Year of Queens. Day 261. A final band practice with Kevin Moloney tonight. We do all we can to prepare but we can’t control recoding - like we can’t control a show or a practice or even songwriting. We make ourselves raw and present and vulnerable and arrogant. We’re fighters who are willing to fight for what we believe.

Day 260. Year of Queens. I am grateful to our little gang for showing up once, twice a week to a little homestead on a dirt road in the mountains - to write songs together. I am grateful.

Year of Queens. Day 259. It’s a little skitzo going into a recording. We have to be focused and know exactly what we’re doing and have everything nailed down - while at the same time we have to let the wild energy in as well…