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January 17, 2010
Snow-Tromping
The whole family put on snowshoes and walked 'round the candlelit trails of the Beaver Creek Reserve the other night. Hauled the two-year-old in a sled, she kept saying we were "snow-shooting," which sounds like fun to me. It was a nice setup, short enough that I took the 9-year-old on a second loop while my wife and young Jane headed inside where Jane enjoyed looking at all the nature exhibits. On the second loop, Amy and I talked about Uncle John, who is the real snowshoer of our...
January 16, 2010
More Good News
This morning at breakfast it was announced (by Herself) that although the two-year-old is a dragon she does not have fire in her nose. Which should help with the house insurance.
January 15, 2010
Talking to Farmers
Just spent three days in a row speaking to groups of farmers. Fun to make offhand rolling butterfat average references and see everyone just nod along…
January 14, 2010
Sunrise
Sun came up a boiling pink ball through the 20 degree haze, nice view of it while feeding chickens. Daughter was watering cats in the granary, I met her on the path and we took a moment to soak it in. Even the dang jet contrails looked acceptable, salmon-tinged as they were. They formed the Roman numeral IVI, not sure of the significance, and the chickens seemed unconcerned.
January 13, 2010
Alternate Band Photos
Following up on yesterday's post, thanks for all the kind words. If you haven't listened to the new songs yet, they're here: http://www.myspace.com/thelongbeds
In the meantime, here's another band photo, which kinda sums things up:
January 12, 2010
Happy Long Beds News
Here at the Sneezing Cow compound, we're grateful to announce that Mike has signed a deal with Amble Down Records for the release of his next album with the mighty Long Beds (that's them below, from a photo shoot conducted less than 25 yards from the chicken coop).
Tiny Pilot will be released on March 16 (album cover art below). Pre-orders will be taken February 1.
More information, photos, and a sample song available on the band's page at Amble Down Records.
Over at MySpace, you can get an...
January 11, 2010
You Know the Hoppers
I recently rediscovered a note I wrote to someone about the fact that in both the book Truck and on the next Long Beds album, I mention "Seven A.M.", a painting by Dennis Hopper.
Um.
That'd be Edward.
Wonder how many times I've done that.
Not that Dennis (currently very ill) can't paint…
January 9, 2010
It Ain't Always Twang
Something I like lately, with roots in our own backyard (according to the article, singer Maggie Morrison is from Eau Claire, as are members of her other band, Digitata) (while digging around online I discovered the first and third Digitata records were engineered by Jaime Hansen, the same guy who recorded the Long Beds upcoming album) (more on that – and some music from it – next week) (Jaime had to use a different metronome for our music).
January 8, 2010
Snow Skills
I've been starting to do some "humorous monologue" events in small theaters where I just come out and ramble with stories and such, do a little reading from the books, maybe sing a song, and perform a breathtaking dance, but mostly just tell stories.
I have a ten-minute section in the current monologue about how those of us in snow country pick up certain arcane skills and knowledge as a result of freezing our hinders over the years. How we can judge the temperature just by how little the...
January 7, 2010
Eggs Again
Over a dozen. Again. Makes lugging the feed and water out there worth it. Looks like they're finally serious about laying.
