I'm on a CD with Bela Fleck!

When the late day winter sun nears the horizon the red spectrum of light reflects off the snow creating pink tones.  

There is no place like home, right? You are damn right. After 6 weeks on the road it is great to be back in good old Fairbanks. The city by the river where the banks are fair. Took the first few days to get all of my ducks in a row and most importantly getting our animals back from friends. Our dog and cat are lucky enough to be loved by some of our friends. They are two of the most well behaved animals for the most part they do tend to stray from the right path sometimes. Not because they are intentionally trying to be asses, but because they are animals.

Our large black cat Dave however does not understand how running water works. When he is staying with someone that has a full on bathroom he just doesn't know what to do. The toilet and shower / tub are foreign to him. Dave sees different uses for the two. Toilets are fresh bowls of water and tubs become the new litter box, however he has great aim when it comes to the latter. He even aims for the drain without any training. Smart cat. Love that Dave. Perhaps one day when we have running water I can teach him what the toilet is really used for...

Now it is time for a month of gigs in Alaska before I head out to Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia. I'm excited to get to Melbourne. I'm one of the headliners at the Melbourne Ukulele Festival! Yippy! Life is pretty good. Now I'm going to spend the week playing some gigs with my band and doing the old wonderful wintertime chore, firewood. At least this time it is for other people. My wood stash is quite large :) Time to spread the love.

Sometimes when you get home after a long trip and you finally make your way to the post office to clean out your post office box magical things are waiting for you. This time I got the pleasure to know that I had made the cut for volume 12 of the KUAC 89.9FM Alaska Live CD! Bela Fleck is track 4 and I'm track 16! I'll take it!