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The guitar pull went well last night, although it was a little thin. There were perhaps 8 to 10 players, usually there are a few more than that.

It encouraged more quiet songs than usual, oddly enough as Brewed Awakenings was noisier than usual. For myself, I played Red Rubber Ball, Flowers On The Wall, and my own songs Welcome Home (two verses), and Dance In My Kitchen. I played Dance partially because Amy was there -- she was there for some of the events that led up to the song -- but it's always a good song to play.

I'm glad Martha's friends with Amy. Yes, I have this neurotic thing about not considering soemone a friend unless we're very very very close friends, as in Grazina or Craig, but yeah, she's a friend. He said grudgingly, as if it were a terrible thing. (And she reads this blog. Hiya!) I think we're bonding over Divorce stuff, a bit odd but hardly a first.

Back to music, as there is nothing else in this world of real import. As to Welcome Home -- I'd written three verses, and on the spot deleted the first one. As Martha mentioned in the car later, Welcome Home is about a nomadic character, and the first verse (when he's three years old) doesn't really fit. It's also not believable he'd remember things in that detail. Too bad, since there's some good writing in that verse.

We ended up getting home far later than I wanted, but it was a fun evening.