I'm sitting at home hoping that what I'm feeling is merely exhaustion from another really big weekend:

Thursday: Playing with "The Starboard Watch" at Quinn's Lighthouse (getting a break on this one: the band is on hiatus during January, but will be back at Quinn's the first Thursday of February).

Friday: Not a big night, but paid a New Year's Eve visit to Sally at Herrick rehab center where she's still working on recovering from her bout with encephalitis, then came home to spend the evening with Tomie watching our son's reporting of the total lack of any New Year's Eve excitement in the Bay Area from the San Francisco emergency services center.

Saturday: New Year's Day open house at Dave and Pam Swan's house, ending in another great song circle. I didn't take a camera this time--and neither did anyone else, but the food and the music and the company were all exceptional.

Sunday: Two other Born Once players joined me in "Serenading Sally" at Herrick; in the evening I was delighted to meet Blessings Barbara and husband Mark at the Starry Plough; Pam joined us later. I reiterated my invitation of the Millikans and the Swans to join the Born Once the next evening.

Monday: Back to work but unable to do much since K-8 teachers had much stuff stored in tiny art center. Dinner with Tomie, then Born Once session at Walter and Milly's house, temporary site until Sally is back in her house. Barbara and Mark joined us for our first session in three weeks (we're back to weekly, now). Dave had to work, so he and Pam didn't make it.

Tuesday: Woke up feeling a bit out of it, possibly coming down with something (bad flu going around--not wanting to take any chances), so called in sick--felt good enough in evening to have late Christmas celebration with Tomie and our son John, across the hills in Pleasant Hill.

Today: Still recovering, taking the rest of the week off...

--seed