Cleaning gutters

Sunday: A nice sleep in, MB off at OCBC. Shower. Cat nursing. Breakfast with MB (waffles, eggs, soy sausage) We didn't have any maple syrup, so we used cherry preserves and agave nectar. Down basement and morning practices. Checked out the Christmas light situation. Found that the strings we'd used for the front of the house were all kaput. Cleaned out the gutters along the sides of the house. Swept off the garage roof. Talked to neighbor Bl, who gave us tips on avoiding parking tickets (His specialty. Interesting, since he doesn't own a car.) With MB, raked leaves up along one side of the house, more or less completing the job. It was almost dark by this point.

Inside, and some nice time hanging out. A snack sort of meal eating recombinant leftovers. MB found some eye goop for Leo. MB headed off to the Free Circle. I did some vacuuming listening to "Under Wraps" (perhaps the oddest Jethro Tull album: all synths). "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell (the music for the new Bond movie) has a similar melody to "European Legacy" and so "Under Wraps" had been floating to mind. Down basement and updating the KKC website. Headed off to guitar circle.

Arrived as the Free Circle was ending. Quite a bit of talking for us, seeming to be at a transition point. My preference would be less talk and more working on the hands. Don't feed the rat any cheese, I say. So, then, a little playing: EotN, Bartok, Invention 1. David had a bit of a laugh, the image of an evil clown emerging from a repeated open string on Askesis.

Back home (MB had run an errand) some snacks and coffee. Cat nursing. MB returned. Chat. Down basement and more KKC update. Drums, playing with attaching stuff to the hi-hat stand.