Thoughts
Catching up with myself
Monday January 18th, The train from Kiel to Hamburg There is a moment that comes with sitting down on a train. A moment of sheer relaxation. I have found the…
Read MoreWhat to do when the power fails at a festival
Photo by Shel Ly Sunday Morning, January 17th, Düsseldorf The sun is shining on last night’s snow. I played the Düsseldorf Acoustic Festival. What a great night it…
Read MoreTime Traveling with a German Photographer
Once Upon A Time in Cork Twenty years, and at least as many lifetimes ago, I was a student at University College Cork. A picturesque old campus, complete with a…
Read MoreParis to Strasbourg – Train of Thoughts
Typing at 296km/hr I’m somewhere outside of Strasbourg on a train. Typing at about six words a minute and 296km/hour. Who says men can’t multitask? Paris is behind me. I…
Read MoreSnapshots from 2015: A New Road video
’All We Have Become’. Album completion, release and tour. Chicago blizzard. Denver. My first Pacific Northwest tour. Thank you Paul. Multnomah falls. Portland. Food trucks. McMenamin’s. Salt baths. Eugene. Breweries.…
Read MoreThe Busking Police
I saw two guys busking together today, one sullenly staring at a laptop, the other holding a ukulele. I had four immediate thoughts: Young people these days! They’d not have…
Read MoreGoodbye to The Path Cafe
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” —Heraclitus The Path Cafe is closing. I have been hesitant…
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