That bag is great! It looks like it was always yours. I hear you about winter. I love it best, too. The white skies and bare trees of New England this time of year fill me with joy and energy.
That backpack is amazing! I've started sewing some outdoor gear and am working my way up to a backpack, but it has always seemed like too big of a project. This is good inspiration. Thank you, and I love the 🦨
For the first time since he left BTS, I wish Scott was back on the road so I had a legit reason to gift him a custom bag. Having "your stuff" on tour is everything. Being able to easily access that stuff is the holy grail.
Documenting the items you need daily and then nerding out over creating the perfect bag to carry them in is the most Virgo thing I've ever seen, and I'm married to one. I love how y'all's brains work!
I feel you on having the blech and not being able to write. I was sick from the start of fall to the middle of last month. I've since gotten back into my writing. I found the voice of my novel and have written 5000 words. And I finally wrote my Borges-inspired piece, "The Man Who Ranked the World," about guy who creates one universal ranking of everything.
Me too. I was introduced to Borges in high school. I was taking a philosophy class at the local university, and the professor either assigned or recommended "The Circular Ruins" in conjuction with Descartes.
Difficult Loves is a terrific story collection! I also loved The Baron in the Trees, and If On a Winters Night, and his collection of Italian fairy tales. A brilliant writer, and a fighter of fascism.
I’ll stop…so I don’t take over the thread! Good luck with your writing! 😃
Very organized and thoughtfully conceived. I love that it also fits into your big suitcase, sensible! We enjoyed your recent show at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa. We are 3-generations loving Neko Case creativity, and incredible, passionate pipes! Also adore winter and this year we have record snow. Enjoy being out & active in it, plus gratitude for the future melt, filling our aquifers. Thank you for the gift of your art & music Neko.
Very impressive 🌞 It makes me wonder about something completely different ... as a musician you play guitar for periods of time and I wonder how your neck , shoulders, and back feel . I have back problems and I struggle lifting the guitar and placement on my shoulders when standing ... I have a Yamaha dreadnought and ukeleles and one of those Seagull Merlin's ... After an hour or so jamming with friends , ...man I'm sore ...😣 anything special you do to manage fatigue ?
Having passed my cold on to my spouse, my kid, and my closest friend, I’m back to feeling great, and they’re all getting past it too!
Love the bag and, even more, the collaboration in making it! There’s not much I like more than a good collab, and my latest was with my kid—a roadtrip playlist to accompany my new book to share far and wide! At 9 hours long, it really IS suited for a long roadtrip, and your songs appear a few times.
I was thinking about maple syrup yesterday while out walking, wondering if it’s running here in Michigan. I bet it is. My dad tapped trees in Indiana as a kid, and we used to go to a sugaring shack in the woods owned by Amish friends. Not much better than that!
That bag is great! It looks like it was always yours. I hear you about winter. I love it best, too. The white skies and bare trees of New England this time of year fill me with joy and energy.
That is a very happy and un-losable bag! I love it.
I just hope I didn't jinx myself. haha!
Good midnight in Adelaide Neko. Revelling in your winter imagery because here it is in our parlance "stinking bloody hot"
The dogs are wilting and it's that kind of scorching heat that sears my eyes.
Your bag is pretty amazing and you are rightly proud of it and your talented friend.
I missed you but I knew it must have been something making you feel crook.
Jenny and I are leaving next week for the UK, France Spain and Greece, Crete.
I am a nervous traveller but love being somewhere else as well. Libran nonsense.
I am very into to your new record, the strange thing is every time I listen it feels more familiar but also different.
Layers!
There's no one like you.
Go well good heart.
That backpack is amazing! I've started sewing some outdoor gear and am working my way up to a backpack, but it has always seemed like too big of a project. This is good inspiration. Thank you, and I love the 🦨
Love it! I am gonna go see you in Edmonds. Do we need to have a craft hour? Maybe start a blanket or something? Crochet?
This is Schmancy btw.
BAG ENVY. ✨🦨✨
This bag is perfect, Mary Poppins! I too have the "too many open totes on tour" problem and you're inspiring me to change my ways.
For the first time since he left BTS, I wish Scott was back on the road so I had a legit reason to gift him a custom bag. Having "your stuff" on tour is everything. Being able to easily access that stuff is the holy grail.
Documenting the items you need daily and then nerding out over creating the perfect bag to carry them in is the most Virgo thing I've ever seen, and I'm married to one. I love how y'all's brains work!
Haha!
How cool to be able to custom-make the bag you needed! Love this whole post, story and pictures
Your posts always inspire me. I love hearing that the sap is happening. Gives me faith that spring is coming. Your bag looks amazing.
I feel you on having the blech and not being able to write. I was sick from the start of fall to the middle of last month. I've since gotten back into my writing. I found the voice of my novel and have written 5000 words. And I finally wrote my Borges-inspired piece, "The Man Who Ranked the World," about guy who creates one universal ranking of everything.
Ooh…a Borges inspired piece! I love stories like that!
Me too. I was introduced to Borges in high school. I was taking a philosophy class at the local university, and the professor either assigned or recommended "The Circular Ruins" in conjuction with Descartes.
Very cool! Have you also read Calvino? As both a writer and a reader, he sparked something in me in college.
I have! I read Invisible Cities and some of the short stories.
Difficult Loves is a terrific story collection! I also loved The Baron in the Trees, and If On a Winters Night, and his collection of Italian fairy tales. A brilliant writer, and a fighter of fascism.
I’ll stop…so I don’t take over the thread! Good luck with your writing! 😃
Invisible Cities is one of my all time favorites. I love the dream-like quality of his writing.
Very organized and thoughtfully conceived. I love that it also fits into your big suitcase, sensible! We enjoyed your recent show at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa. We are 3-generations loving Neko Case creativity, and incredible, passionate pipes! Also adore winter and this year we have record snow. Enjoy being out & active in it, plus gratitude for the future melt, filling our aquifers. Thank you for the gift of your art & music Neko.
Very impressive 🌞 It makes me wonder about something completely different ... as a musician you play guitar for periods of time and I wonder how your neck , shoulders, and back feel . I have back problems and I struggle lifting the guitar and placement on my shoulders when standing ... I have a Yamaha dreadnought and ukeleles and one of those Seagull Merlin's ... After an hour or so jamming with friends , ...man I'm sore ...😣 anything special you do to manage fatigue ?
Thanks so much
Robert DuPont
Yoga stretching. There should even be stuff online specifically for guitar players. It's the ONLY thing that actually works long term.
What a satisfying project! It always feels 1000% better when you create something to solve a problem. It's gorgeous.
Having passed my cold on to my spouse, my kid, and my closest friend, I’m back to feeling great, and they’re all getting past it too!
Love the bag and, even more, the collaboration in making it! There’s not much I like more than a good collab, and my latest was with my kid—a roadtrip playlist to accompany my new book to share far and wide! At 9 hours long, it really IS suited for a long roadtrip, and your songs appear a few times.
I was thinking about maple syrup yesterday while out walking, wondering if it’s running here in Michigan. I bet it is. My dad tapped trees in Indiana as a kid, and we used to go to a sugaring shack in the woods owned by Amish friends. Not much better than that!
Be well and enjoy the road!