So much for writing at least once a month. The time flew by:

• Listening to final touches of the Habit EP made this summer
• A few gigs with Main & Abbott
• Subbing for friends in Whiskey Ghost (a sampling of the show)
• Yearly performance of the Lakeside Players pantomime

I'm keeping busy and the next few months should prove to be as productive as the last few.

Keeping busy on vacation with family and music. Tech not so much.

Did some more recording with Wander Automatic, a project I hope will get some more exposure in the near future, a Habit show and another AKA outdoor jam. Getting concerningly close to developing a snare drum collection.

I've also been experimenting with social media for music "promotion". I'm not a fan of the technology generally, but one needs to go where the people are. Surprisingly, it's much more useful as a broadcast rather than a consumption medium. Facebook is where I've landed for now. Oddly, Instagram suspended my account days after I created it despite (or perhaps because?) having no activity since I created it. Unhelpful.

Had beautiful weather for an outdoor jam with AKA this afternoon. Sunny, not too hot, with a periodic cool breeze. We started doing these outdoor jams during COVID and it's become a nice summer tradition. Great way to start the summer vacation.

Started upgrading the various computers around the house to latest Debian release. Pretty uneventful upgrade as is the norm for these things.

My friends in The Habit and I have booked some recording time and a private party performance which should be good fun. Oddly my fall season is getting pretty busy already.

Already spring. Finished the last big band gig of the season and already have a couple of gigs for next season booked.

Started migrating a few homemade JavaEE apps to Jakarta EE. Nothing much to that migration.