Seen at a screening of Hamnet.
A commercial for the Olympic games followed.
04 February, 2026
New tunes
Jay Farrar continues channeling Woody Guthrie in a new song called "These Days Have No Shame". Also, Son Volt will be on tour later this year.
Tomeka Reid has a new album out on the 13th called dance! skip! hop!. The 2nd single from it, "oo long", is previewed on Youtube and can be found in full on her Bandcamp page. Both it and the title track are available there and they both are fantastic. Hopefully she and her band will return to Madison this year.
A brace of bocks and sayonara snakes
When I went to the liquor store last weekend I noticed that Lakefront is not messing around when it comes to helles bocks. They had a couple on offer.
Have they brewed the honey bock before? I cannot recall. It was just nice to see a brace of bocks to push back against the 8 gillion IPAs.
I see that they have also resurrected Snake Chaser.
When did this go away? Was it around last year? Not sure when this came back. Regardless, it's good to have it back for a little St. Patrick's Day cheer.
In the cards
I recently received a couple handmade cards. Aren't they lovely?
They're from my eldest stepson and his fiancée. Last summer they moved to Albuquerque but have been having a hard go of things. And so I worry about them.
Soon, well, soonish, I'll be heading to New Mexico to visit them. It will be wonderful to see them again and to check out the Southwest, taste Albuquerquean beer, sample hot sauces, and just see what there is to see.
Look at my new hat!
My youngest stepson knitted it for me. He is a very talented fellow.
But he too is having problems that make me worry about him.
I will do what it is in my powers to do.