Boy, have we got snow.

And, wow, is it cold out there.

But you know what this means, gang — my shift for today is canceled! And I’m off tomorrow. So TWO SNOWY DAYS OFF in a row!!

How I’m going to un-bury my car and get to town on Tuesday, when the temperatures promise to be around -9 degrees Fahrenheit until then — well, I guess we’ll just wait and see.

I made Kon Tiki stay inside all night last night. And in her thwarted determination to try to get back outside, she only destroyed the Venetian blinds in one of the dining room windows…

And this morning, after breakfast, when I finally let her out, she took off trotting into the dark and freezing, snowing snow, and now I have no clue where she’s at. So I’m a little worried but I’m guessing she’ll materialize again on the kitchen porch when she gets hungry.

She’s 9 years old. So that’s 9 winters she’s survived just fine. But still. I worry.

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Anyway.

I’m getting a slow start here. And James Tabor is having another Zoom lecture today at noon for his “Christianity Before Paul” course, and I’m hoping to participate in that. But it doesn’t look promising.

The morning is just weird here. My energy is wonky. And I only just discovered this morning, that 5 of the 6 of my newest titles that are published over at LULU.com have been delisted.

They cannot be re-listed until the files are updated.

The instructions for doing this are mindboggling, so I’m going to need to hire an independent eBook editor to take care of it for me, to make sure it gets done correctly.

I am super, super not thrilled about this, gang. But it has to be done.

WTF, though, right? What happened to those days when you attached your PDF file and hit send, and then, 2 seconds later, your book was published??

Anyway… (What a drag it is getting old…)

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Okay!

Now that the publisher and the art director at Parisian Phoenix Publishing have signed off on the cover art for my new novel, The Curse of Our Profound Disorder, I will go ahead and share it here!! They sent it to me a couple days ago and wanted my opinion, and I was just thrilled with it, gang.

Still not positive when it will be released, but probably sort of soon.

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Okay now I’m just going to post all the things I found on Instagram over the last few days! No particular order!

The NY Dolls in Paris in 1973!!

Keith and Mick Taylor, in London , 1969:

Lou Reed in NYC in 1986!

The set list from the Bad Seeds’ Sydney show!! (“Shivers” is back in the encore!! Yay!)

A great shot of Tom Waits and Jim Jarmusch! (My guess is that it has something to do with promoting Stranger Than Paradise, 1984):

The after show party of the Traveling Wilburys launch in 1987:

Richard Hell at CBGB’s 1976:

And some photos of Nick Cave in Sydney, but I think one of those shots might be from Adelaide.

The next show is in Brisbane on January 27th. You can buy tickets HERE!

And a couple of days ago, Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File from Sydney, wherein he remarked that —

“…the jet lag, constant shows, travel, and lack of sleep – the usual on–tour zombification – has taken its toll. I felt I was definitely failing in my duties – failing and flailing – as your faithful scribe. So, I hurried back to the hotel, grabbed the first few questions, and, well, here we go.”

You can read the RHF in full here!

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And on that note, I’m gonna scoot and try to get my head together for the Zoom lecture which starts in about 27 minutes…

Enjoy your Sunday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting!

I love you guys. See ya!

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Let’s close with this!!

I remember the first time I heard this song. Playwright Pamela Enz, my upstairs neighbor and close confidant back on E. 12th Street, said, “You gotta come upstairs and listen to this! It’s incredible!”

I listened . And it was.

Tom Petty. Bob Dylan. Roy Orbison. George Harrison. Jeff Lynne.

The Traveling Wilburys, from back in 1988! “End of the Line”. Enjoy, gang.