I guess the biggest thing this year is, after 27 years of parenhood we are now emptynesters. Don't like it. Want more babies.

My wife and I are working on a movie for her Master's thesis about a music and arts festival that takes place on a small island off the coast of Maine. Boiling 40 hours of video down into 90 minutes. Hard. Don't recommend it. Beautiful though.

Just found out that Alison Krauss will record two more of my songs on her next CD. Very good. It just feels nice to have someone really fine love my work.

I met up with the terrific yahoos here at the Mudcat. This is very good also and I wonder how I lived before.

My youngest son said he wanted to do a tour with me. He's now playing songs in waltz time with major 7th chords. I don't know how it happened. But he's singing words I can understand. Go figure.

I wrote songs for a new play about Eugene Bullard the first African American to fight in an airwar.

Did about 250 shows in theaters and schools around the country.

Made it through Christmas.

I love my wife.

Luke