there and back again

[solarbird]

Where have I been?

• South of the 45th Parallel.
• Eating hot dogs with racecar driver Ed and his partner Nancy at a rest stop
• Safe and sound in Eugene ensconsed with Andra and Sandra and Jana! who are awesome for putting me up and up with me. Thanks so much! ^_^
• Redmond, Oregon, which had an obelisk and also high winds cancelling the event I was playing! After I got there, just before my showtime. Everybody left. But a bunch of kids came out to play in the amphitheatre fountain, so I thought, “Y’know what? The amphitheatre isn’t leaving due to wind, and these kids aren’t either, so neither am I.” And I played a free gig for a big ol’ gaggle of children, who came up after and gave me their pennies, and I gave them stickers, and we all had a good time. Take that, wind!
• Nomming Mexican food in the Oregon high desert town of Burns, with Fred! Yay! Thanks, Fred! More people should go visit Fred in Burns. He’s an archeologist!
• Glass Butte, which pretty much just handed me obsidian. Glass Butte does not lie. Also, there are elk.
• Being ambushed by a river spirit. Or possibly wind. But I prefer the former.
• Government Camp Lift and Mt. Hood, with chipmunks.
• Through the remnants of Highway 99 in northern Oregon, along with a bunch of other old, twisty roads, the best kinds.

Where’m I now?

• Back in Kenmore, Washington, tired but happy, for SEKRIT MEETINGS (disclaimer: not actually sekrit) and a Juanita Bay gig at 5pm on Friday.

More on that tomorrow. Now, I sleep.

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Mirrored from Crime and the Blog of Evil.

Comments

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Since it sounds as if you already had been ambushed by wind, at the actual gig, I think the later incident had to be a river spirit. Okay, that makes no logical sense. But it sounds good.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

River spirits don't make logical sense; such is not their way. But those who grok, grok nonetheless. It pleases me that you do.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I may not be a big believer in spirits, but I have a good intuition for the fittingness of things. Comes from being a writer, I think.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of an old quip from Christopher Bingham: "I don't believe in gods or devils... but I study them."

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly!

[solarbird]

The wind just wanted to make sure I was determined, I think. ^_^

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

It succeeded. :)

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it was a rewarding trip, if not in a pecuniary fashion....

[solarbird]

Yes. Very much so. WHY AM I STILL AWAKE? zzzzzzz g'night ^_^