Michelle Malone rockin the stage

Week in recap

My time is being stretched from end to end these days as I move between riding or running (which is going great right now as I have managed to increase my speed quite a bit) to a 3 hour bike meeting on Wednesday night, and then there was the nice friendly get together at an establishment I have really come to enjoy visiting, that was on Monday evening, where we gathered to watch the final NCAA game. In total there ended up being 10 of us there, and that included the two owners. A couple of people ended up pulling the couch out from the sitting area and placing it in front of the big screen TV. Then we scattered chairs around and sat back with popcorn, pretzels and beer. Too bad the game was not more eventful. It was still fun to hang out in a place where I can be relaxed and comfortable. I could write an entire page or half a novel about that – the being relaxed and comfortable part. Maybe later. In short it’s that I can be the me I am now, rather than who I have been. It’s sort of a reconstruction. Which is something I have been doing for years now, but somehow it feels like things have been thrown into overdrive lately. And it’s all good.

I ended up going to a baby shower Saturday. There was a whole slew of people who showed up for the event. The girl ended up with loads of gifts, I know because I helped load up the cars before I left. Yep it’s true a good friend of mine is becoming a grandmother. Yikes!

And then last night I went back to the establishment I am enjoying frequenting, to see the comedian, Vicky Shaw’s performance. I know I laughed for an hour and a half hardly having time to stop so as to get a breath in. Their plan (the owners) is to have more comedians on the schedule in the coming months. Something I am certainly looking forward to. By the way on the topic of performers, anyone recall Betty from the L word? Yep she is on the performance schedule in June.

After the show I took off to see the Blue Umbrellas or the Brellie boys as they were last night, perform. They really have developed a knack for creatively changing things up with their shows. Last night they donned mustaches and such – pictures can be found here:

The Brellie Boys

Action Shot

Rap shot

Things are not really going to be getting any less busy for me anytime soon. Next weekend there is the Blue Umbrellas and their live CD recording, a show I am looking forward to. That is of course just after Melissa Ferrick’s performance at a different place so I have to grow wings so that I can fly from one place to another. Oh and Thursday Michelle Malone will be in Lexington, of course I have plans to drive up there for that show. And then Sunday I am off to a house concert to see Trina Hamlin perform – another of the many things I am really looking forward to.

And then the following week I am off to take a road trip….

A rainy morning means more pictures

From Antique Victrola

Nini Camps performing Slide

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hunting wabbits

Hunting wabbits

Little to say these days. Perhaps I have gone into hibernation but forgot somehow to tell myself? Does one think ahead about going into hibernation, or is it like waking up with a book pressed against your cheek and the words written in ink across your forehead, after somehow falling asleep while reading in bed?

Reading a lot. I am magazine addicted. My addiction is on overload. National Geographic is so nice and shiny!

Still increasing my speed on my runs. It is a slow process at best. But a process to say the least.

Going away party tomorrow night for a friend whom is moving to Nashville. A party which promises (without even saying so) to have numerous drunken people and the worse by far, Karaoke type of background music. It’s at a bar in case you were curious. Perhaps if I dunk my head in a steaming vat of acid I won’t care about the Karaoke.

It’s almost Friday.

The weather is teasing us with temperatures in the 50’s for next week. And I am so glad we did not get swept away by snowdrifts, heck we hardly even had snow flurries.

Ahh life is good isn’t it.

Girlyman video, Speechless

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