Rock and Roll: Four Vignettes

I’m still grounded, working many hours weekly on my day job, trying to slap out work for my freelance markets, and if I turn 180 degrees from my monitor, I will see my music stand, an open ukulele case beside it on the floor. While I have some travel writing time carved out in the …


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Act Three: Music

There wasn’t much to the posting. “We’re looking for a female vocalist who can play the ukulele. Here’s our website, drop us a line if you want to know more.” Something like that, I don’t remember the exact words. I answered in as non-committal a way as I could muster. “I don’t know if I …


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The Castaways at Urban Coffee Lounge

We’re doing it again. At the Urban Coffee Lounge in Kirkland, Friday, February 10th. Event details on the Facebook. “Like” us to find out where we’re playing next. Oh, and we have a snappy new website.

The Castaways at C&P in West Seattle

My first gig with The Castaways is January 29th at C&P Coffee in West Seattle. If you want to keep up with us, we’re on Facebook. We also have a website with brand new audio clips.  

A Hui Hou, Uncle Bill

Uncle Bill Tapia passed away at 103 years old. I got to meet him when he was approaching 99, he’d just bought a house and joked that he was on a 30 year mortgage. He was teaching at the Kalama Days of Discovery, a festival that acknowledges and celebrates the connection between Kalama, Washington and …


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A Side: In My Life

In My Life, with many thanks to Joel Katz of Seaside Recording.