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The Walks

September 2, 2013

It might not sound like it, but this song is an experiment. I wanted to do two things. The first was write a song where the lyrics could function on a page as prose, with punctuation instead of line breaks, etc. The other thing was using a minimalist live drum kit consisting of a snare […]

Impromptu Three Day Bike Trip: A Packing List

July 9, 2013

I’m a big fan of bicycle touring pack lists.  In the morning I leave for just three days, to volunteer for a DNR project planting native plugs by Lake Volney in Le Center, MN.  So on a whim, I threw together this pack list.  Everything is listed as it’s unpacked. This winter I got my […]

Bike Upgrades for Touring

January 26, 2013

I went on my first bike tour in august with a minimal amount of upgrades to my 1983 Trek 850. It was awkward, but I did pretty well with what I had. Now, I’m taking the winter as an opportunity to get ready, piece by piece, for the next trip. I chose the fun part […]

Bad Goodbye

December 23, 2012

following the dark that I left behind took apart the world, got lost inside I saw you in a dream so many times and ended up in some other life now I try to let go of the day try as I might, it doesn’t change the way I open up my eyes and adjust […]

Tuned to the Background

November 12, 2012

it’s like it’s all there floating somewhere between the walls and the sea waiting for me you can’t look too far there’s space between stars no matter where you are you can’t take it apart patiently waiting for more of the same the effort it’s taking fills up this space the light hits my eyes […]

On a Road

October 30, 2012

gone to set my sights on a sliver of darkness and lines of fading light it’s gonna take all night to make it anywhere that lets the time pass by the song still in our throats of holding on so tight time to let it go the ground falls from my feet one at a […]

Comfort Zone

September 15, 2012

it starts and then it stops it never goes away I’m eating up my time I’ll make it up someday they’re running up a wall it’s crazy how they climb I don’t understand at all it’s funny how we fall there’s nothing in the way of what we’re trying to get to know you get […]

Summer Fuzz

July 24, 2012

I don’t know the problem anymore I could look forever and not see more than sky you pick at your thoughts and there’s always something bigger coming right up behind down and out and about separate the pressure from what keeps you alive fuzz me out nowhere to go, no time to arrive the summer […]