You know, stuff happens. I started hitting this happy place a couple months ago with every intention of regularly posting something that amuses, well, me certainly, but hopefully a few of you as well.
You see where that got us.
So let’s climb back up on this beyotch and see what sort of masterpiece I have in my fingertips today.
Even though I’ve been away from this for a little bit now, I’ve still made notes to myself about potential topics. Glancing at them just now I’m choosing to call an audible since I was apparently kind of angry almost every single time I made a note to myself. Rather than piss and moan about something over which I probably have no control, let’s choose instead to stay lighthearted and frivolous, shall we? I mean, I’m ok with rage-typing when the mood strikes, but that can cut both ways, you know? Sometimes venting my spleen brings a little relief, but sometimes it leaves me with spleen remnants all over the place and that’s a mess to clean up.
I’m actually going to break from my typical format here, at least briefly, because it offers a nice segue to the next thing I want to fit in. I usually include at the end a tidbit or two regarding what I’m listening to as I type. Imma jump right into that today. I’m listening to Grace by the late, great Jeff Buckley and holy christ it’s amazing. His talent; as a songwriter, singer, and musician, was just staggering. We just watched a documentary, It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, about him yesterday morning and it was really well done. It came out earlier this year and is available to stream on a couple different outlets. You should check it out. And also, definitely add Grace to your library if it’s not already there. Some of his songs, whether original material or covers, will send a chill down your spine. “I Want Someone Badly” “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” “Last Goodbye” “Grace” and of course Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” all pop off the top of my head as favorites of mine. He also does a killer cover of “Kick Out The Jams” the old MC5 pearl. Yeah, you should listen to this album.
Now, I wrote that to get to this. It’s been on my list of potential ideas to trigger my writing for *checks notes* a little over 4 years. Now, to be faiiiiir, a lot of that delay was due to my distinct lack of being at this place, but today is your lucky day.
In September of 2021 B2 and I took a trip to Maine. It was fantastic btw. Amazing seafood, nice people, beautiful weather, pretty much everything you would look for in a trip of this type. Quick side note, holy crap people up there drove fast. I remember traveling on I95 between Portland and Augusta doing 80 mph and having the doors blown off by basically every other driver. This was not a phenomenon with which I am familiar btw. But enopugh of my driving habits, back to where I was headed with this…
We spent a couple, three days in Bar Harbor (Bah Hahbah for you phoneticists) and really enjoyed it. A large part of any travel we’ve done to this point, and almost certainly any travel going forward, is eating. The food scene in Maine generally, and in Bah Hahbah particularly did not disappoint. But the thing I wanted to get to isn’t food related, more like food adjacent, in that it happened while we were eating. We went to an Irish pub up there, the name escapes me because like I said, 4 years ago, but the “entertainment” was 3 old guys (apparently) inspired by Chicago as teens, now strolling downtown unleashed and playing barely recognizable versions of songs from the 60’s and 70’s. As they launched into what can be only be described through extreme generosity on my part, as a cover of the Stevie Wonder’s rollicking “Sir Duke” a woman sitting a couple tables away gleefully said “Oh, I love this song!” At which point I thought to myself “If that were true, you, madam, should be pissed off. Because what these alleged minstrels are doing to that song should be a crime against your ears as well as your musical sensibilities.”
That felt like a long way to go with not as much payoff as I’d expected, but I at least feel better for having cleared it off my ICRTD list, so I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.
I’d like to try and work this next part a little more fully in the next week or two, but for now I’m going to wrap this gem up by mentioning the OO and her SO came out for a visit week before last. We had a lovely time with them and I’m pretty sure they enjoyed their time in central North Carolina too. I (we) always appreciate when someone comes out for a visit. It’s a lot more involved than it may appear at first glance. So for someone to put in that kind of time, effort, and expense to visit with us? Yeah, there’s a lot of gratitude on our part. There were a few hijinks involved, nothing the authorities need worry about, but all involved parties need to grant clearances before anything comes out on the page here, you know?
I think I’m going to call it here today. I’ve got a couple odds and ends to take care of before I lose all interest in domestic duties, you know? For example, I’ve already lost interest in leaf removal for the day.
If only that were the last one, sigh. I’m fairly confident I’ll be dealing with them into next month. Such is life, amirite?
Peace