Rick's Journal

This was just an awful week.  I'm so exhausted.  It's been showing in everything I do.  I've been forgetful and having a tough time focusing.  Just good riddance to it.  I'm hoping to catch up enough on sleep this weekend to be back to normal for next week.

Monique and I went to dinner and then to a show last night with sans_peur .  We saw Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell.  She's folk and country.  He's folk and blues.  They both did a bit of the program on their own and part of it together.  Beside singing, she also plays acoustic guitar and piano.  She has a really nice voice but she lacks in variety.  All of her songs sound the same, though she sang a beautiful version of Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah"  while playing the piano.  Richard had a backup band for his segment, a violin and double bass and he himself played mostly electric guitar.  He too has a really pleasant voice and the harmonies between the two singers were really good.  They're a pleasant mix.

Unfortunately, I was wiped out and it was all I could do to stay awake through a lot of the concert, but it was still a very worthwhile show and I don't spend enough social time with sans_peur, so it was a good evening.

On the way home Monique got more bad news about her dad.  Things have taken a really bad turn for the worse for him.  I see another trip to FL in Monique's future and soon.  She's not taking it well at all.

Stolen from kajivar.  Technically, it's either in F or Dm and not Db as it indicates, but who's going to quibble?  There's no sound, but I wouldn't call it exactly work safe.  Prelude link    Some of those chords in the last measure are a little on the kinky side, sort of a menage-a-triad . (sorry, a little musical humor there)