Homeward Bound

July 18, 2020
We are headed home to Brooklyn in 24 hours! We packed up hastily and evacuated the city on March 14, as the virus began spinning out of control. There was very little understanding of what was happening at that time and it became clear over the next few weeks that the city was infected much more than anybody realized; peak hospitalizations and deaths would occur about a month later, which we watched in horror from seclusion in Warwick. Fortunately, the numbers have diminished steadily in the city since then, although they have risen almost everywhere else in this country as…

Maine

June 29, 2020
We have temporarily relocated quarantine to one of my favorite spots on Earth, Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park in Maine; we have spent the last few days with my parents and will visit my brother and sister and their families on this excursion, which will take us to another of the most important places in my life; Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It has been a long time since we've been able to see any of them and we've missed them dearly! Hugging my mom and dad was so comforting and felt like a taste of normalcy in this isolated…

Projects

June 2, 2020
Some activities that I used to enjoy do not currently exist and the place I usually reside is 60 miles away so I have lots more time in a different place and I have been making the most of it. Here in Warwick we have woods and finding Kevin's mountain bike, a 25-year-old Specialized Rock Hopper, has changed my life; although I ride my bike every day on the streets of Brooklyn, I have never spent any time mountain biking and I absolutely can not believe that I was not diehard dedicated to the discipline! It is skiing on wheels!…

Now

April 30, 2020
It's just now, not forever. My consolation mantra.

Quarantine

April 30, 2020
It took a week, but I finally understood what quarantine means and what it implied about the indefinite future. It was a stark reckoning.

Simplify

April 30, 2020
When we hastily left Brooklyn, I could only pack a few essential musical instruments; a guitar, a mic and a basic drum kit. It's enough to do what I love doing.

Setup

April 30, 2020
Clear the tools off the woodworking bench, replace them with a laptop and establish a recording area.

View

April 30, 2020
I've got a new view from my temporary musical home. In Brooklyn, I have a windowless basement studio; in Warwick, I have a garden shed with a view of the woods.

Time Out

April 28, 2020
We are six weeks into the quarantine and time has gotten weird. Every day is very similar to the day before with no big scheduled events to define it and no future events to look forward to. This weekend had been on my calendar for months and I was very excited to attend The Long Play Festival at BAM, but alas, there will be no such event. When this began for us, and we packed up and left Brooklyn, everything was unfurling rapidly -- in the course of a few days we went from normal schedules to everything canceled indefinitely.…

Quarantine

March 29, 2020
We have settled into our quaranroutine here on the homestead. Mornings are dedicated to schoolwork--I am impressed with how quickly and efficiently PS130 has adapted to the new reality, posting assignments and videos from the homeroom and special subject teachers using the school message board and Google Classroom to stimulate home learning. We have had video calls from their teachers to check in and Miles is loving his everyday karate classes. My work has been disrupted by the fact that being in the same room as anyone else is currently prohibited, so we have pivoted to making videos and hosting…