It’s a great little place that has amazing homemade pesto, yummy fresh fruit, and motivational affirmation cards at every table. My favorite thing though, is their Ginger Blast Tea. They steep fresh ginger, honey, and cayenne and combine it with seltzer water and ice as a cold drink. You can drink it hot too. I made some tonight because I thought about it all weekend long, and I’ll soon learn how to perfect it. I used Agave Syrup instead of honey. It’s easy to make and it happens to be good for digestion, congestion, circulation, tummy aches, and colds. Yum yum.

I collaborated with a few volunteers to present an “Experiment with Music Day” with elementary school kids in the after school program. One of the experiments was to explore both the four-track recorder and rhythm. Kids learned basic knowledge of recording multiple tracks on the recorder, and I also led them in a few rhythm games with percussion instruments. They were quickly encouraged to record 30 second rhythm pieces of their own creation. Each recording has four tracks, and the kids did them on their own. Maybe one day I will loop these tracks and add my own music to their beats.

Group One

Group Two

Group Three

Today is the 61st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, and I will be at the ceremony at Greenlake tonight to remember. It’s on the NW side of the lake, and the ceremony starts at 6:30 p.m.

I made this little film and of the event 3 years ago. (I also created the music that accompanies the film.)

“Behold, I stand before the door and knock. And he who bids me enter, I will sup with him and he with me.” –The Revelation of St. John

p.s. Wessup Tweed, meaning flower child, originated as an expression in the Boontling folk language, spoken and created exclusively in Boonville, in the Anderson Valley of Northern California. The language was invented in the late 1800s and is only spoken by a handful of old-timers and apparently miscelaneous souls who fancy lost or almost lost languages.