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TRAVELOGUE DAY 12


Santa Fe was a stone groove! 

Highlights: sold-out show at Club Legato (woo hoo!), giant metal statue of Scout (my kinda public art!), and the best fish tacos in the world. Thanks JT! #BumblebeeBobForever 

Now comes the fun…

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TRAVELOGUE DAY 11


Yesterday the Jazz Noir band rehearsed in Phoenix for our upcoming show at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Scout chased a Gamble’s Quail and cooled off in front of the fan. 

Today we traveled 281 miles to Gallup…

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TRAVELOGUE DAY 9


400 miles is about as far as I care to travel in a single day. But I must admit, as sure as dog is my co-pilot, I actually enjoyed the drive from Oakland to Twentynine Palms. 

Highlights: seeing the…

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TRAVELOGUE DAYS 8 & 9


Yesterday we drove to Merced, California. At the dog park Scout became fast friends — literally — with a beautiful Aussie named Partner. They ran and romped so fast that I couldn’t even snap a photo! 

We arrived in…

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TRAVELOGUE DAYS 7 & 8

Yesterday Scout and I woke to the sound of raindrops on the roof of our tour bus. She tilted her head and stared up at the ceiling in wonder. I immediately fell asleep again. Rain is a terrific soporific. 

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TRAVELOGUE DAYS 5 & 6


Scout and I spent yesterday at The Klub in Glen Ellen, the exclusive wine country getaway expertly owned and managed by our dear friends Rocket, Peaches, Jasper, and Wilson. It was our first grand reunion since the beginning of the…

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TRAVELOGUE DAYS 3 & 4

Scout and I have had a wonderful couple of days in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

We explored the Redwood Glen and Palos Colorados trails, had a puppy party at the Oakland Dog Park, visited with friends old…

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TRAVELOGUE DAY 1


Destination: Yreka CA 

Distance: 413 miles 

Scout and I are hitting the road today for California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

The first leg of our journey will take us all the way from Centralia, Washington to Yreka…

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UP IN THE AIR | PART 3 — CITIZEN OF THE WORLD

“Remember, you’re not alone. 
You’re part of an international 
brotherhood of artists and musicians. 
We’re all in this together.” 

—Art Farmer 


I aspire to be a Citizen of the World. 

A world citizen is a xenophile whose identity…

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SAVE OUR STAGES

All the world’s a stage, 
and all the men and women merely players. 
They have their exits and their entrances, 
and one man in his time plays many parts.
 
—William Shakespeare 


Don’t it always seem to go 
that you
…

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THE HUNKER BUNKER REPORT | PART 5 — THE ROAD AHEAD


“Adulthood and what they call maturity is 
the slow acceptance of what you will never be.” 
—Bryan Callen 


“Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die.” 
—Jason Isbell 


As of today, about 71 million Americans have been…

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THE HUNKER BUNKER REPORT | PART 3 — MENTAL HEALTH & SOCIAL CONNECTION


“I enjoyed the time out! I loved the fact that nobody had to achieve anything. 
And the light at the end of the tunnel is stressing me out.” 

—Neal Brennan 
 

After a full year of hunkering down and hiding…

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RECURRING DREAMS

Since childhood I’ve been haunted by three recurring dreams: the clown, the flying dream, and the shadow man.

THE CLOWN

I know, I know.  

Coulrophobia is is such a cliché.  

But this one’s a bonafide nightmare.  

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LULLABY

the smell of the rain 
the sound of the train 
my dog by the fire 
home again
 

As a boy in rural Tennessee, Billy Matheny slept in an attic bedroom, the slanted ceiling only a few inches above his…

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2020 BY THE NUMBERS

Slept over 300 nights in my own bed 

Added 196 new friends and subscribers 

Enjoyed 180 homegrown garden salads 

Gave 122 private lessons online 

Sold 92 books and household items 

…

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2019 BY THE NUMBERS

304,000 
steps walked 
47,500 

miles traveled 

13,000 
friends and
subscribers 
756
comic books
collected 
238
musicians
hired 
173
performances
on tour 
53
workshops and
classroom visits 
41
sideman
appearances 
39
vocalist
collaborations 
30 
sold-out
shows 
27
youth and
family
…

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2018 BY THE NUMBERS

57k miles traveled 

11k friends and subscribers 

7k streams and downloads

319 treasures found 

261 musicians hired 

159 performances on tour 

72 pounds shed 

61 workshops 

54…

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HOW TO MAKE THE SCOUT'S BIRTHDAY SMOOTHIE

2018 RESOLUTIONS

* 
rest 

delegate 

pace myself

don't try so hard

enjoy the outdoors 

save 10% from each job 

take care of home and family 

support Dad and his caregivers 

mine great melodies…

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SCOUT-CAM 9/30/17

Ready For Her Morning Walk
Fort Bragg CA
Mendocino Coast

 

SCOUT-CAM 9/22/17

Scout-Cam 9/9/17

ONE MORE TIME

SCOUT-CAM 7/19/17

Puppy Love

 

 

SCOUT-CAM 6/15/17

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