Another Ramble

Posted by Beki Hemingway on Feb 9, 2016

Joining in the fun at the Brazen Head
Photo: Mark Heybourne

Since we proposed that 2016 be a year of music, travel, and service, most of what has happened has fallen into the travel category, with some music just for fun.

It has been a month today since Randy’s last day at the sheriff’s department and we have used the time to decompress, plan, and enjoy a bit of vacation. We’ve also taken care of a few necessary tasks and said yes when people have invited us to sing and play.

Here’s a quick catch-up:

We road tripped through Nebraska and Iowa in a Budget moving truck, landing in the Chicago area for a week, where we left most of our belongings in a family member’s basement for an undetermined period of time.
Hiked from Bray to Greystones, Ireland with our friends Kelly from Kansas City and Mark from Norwich, England.
While in Dublin, of course we stopped in at Brazen Head, where Gary, the bartender, said hello with a hug and the band even remembered us from a couple years ago inviting us up to do four songs.
Reconnected with many friends, and performed a few songs in Llandudno, Wales alongside Matt Peach, Andrew Dawes and Trond Lysaanes at the Gathering, where we also enjoyed seeing the Alarm perform. What a show!
Sent tracks for Randy’s project Spiderfence off for mixing and mastering. Pre-sales are available at bandcamp.spiderfence.com and the official release date is February 29, 2016.

And a few pictures: