Ike and his guitar:

I know this is dark. It is darker online than on my computer. If he will re-record Autumn Leaves I will upload that one too. He's good at jazz. He loves Autumn Leaves so much and plays Joe Pass' (?) rendition of it so often that it has become the theme for my life now. Maybe I can encourage him to shine a little bit more light on the subject.

Busy summer!

All I can say is that the drum corps experience ruled my summer for one reason or another. It seems it shouldn't since I am merely a "mom". But I joined them as a volunteer for a week and then I spent a few days chasing them from show to show. When I finally dragged home, thoroughly exhausted, I had a long list of things to do to prepare for my son's return, the beginning of the school year, etc.

Here is a video of the horn-line practicing in a parkinglot during finals week:



I have begun to record a journal of my own experience on the road, albeit a short one, and I intend to post it shortly.