cold winter sun

a bright sunday morning. i slept until 9am yesterday, the latest i believe i've slept in over half a year. graduate school applications, the general chaos of the holidays, and third graders, had completely worn me out. so today up again at 7:30, i drink tea (as always) and sit on the couch reading and listening to classical music. my wife has been gone since thursday morning, and she arrives home this evening much to my delight. i dearly miss her constant presence in my daily meanderings. of course, i don't mind having our relatively small (a double) bed to myself for a few nights. but only a few. her absence has worn thin.

meanwhile, i continue to work on a new record with christian kiefer and ron guensche titled "to all dead sailors," which will hopefully be done in early spring. the recording is about 90% there, we just need to make time to mix and put it all together. last weekend, we recorded the ocean sounds at muir beach. hard for me not to think of "il postino," standing out there by the shore with microphones, the sea moving back and forth, back and forth.

today, a bike ride up to the lake, the cold winter sun shining on green things.

Posted by jeff pitcher at January 15, 2006 08:54 AM

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