I haven’t posted much lately, for obvious reasons: Jack continues to eat, sleep, smile, coo and otherwise grow into an even cuter chip-off-the-old-blocks. He’s especially fascinated with being outside and the purr of a washing machine from the Infant Calm CD someone gave us. I’ve been finishing up a demo CD of new music at the request of an old friend who has pledged to get it to some prominent listeners. My focus is on shorter, stripped-down pieces and reworked past compositions. Drop me a line if you would like a copy (at a discount price, no less!). I posted some favorite tracks which didn’t make the cut as well as a forgotten mix of tracks from 2001. My reading list has been very heavy with non-fiction of late, so I have a short list of fiction titles waiting to buy. This weekend, we participated in our first wine-tasting for a local newspaper column. I quite enjoyed having a host introduce each wine and then being able to discuss our impressions. I wrote and then scrapped a long post of my first impressions about being a new parent. Long story short: I highly recommend it. Cheers,