tis the summer, so, like a restless bird awakened from slumber, I have been out wandering the world in the glory of the sun, sounds decadent and fun, and well, there has been some of that to be sure, my favorite band was in town (King’s X) and that leads to good times and an excuse to have good times I guess, first night Jersey (Red Bank) on a Thursday, the haze lifted just as I arrived in town (no, literally, there was haze from the Canadian wildfires plaguing us for days), of course it took over two hours to drive from my office to said Red Bank (all of 50 miles, you do the math), what wrath I had from said traffic melted away with a rauchbier at Triumphs but more than that, the sun, good company, new friends and old, mussels in a saffron tomato broth, so yeah… the traffic thing melted away quite quickly… days like these are precious commodities, and so few and far between, at least for me, it is true that if you can find work that does not seem like work you are set, but how many of us do? or are so lucky? I am lucky enough to be gainfully employed and enjoy the fruits of my hard work if only on lesser occasion than I might wish for… but I have that, at least. Summer is fleeting, heck… fleeing… another blink and another Fall is upon us, where does it all go? At least I carved out a little memory, for even just a few hours, I can reminisce and feel that sun, the conversations, the kinship of those with the same tastes, moments, that is what it is all about… moments, so have them, notice them, record them in your noggin as best you can… so in times where there is darkness, those inner flames can never bend.