My father took his own life at the end of May at the age of 59. Without music and support from my family the last couple months would have been difficult to get through. I have been going back and listening to some of the music I found comforting throughout my youth and those songs still calm and reassure me. More than anything I have realized that I should spend more time on the passions in my life and just the necessary amount to earn money.

Music=Life

Rock on,
James

Leaving town for a couple weeks of camping and travelling throughout Southern BC and Alberta. The dog is kenneled and the plants are watered! Looking forward to picking up my daughter on the 22nd and heading to Calgary for a reunion of sorts with the people we all met at Choices last summer. Hard to believe it has already been a year! I will have my phone with me and will be checking mail when I can.

Rock on,
James

Got back on my mountainbike today and put in about 13km. It kicked my ass after being so laid up over the late winter-early spring! Feels good to be able to work without too much pain, as well as having energy at the end of the day to put some time in on the drums. Looking forward to a couple weeks holidays, then back to work to earn some money so I can have some time to work on a some new musical projects. Life is grand.



Rock on,
James

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Hey hey!

It's been a wierd month or so since my last post. My father took his life and it took me a while to get my head around that. I should be posting more regularly now that I am back on track.

I finally got my tattoo started with Sean at Pagan Tatu in Edmonton! The black and the shading is done, just need the color work finished.  Hope to have that done when I get back from BC in late July-Early August.

I have been talking with my friend in Saskatoon again, hope to have a band situation rolling by the fall, I  miss the stage!

Rock on,
James