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Like the song says (one of mine), “The future can change in the blink of an eye.” Got offered a job Monday night, as interim city administrator in Lafayette, Oregon, and I accepted. I start Wednesday (they needed someone right away, and I can do right away). It’ll restrict my movements a bit, and I expect to enjoy every moment of it.

I’ve...

It’s busy—but as a former boss of mine used to say, “Never confuse motion with progress.” There’s lots of motion. I have no idea whether any of it will turn into progress.

Job interview last Thursday night, and one coming up Tuesday night; I’m not assuming either place will want me, but it is nice they thought I was worth interviewing. (In...

I practice with our impromptu contra dance band (fiddle, piano, and guitar) Sunday night. “Contra dance music”—I looked it up on the Internet—is 32 measures, with an “A part” of 16 and a “B part” of 16. Sounds like fiddle tunes—but if one thinks of the “A part” as a verse and “B part” as a chorus, the range of possibilities gets a whole lot...

Reviewed the videotape of the July open mike at the Arts Center. The parts with our impromptu band aren’t good enough quality to mess with, I’m afraid—percussion too loud, vocals too low, and lead guitarist Charlie was almost out of the picture most of the time (but he did sound good). I’d like to look at videos from open mikes where Charlie was...

It being just after the first of July, it’s time to do the “mid-year assessment” on the 2010 Goals. How are we doing?

Well, I did WRITE IN SOME DIFFERENT GENRES—a medieval ballad, another polka, and country death metal. No doubt there will be more. I entered four SONG CONTESTS the first half of 2010, but didn’t win any (and the goal was to win...