Production

Time to change my outlook. I've tried to move away from political argument and controversy on Facebook. I plan now to move toward using social media and the internet solely for publishing my work. I'm going to redirect my efforts and my focus onto recording songs, sketching, animating and making videos.

Time to do my work. 

I'd love to be able to focus seriously on live performing, but doing that on an acceptable level seems unlikely for the moment. So, I'm going to focus on what I can do, which is to be productive in my home studio, and to post the product of my work on the internet.

What a struggle it is to find my focus! One of the reasons I returned to the Catholic Church was to try to find peace of mind, and the ability to focus quietly on my artistic work.

Now, I have the time and the place. For the next two or three years, my primary job will be grandpa-ing. Twins arriving in June and I've already got a toddler. So, I'll be knee deep in babysitting. That will probably not leave time even for working at a part time job.

So, I'm going to be hanging out in my cottage in Woodstock between babysitting stints. Spring will be here soon and I'll plant a nice garden. Bicycle rides through the mountains. After that, my time is my own to play and record songs, to sketch and animate, and to create videos of my songs and animations.

I'm headed into a wonderful period of my life, I think. Babies all over the place. Home for the summer in Woodstock. No pressure.

I want my only message to be my work.