Good morning. I woke up before the sunrise at 5:45 this am. It came up with no pinkness today as it’s just too cloudy. There’s a grey-blue shroud of cotton batting that stretches across the entire sky. It feels soft and quiet here under the puffy sheet. Its an in between period where there is still snow on the ground and in the trees but it’s warming up. I don’t much care for the temperature to rise above freezing. The ground gets either sloppy and slushy or icy and bumpy and the horses’ feet are much harder (and grosser) to clean.
Kacy and Clayton are fabulous and unique!! How amazing it would be to tour your new album with them on the bill! A humble proposal. Thanks again for your writing and thoughts.
New England winters are special. The High Desert winter is basically what it was in November, just slightly cooler at night. There are occasional evenings when I go to get the mail and wish I'd thrown a flannel shirt over my tee but by the minute it takes to unlock the box and grab the mail, and a cat or two looks at me and thinks Hoomans need more fur. (Hooman is how a lot of cat people think cats think of us. A taller, too legged cat with insufficient fur like the Sphinx Cat Fleshy in the Monty and earlier Robotmsn comics.)
Neko's ice diamonds are something I recall from my winters at Holy Cross, when Nightime cleansing ice storm hit Worcester and covered the campus so that the the ice covered grass on. The sides of the paths would be churned into mud by the largely Frye booted "scholahs" going to classes or lunch or score grass or go to the chapel. But when I would first step out of the "House" to be stylishly late for a blue book, the campus seemed to be raging with blinding Holy Ghost fire and took your breath away if your natural door of perception was even slightly ajar.
Yay, Kacy & Clayton -- I often listen to their song "Brunswick Stew." They're awesome.
I am so happy to hear that your new record is coming together.
I need to keep my eyes open to something magical that only winter can bring. I am so anti-winter that I think I've been closed off to the idea of anything good happening before spring. Thanks for the reminder.
I've never lived in a cold climate. I grew up in Tucson and now I live in LA. The closest I came to experiencing a "real" winter was when I worked on a pilot in Pittsburgh in December 2013. It was really nice and made me want to move somewhere with "real" weather, but I don't know how long I would actually make it!
PS: During magical weather "events," I'm often surprised that EVERYBODY isn't staring, admiring, communing, softly crying, and I'm torn between wanting to keep these secret moments for myself and "waking up" the neighbors to share my delight in them.
I love how you see and write about nature. I've never seen "winter diamonds" in the road, but thank you for getting me as close to being there and seeing them as I've ever been and may ever be.
Kacy and Clayton - I got to see them at Grimey's record store in East Nashville in 2019 - an hour or so after another Canadian-based marvel, Orville Peck.
Neko, I’ll bite: what do you dream about when you fall asleep to your own music? That is (without prying of course) does the music change your dreams in any major way?
Thanks for the Kacy and Clayton tune! The guitar is quirky and perfect for it. Sounds like a Tele maybe. Good luck with your record. I’ll watch for it.
Kacy and Clayton are fabulous and unique!! How amazing it would be to tour your new album with them on the bill! A humble proposal. Thanks again for your writing and thoughts.
New England winters are special. The High Desert winter is basically what it was in November, just slightly cooler at night. There are occasional evenings when I go to get the mail and wish I'd thrown a flannel shirt over my tee but by the minute it takes to unlock the box and grab the mail, and a cat or two looks at me and thinks Hoomans need more fur. (Hooman is how a lot of cat people think cats think of us. A taller, too legged cat with insufficient fur like the Sphinx Cat Fleshy in the Monty and earlier Robotmsn comics.)
Neko's ice diamonds are something I recall from my winters at Holy Cross, when Nightime cleansing ice storm hit Worcester and covered the campus so that the the ice covered grass on. The sides of the paths would be churned into mud by the largely Frye booted "scholahs" going to classes or lunch or score grass or go to the chapel. But when I would first step out of the "House" to be stylishly late for a blue book, the campus seemed to be raging with blinding Holy Ghost fire and took your breath away if your natural door of perception was even slightly ajar.
Yay, Kacy & Clayton -- I often listen to their song "Brunswick Stew." They're awesome.
I am so happy to hear that your new record is coming together.
I need to keep my eyes open to something magical that only winter can bring. I am so anti-winter that I think I've been closed off to the idea of anything good happening before spring. Thanks for the reminder.
I've never lived in a cold climate. I grew up in Tucson and now I live in LA. The closest I came to experiencing a "real" winter was when I worked on a pilot in Pittsburgh in December 2013. It was really nice and made me want to move somewhere with "real" weather, but I don't know how long I would actually make it!
Ah, Kacy and Clayton 😻 I saw them open for the Cactus Blossoms and immediately ran to the merch table to buyEVERYTHING!! Fantastic.
PS: During magical weather "events," I'm often surprised that EVERYBODY isn't staring, admiring, communing, softly crying, and I'm torn between wanting to keep these secret moments for myself and "waking up" the neighbors to share my delight in them.
I love how you see and write about nature. I've never seen "winter diamonds" in the road, but thank you for getting me as close to being there and seeing them as I've ever been and may ever be.
Kacy and Clayton - I got to see them at Grimey's record store in East Nashville in 2019 - an hour or so after another Canadian-based marvel, Orville Peck.
I guess nights would be fairly quiet without some ebb and flow.
Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
"Return to Me"
I love how you write about winter 🤍❄️
This morning was the first time the birds were singing since they stopped in the fall...it was lovely 🥰
Thank you for the beautiful tune!
Woohoo for the recording! I can hardly wait for the finished product, Neko.
Good tune. Thanks, Neko!
Looking forward to hearing some of the new songs live!
Neko, I’ll bite: what do you dream about when you fall asleep to your own music? That is (without prying of course) does the music change your dreams in any major way?
I know. Bad me, I’m prying...
Thanks for the Kacy and Clayton tune! The guitar is quirky and perfect for it. Sounds like a Tele maybe. Good luck with your record. I’ll watch for it.
nice read this morning. thanks! kacy & clayton were excellent opening for and playing with the sadies last year.