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THE OWL CLUB PART 4 — SWEETS


“I hide in plain sight. 
Same as you.” 

—Gustavo Fring 


I’m not a superstitious person by nature, but I was raised in the south where even educated folks recognize the power of signs and omens. Charlie’s gift of a…

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RESOLUTIONS 2022 | The Year of CASCADIA

 


Health 

Recommit to OMAD, black coffee, and portion control. 
Plant new salad vegetables in the garden. 
Walk every day before the evening meal. 
Curtail alcohol consumption. 
Prioritize memory work. 

Music 
Perform mostly songs from the new album. 
Expand…

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PLEASE GO AWAY AND BE MY FRIEND

(To J.)

Please go away and be my friend, 

This cup of fire let pass from you — 

Because I know it’s not the end 

I’ll only spill a tear or two. 

 

Your laugh…

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KINKAKU-JI

“The foundation of any national character is human nature.”
―Vasily Grossman
 

Of all the many magical places I’ve encountered in my travels, Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto’s Temple of the Golden Pavilion, is one of the most magnificent. Set…

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SAVE OUR STAGES

All the world’s a stage, 
and all the men and women merely players. 
They have their exits and their entrances, 
and one man in his time plays many parts.
 
—William Shakespeare 


Don’t it always seem to go 
that you
…

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MY THREE DEMONS

“One day, you’ll make peace with your demons, 
and the chaos in your heart will settle flat. 
And maybe for the first time in your life, 
life will smile right back at you and 
welcome you home.” 

—Robert M. Drake 

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HIGH ANXIETY

“It’s not just about me and my dream
of doing nothing. It
’s about all of us!”

—Peter Gibbons

“Now is the age of anxiety.”
—W.H. Auden 

“Don’t make me dance.”…

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THE HUNKER BUNKER REPORT | PART 2 — FISCAL HEALTH

As a rule, professional bandleaders operate with neither job security nor a financial safety net.  We work gig to gig, operating on the slimmest of margins, without salary or benefits. We aren’t eligible for unemployment and many of us cannot…

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THE HUNKER BUNKER REPORT | PART 1 — PHYSICAL HEALTH

One year ago this week, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and we began sheltering in place. 

I took the warnings seriously, even though staying home meant figuring out how to pay the bills while simultaneously…

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JAZZ COMPETITION IS AN OXYMORON

Damien Chazelle’s 2014 film Whiplash follows the fraught relationship between a brutally masochistic music teacher, Fletcher (J.K Simmons), and his ambitious student, drummer Andrew (Miles Teller). 

According to Slate critic J. Bryan Lowder, “Fletcher and Andrew are both obsessed…

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LONG IN THE TOOTH

Welp, I just turned 55.  

Now eligible for senior discounts at the diner. 

Damn. The years really sneak up on you, don’t they? 

The recent loss of my father during the navel-gazing of quarantine has only…

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2019 RESOLUTIONS

2018 RESOLUTIONS

* 
rest 

delegate 

pace myself

don't try so hard

enjoy the outdoors 

save 10% from each job 

take care of home and family 

support Dad and his caregivers 

mine great melodies…

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THE RULES

TIME IS PRECIOUS

NOT A SELFIE

The Holy Grail

BETTER BUSINESS PLEDGE #4

During our meeting, I promise to give you my full attention, and to refrain from taking calls, texting or fiddling with my phone. I expect the same courtesy.

THE RULES

1. Be nice.

2. Don't say mean things.

3. Don't make a mean face.

4. Don't run off.

5. Don't fry bacon naked.

6. Everybody love everybody.

RULES OF CIVILITY by George Washington (original spelling and syntax)

 

1.  Every Action done in Company, ought to be with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present.

2. When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usually Discovered.

3. Show…

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CREDO

CHUT UP


"Silence is so accurate."
—Mark Rothko

"You should shut your mouth, listen,
and show a little respect."
—The Batman

"Chut up!"
—Cherita Chen

WANTING


"I had my friends and my music, but I wanted money, honey.
My name's O'Day. That's pig latin for dough, Joe."
—Anita O'Day

"The heart wants what it wants."
—Woody Allen

"You may find that … Read more

SHUT UP


"It's taken me all my life to learn
what not to play."
—Dizzy Gillespie

"There are things to confess that enrich the world,
and things that need not be said."
—Joni Mitchell

“I’m through talking.
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THREE FROM BRUCE LEE


"Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming,
not being set but being flexible. It is being wholly and quietly alive,
aware and alert, ready for whatever may come."

"Adapt what is useful, reject… Read more

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