Photographic Evidence! Plus, Donita Sparks

A Monday afternoon hello.

Greetings!

Check out what I just got!

You may remember that earlier this year I attended a soundcheck for Ani DiFranco, a longtime favorite of mine. She came down after and sat with me for a bit, which was entirely unexpected. Her team just shared photos that were taken during the various soundchecks on the spring tour and I’m in two of them! Which is great because the entire event is a blur, so it’s nice to have photographic evidence that it actually happened.

Beyond that, I’m still slowly making my way back to reality after vacation. July and early August were incredibly busy, so I’m taking advantage of the quiet. I’m finally going through the hundreds and hundreds of unread emails in my work account. (Most of which, ironically, were notes I sent to myself about people to interview or things to write. Notes that I obviously paid no attention to once they were sent.)

I’ve also been doing a lot of reading and painting and back to school shopping. Typical life stuff.

In other news, today w…