Good morning! 10:46 on this soon-to-be-snowy Friday. Contemplating the supplies here in the house vs my need to get out in it. Then again, it's not going to be "snowmaggedon"- which, as I remember, was in the already beleaguered Baltimore area.. Actually, the whole Atlantic Seaboard gets its New England ass kicked pretty much every year. I feel sorry for them.
I went to school in Baltimore MD, from '76 to '80. It was a friendly big city back then- but like all cities(even Spfld)it was not without its crazies and criminal element. According to one of my buddies from Peabody days, who was a Baltimore native, "there are places where you definitely don't want to have car trouble". The last time we talked, he told me it's a lot more dangerous now, even though there are "pockets of affluence'. Well it was fun in the latter 70s...
Music news. After a long string of solo projects, and the isolated conditions in which they were made, I'm trying to avoid the self-absorption this brings about. If you do creative work, it's all too easy to get all wrapped up in your own ideas, to live "inside your own head".- especially being isolated.. So I've been making a conscious effort to keep my head out of my rear end.
I look forward to working again with other musicians, and recording some brand new music for you. But in the meantime, I have a couple recordings from my "archives" to share. One is a live recording of the quartet I had from 2000 until the end of '95. The other is a compilation. But both of these records provide what I feel is sorely needed: other people. Solo projects are fine, but you have to get out of your room every so often..
So that's what's what for now. Thanks as ever for stopping in and reading. Happy Friday to you, especially if you've worked all week! For now, I'm outa here. More later. 
PS Today's pic goes back to the early 70s. Age 15 or 16. Yes, I need some new pictures! PPS Today's tune is called Mango Peninsula. It's similar to Cantaloupe Island, hence the title. Hope you like it.