Mystery Solved!

For months (months!), I have been trying to figure out the name of the song that epitomized the horrible 80s sax solo.

Finally, I have found that bad song: Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street. And, it was released in 1978.

Obligatory Amsterdam Haiku

boats, socks, dreams, fiets, sleep
bitterballen by the sea
amsterdam is good

(Beginning as a verb, not a noun)

October 1st, quarter-end, and the time to start beginning.

(Beginning as a verb, not a noun)

This summer my life has been in suspension, hanging between exhaustion, travel, the hard work of listening, and a high workload. I didn't feel that anything could start because something else was starting before it. The process of continually starting and restarting, but not beginning.

I've traveled to: New York, London, Wisconsin, Paris, London, Amsterdam all in the span of three months. I have not been home much. I'm ready to be home and start beginning. Raking leaves, playing in dirt, scrubbing my sink, and watching it all happen, all of it.