We tried something new at band practice this week: we collected all of our amps and stacked them up into a tower o’ noise in one corner of the room, capped off by the vocal monitor, all pointed at us standing around the drum kit. Suddenly – wonder of wonders – we can all hear each other play! No more mud; all the parts are clear. Why didn’t we think of this months ago?

Yesterday I spent the afternoon getting started on my presentations for the Real World conference next month.

The room at Heden is almost ready. I painted the inside of the closet yesterday, then built a set of shelves (with a couple of sliding basket-drawers, even). I’ll go back later today to install the hanger bars – then all it needs is a bit of cleaning and I can start moving in.