where you are, they say. Today is my birthday. I am 40. I'll start there. I don't want to shuffle woefully and delicately through...
