Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Cold, cold, cold

I know the rest of you are also getting this cold spell. They said it would be down in the low 20s last night, but it didn't get that low. I think it may have gotten down to 29 or 30, but it still felt cold. More tonight. The cats are glad because they got to stay in last night and will probably stay in tonight if they can behave themselves.

My other bit of news is that I am going to Scotland in June. I have been wanting to go for a few years, but kept putting it off. One of our local musicians, Ed Miller, is both Scottish and a folklorist. He does a tour once a year over in Scotland and I signed up for the one this year. We will start in Edinburgh, go to Perth, and points Northwest, spend a day or two in the borders and then end up back in Edinburgh. Most nights will be with local musicians (a few I know already from the American Folklore Society and the Ballad Commission). I am really looking forward to it and have started reading some of my Scottish ballad research again.

And that's about it for now.

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