Peter E

January. We are going!

We need a day trip!

Today I met a turkey. He's a senior that lives in a bird sanctuary. He likes giving hugs and is good at stealing food.

Rock band on stage, bathed in blue light. Only the guitarist is in the spotlight. Audience members in silhouette.

In other news, amazing music at The Evening Muse, seeing The Abstratica and Added Color. Look them up on your streaming platform of choice!

Very interesting, given current events, reading and then watching the Hulu series "Say Anything", based on testimonies of IRA leaders about what happened during The Troubles.

Another fall excursion to the desert. Sedona is gorgeous with so much geological history literally steps away. Hiked up and around Cathedral Rock, went off-roading in Coconino National Forest, and sampled some amazing Arizona wine!

I am RUSTY. It's been a long time, so I'm not rushing and letting myself be mediocre. The goal is to focus on simplicity and texture, aiming for something moody with controlled dissonance. I have an intro...now to decide where it goes next.

#musician #composer #outofpractice

HRH got a bath and color. Now every walk is a fight to keep her from rolling in who knows what...

#dorkie #daschound #yorkie #seniordog

Small green cucumber on a cutting board.

One small, solitary cucumber. I grew something!

Screenshot of a 2022 tweet from the account @EmployerTears that reads, "If a job hires you on the spot and says 'welcome to the family' you're about to experience multiple human rights violations."

My interview process at my current job was 5 days, start to finish. Not even a weekend involved. This is painfully accurate.

Some of them survived. #gardening #🌱

Update: I have tomatoes and cucumbers! The hot peppers are faring well, too, and the lone okra is holding on. The lettuce and onions didn't make it, though.

#hospiceForPlants #🌱

If it is, can we get their healthcare?

An update: after forgetting to get seedlings started for 2 weeks, I finally got them in the pods. After only 48 hours, I have lettuce! The okra, onions, and thyme are showing activity, too.

#gardening #urbangarden #hospiceForPlants

I am, generally speaking, hospice for plants. This is the summer I change that, though.

And why I decided to wait until I live somewhere with no yard, balcony, or patio to do this is beyond me. Let's learn indoor gardening!

I made chicken for dinner. I even gave a few small bits to this trouble sausage. But I didn't fill her entire bowl with chicken, so she is willing and sighing dramatically.

#spoiledDog #dorkie #daschund #yorkie #seniorDog

My blonde moment for the year: for the longest time I thought that print was your actual window. 🫠

He is the most unfunny of the unfunny British comedians.

Wooden keychain with the Ukrainian tryzub burned into it.

I've been enjoying ordering jewelry from Etsy (hush). I recently ordered a single pearl drop earring for use with my Ren Fest character from a Ukrainian merchant.

When the box arrived, she also included this keychain featuring the Tryzub, part of the official Ukrainian crest. Salva Ukraini

A snippet from today's Vagabonds and Sailors rehearsal. Even with a crappy cell phone recording, we impressed ourselves on something we've never done together! A cover of Stan Roger's "Northwest Passage".

#musician #folk #trad #cochlearImplant

Currently fighting with the roommate for the same seat on the couch.

#dorkie #daschund #yorkie #spoileddog #seniordog

This is why I haven't really created a vibe yet. I want to care about what is going on, but on any platform or channel, if you start talking about it then you are not allowed to talk about anything else. It's exhausting that the expectation is all consuming.

I've never entered a contest like this before and I'm usually pretty guarded with most of my original music. But I just submitted all 3 movements to a never published or performed, experimental work for small ensemble. Let's see where it goes!

#musician #composer

A person with sunglasses and a baseball cap in the woods.

Glasses on an outdoor restaurant table. A lake view is seen beyond the table.

Taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather. A hilly hike in the woods in NC followed by lunch on the lake in SC.

Feed cleanse. I was given a book of 200 drawing prompts. I know I can't keep to daily, but semi-daily. I allowed myself 5 minutes and 1 ink pen for this one.

Alan Walker in a small venue is 💯

Singing off key in public is illegal in North Carolina. This law qualifies it as disturbing the peace.

There are several people I could put under citizens arrest.

Back at the vet. She won't even look at me. #olddog

This nugget seems to have developed another health problem. This is too many too quickly.