Father had had such hopes.

"Every band has at least one good song ... except the Decemberists."
- Mary Luchia, The Current

The Boy

Today my son turned sixteen. The one who lived. The one who was horribly injured in my care. The musician, the thinker, the Communist. The biggest smartass in my life. Well. He is his father's son.

Today I choose not to do morning pages. After 618 consecutive days of writing, every morning. Today, I rose to make him breakfast and we opened presents and the morning is moving on and I could write, but I choose not to. Instead. I will run and wash and get to work.

Because the writing is not about records. It is about so much more than that. And today I choose not to.

Here are songs from the year my son was born.  

2005 Playlist

DARE - Gorillaz

Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae

The Sporting Life - The Decemberists

Chicken Payback - The Bees

Pon de Replay - Rihanna

The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails

Technologic - Daft Punk

Pump It - Black Eyed Peas

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 29:58
Pace: 9:40
Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 66°
Climate: sunny & warm

Mood: very good