Heather had snuck over after a particularly awesome version of Bill Withers’ “Use Me” and left a note on the keyboard players piano saying that they should drop by after their set – and they did!  I didn’t know until later that the harmonica player was one of the guys in the audience – I should have invited him up to jam with us because, if what I was hearing through the wall was any indication, the guy was an absolutely killer harp player…

Heather and I performing at Loco Lu's in Raleigh, NC.

So it feels good to be back in North Carolina.  Despite the heat and the humidity of the past two days, Sunday finds us cooler and moister – and sure enough all the locals are running around in sweatshirts complaining about the freezing temperatures.  Sigh.  Sixty-five degrees and drizzle.  It’s delicious outside!

Finally, the other cat has decided to investigate my presence. I guess I've generally got to wait till around 2am before the beest gives up hope on any known human.

Random thought - as Louis Armstrong comes on the speakers of the coffeehouse we're inhabiting... what do you think HE sounded like with a cold? Holy crap.

April 23rd, 2012.
It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood – and that neighbourhood is Cary, NC.  The weather’s been grey and drizzly for a couple of days, but today the skies have opened up and I literally see not a cloud in the sky.  Breezes are swiffering the ground and the air’s crisp and smells of spring.  It’s kind of absolutely gorgeous out.