A few weeks ago I went to Brooklyn for a week of vacation. I promised myself I'd unplug so I could hear what my own thoughts were without all the noise. While there, the entire American political landscape changed….in my…

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A little over a year ago I started this (mostly) monthly journal to log my path back to music-making, wherever it may lead. As I'm looking out my apartment windows open wide to a breezy mid-August evening, I…

Hello. Thank you for reading this post. I wanted to share some news about my bassist of over 20 years, former life partner, and now closest friend. Randall Venturini is facing a cancer diagnosis and treatment. It's a rare b-cell…

…traveling, disappointed. My plans to relocate to the west coast have been placed on indefinite pause due to some unexpected, difficult life events. On my fourth day of driving all my things east to settle back into a life in…

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Hello from Washington! For the past two months I have been making the Pacific Northwest my home. This morning was surprisingly clear and I realized I have a view of what I think must be Mt. Rainier. The…

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The grind of living pulverizes new sprouts into a mush, yet I am beginning to write to rescue what I can and maybe make some sense of the past few years. Right now, I'm sitting in a house…