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Writings

Friends,

I am primarily writing for Argue Job now. My posts are listed under the anagrammatic pen name “Burly Letter”. Read them here: arguejob.wordpress.com.

Look for a guest post on the fantastic slowcoustic.com in the near future.

Posts here are going to be necessarily few and far between, but I’m still writing for you.

Come see me perform next Saturday, July 30, 4 pm at the Black Dog.

T.

The Mail Always Goes Through

Friends,

Again, my apologies to those who have been waiting for their copies of Winter King. The postal strike is over. Everything is in the mail right now, flying through the sky to the four corners of the world.

I am not built for this dry Edmonton heat. It is an inescapable force that leaves me drained, coated in a sheen of sweat. I have been staying inside for the worst part of the days drinking iced coffee and dreaming of  late summer breezes and long nights in the river valley.

T.

Barn Burner

Friends,

I have to pull out of my scheduled spot at Landisfest on July 15 for personal reasons. I’ll try to make it up to Grande Prairie in the fall.

T.

I Have No Secrets

Friends,

I’ve been waiting very impatiently for The Group Sound to complete this record ever since we (of Jom Comyn) shared a bill with them at Wunderbar. Do yourself a favour, listen to Secret Girlfriend on repeat all summer.

T.

Whetstone

Friends,

I am awaiting the final confirmation, but it looks like I will be opening for F&M on July 30 at the Black Dog. F&M is centred around the husband and wife of Ryan and Rebecca Anderson. They are wonderful musicians and people, and I am thrilled to finally share the stage with them. Find out everything about them on their website: www.fandmtheband.com/

Celebrated Canada Day by lifting furniture, then enjoying a few bottles of Prosecco with close friends. Today finds my senses lessened: my muscles are dull and heavy, my ears and nose and eyes are blurred with lingering illness, my tongue is coated in celebration and cheap coffee and toothpaste.

I am dedicating myself to recovery.

T.

Rhino

Friends,

Curled up and sick as a dog these last two days. The earth has become a buoyant sea, shifting beneath me. Managed to get home early this morning, and have been resting in my apartment waiting for my voice to heal. I am supposed to be recording a Gordon Lightfoot cover for a compilation over at Herohill — fingers crossed that I don’t sound like a toad tomorrow morning.

Can’t wait to try this great-looking recipe tonight.

T.