I did this performance to help some friends who run a coffee house to support a local food pantry in their chuch. I have played exclusively in the shelter of a band for 18 years and doing a solo is a different cat entirely.

I am very pleased with most of the components of the event. The room was full and sitting space was at a premium. Not because I am a stellar draw but because this is a committed group of people who support their churches mission about food for the foodless.   It was great to see some of my gang there.

A good friend called this am to say he couldn't find the place. This has been a common problem it seems for the people I sent the announcement to. I'd guess about a dozen folks didn't get it at all. And thats my fault. I dropped the ball. I relied on technology and I shouldn't have. Next time I'll tell everyone in person.

This is what I learned about my performance last night.

I sing better than I thought. I can play well enough to support what I sing. I need to give a break to my fingers now and then because of serious injuries they tire easily (But I know this already, it was just amplified last night).

At 55 I am functionally blind and a set list with smaller than font size 55 is an embarrassment and unreadable.

And a Baptist Church may not be the venue to discourse on creationism, intelligent design, and evolution. I explained why I thought ID was not a viable idea and cited the porcupine and the pug dog as examples why. I explained that procreating porcupines was clearly not an intelligent design and giving birth to porcupines proves that God is not a woman. And with Pugs , why create a dog you have to feed to know which end to kick.

Don