Good morning! 9:40 on this cloudy Sunday.. Workin' that coffee cup and bringing the world into focus. Okay, not too much. Our new administration has hit the ground running. So much still to fix. I' was crossing my fingers until the 20th, and now that it's happened, am still breathing a huge sigh of relief. Continuing to watch the news, but with much less intensity.
Remembering one of my oldest and dearest but most intense friends, whom I visited some years back in Seattle. He had the TV going the whole time, always news programs, About every other minute he'd call bullshit on something someone said, and issue his rebuttal. And now, 25 years later(!), here I am watching primarily news shows(except for Jeopardy), and talking back to my TV, issuing my own rebuttals. Sometimes, instead of turning into your parents, you turn into one of your friends...
Music news. Concentrating more on the guitar these days. I've got more than enough recordings out there, and soon to be out there. at least for the time being. Lots of playing yesterday, and also lots of taping. I've been favoring one of my skinnier guitars- a Takamine electric. I know people like the Big Guitar, and I do too, but it's a lot of guitar to reach around.. Beautiful tone though. The girth was an adjustment at first, and will be an adjustment getting back with it. So sooner or later. In the meantime, having fun with my skinny minnie guitar. Much more to come on YouTube.
And that'll do 'er for this installment. Thanks as ever for stopping in and wading through all this. Happy Sunday to you! Ich bin outa here. More later. 
PS Today's pic goes back to the 80s. Union Station was the place. Frank Vanes on piano(and my synthesizer), me, Jeff Davis and Rich Olson. Those are Rich's drums, so he's nearby. Wish I could stlll find those boots. I liked being 5'6".
PPS Today's tune is from my CD Jazz Guitar Vol 4. A sort of free-form guitar duo over All the Things You Are. For what it's worth, this recording also has a bonus track, made in 2008. It features Perry Rask, Andy Burtschi and Brian Justison. It's up on CD Baby and probably Amazon and so forth. Operators are standing by to take your order.....