I’ve been writing about our recent tour of Europe in several parts. This is the final installment. The Long Way Home Great adventures always seem to come with great costs, and with a day and a half left in our trip we were about to settle our debts. Payment would come in the form of [...]
Europe, Part 6.
I’ll be writing about our recent tour of Europe in several parts. This is part 6. My Summer Home in San Marino We arrived at the train station in Rimini at 3 PM and met with Francesca and Gianluca, part of the crew responsible for the show that night, and with our gear loaded into [...]
Europe, Part 5.
I’ll be writing about our recent tour of Europe in several parts. This is part 5. Memorizing Mountains We arrived in Savoniero at 4 in the afternoon to find a crew of stagehands making their final adjustments to a rack of lights that hovered above a large stage. Savoniero is a small hamlet high in [...]
Europe, Part 4.
I’ll be writing about our recent tour of Europe in several parts. This is part 4. Clouds and Fog The Huns were making their way across Italy, leaving behind them a trail of death and destruction. No town in their path was left untouched, no defender left alive. As word of their gruesome acts spread [...]
Europe, Part 3.
I’ll be writing about our recent tour of Europe in several parts. This is part 3. Up In The Air, And Back Down Again It appeared in the sky every half hour, and it was so regular you could set your watch by it. The giant, perfectly spherical zeppelin, with its round basket of sightseers, [...]
Europe, Part 2.
I’ll be writing about our recent tour of Europe in several parts. This is part 2. The Lonely Accordion The next morning we packed up our things, loaded them into Nina’s car, and headed back to Hannover’s central train station. We had a few hours to spare before we needed to hit the tracks, so [...]
Europe, Part 1.
I’ll be writing about our recent tour of Europe in several parts. This is part 1…. Obviously. Thanks, Bernoulli. When I was 10 years old, I learned something from a man at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. He held a strip of paper under his bottom lip, and blew across the top of it. [...]
It’s Too Hot For Coffee In The Morning
THAT’S when you know it’s hot. I think I heard someone say that we’re in day 29 or so of consecutive 100 and up degree temperatures. Texas in the summer. This year, it’s extra strength. July is starting to really pick up the pace– a bunch of shows leading up to our little trip across [...]
Fresh Water in the Salton Sea
