A Growing Concern
Getting 70,000 people on and off the playa is always a challenge for Burning Man. Add in some inclement weather on the busy travel days and everything backs up. This year Burning Man themed "Tomorrow Today" had to contend with unstable weather as a cooler wet front came in on top of the previous week's [...]
For the first time in several years there were tickets for sale until the last minute for Burning Man 2024. The mud fest last year seemed to discourage a few people. But this year was exceptionally nice, at least up until Sunday afternoon by which time we were long gone. From past experience, we've noticed [...]
It started out nice, as it often does. This year our set-up was much the same as last year. The DateTrike with the solar canopy was ready to go from last year. Once again we took the RV, the DateTrike in the trailer, with the plan to also set up a tent and to resurrect [...]
After a two-year Covid hiatus, Burning Man was back for 2022. We planned this year to stay for the entire event including the temple burn on Sunday evening. The weather was very hot and dusty, but the art was hotter. Our Playa Home The first dust storm destroyed the pop-up shade garage. But the rest [...]
When the DateTrike made its debut ten years ago, electric bikes were still just a curiosity. But times change, technology advances, and today e-bikes are the rage. I have been considering adding some electric assist for awhile now. I'm not as young as I was ten years ago, and the hills are just as steep. [...]
If you wish to move your playing up the neck of the instrument, these scales, starting with a few tonic bar chord shapes, will help you to learn the changes required to play in many keys. Below are five "home" positions with changes for a complete chord scale about that home position. Major scale with [...]
I've been slow getting things on the blog for a while now; from September... The DateTrike returned for its second trip to Black Rock City again this year. With smoke in the valley, we headed for the dust. It was a fun time, as is usually the case for the world's biggest art party. We [...]
The last time the moon cast its shadow on my part of the planet was in 1979 on a dreary day in Seattle. I noticed that the rain was darker that morning, but otherwise the occasion was uneventful. This time around Ellen managed an invitation to watch the ecplise and make music with some friends [...]
For the last few years, playing music and singing with others has become an important source of joy and connectedness in my life. It might even be one reason this poor blog has had fewer and fewer entries as the virtual online world has taken a back seat to real life! This all started because [...]
The blog has been on summer vacation, partly because I've been too busy having fun to write about it. But the seasons turn, and every year around labor day, The Man burns in the Nevada desert. This year the DateTrike made its way to Black Rock City. The original inspiration for the craft rose from [...]
Squash Practice 