And here I am at the page again.  Another stolen moment.  There are so many things I could do, maybe should do, but for now I'll put my thoughts to words. 
 
This weekend Peter and I went to NYC for a rehearsal (wherein the aforementioned binky incident took place) and it was great.  First of all, the BlackTails just rock!  I am honored to be learning their songs so that I can join them on stage singing harmonies and (hopefully) wearing a very cool BlackTails-esque dress at the show on Jan 30th. 
 
Yes, the dress really is all important to this one.  It's a vibe thing.  The BlackTails music just paints such a picture, I want to step into it and play.  So, if anyone knows of, owns, has access to and is willing to share for the evening the perfect "BlackTails" dress, please let me know.  to get a sense of this vibe they're creating, you can check out some BlackTails tunes at http://www.TheBlackTails.com.  Please do not leave out the "the".  You will find a whole different vibe altogether.  And I don 't think I'll be wearing that dress!
 
Besides having their own great tunes, the BlackTails consist of a group of really great musicians who have graciously given their time to learn my songs so that they can back me up and make me a total rockstar!!  It is so much fun to play with these guys!
 
So after a day of Dora and Diego and plastic produce at the Children's Museum of Manhattan, I traded in the diaper bag for the guitar and spent 6 straight hours making music.  It's been a long time since I've been so deeply immersed.  We came up for air about 1am and drove out to Long Island still talking tunes and takes to get some rest. 
 
At about 3am my world shifted once again when Clara crawled into our bed.  The immersion was over.  I was back on dry land.  But there's nothing like a good snuggle to round out a day of passionate music making.