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J: This weekend Gina and I
participated in Greenbelt's annual Greenman Festival. I played dijeridu
on stage, opening the festival with the Greenbelt Drumjammers. I was
very rusty from lack of practice and my lips got a little too loose and
rubbery. They need more exercise. Gina sold pottery with the Greenbelt
Pottery Guild. The weather was really nice and the trees and bushes
looked extra green that day, along with the Green Men who appeared for
the occasion.
Later that evening I had the privilege of playing dij in three songs on
stage with the well-known local band Kiva. Their dij puller couldn't
make it so some of the band members asked me to sit in. I had a tough
time hearing my instrument on the stage monitor and I have never
rehearsed with Kiva. I was very nervous, but I've made a fool of myself
with the dij plenty of times before so I figured I could do it again. I
tried to keep a simple percussive drone with some improvised vocals and
overtones, but I had no idea how it sounded through the speakers, or
whether it was mixing well with the excellent harmonies of Kiva.
After the gig some friends told me I sounded good, and I thanked them,
but I remained worried, telling myself that my friends were very nice
and keeping me from freaking out. Then a boy about 10 or 11 years old
skated by on his inlines, pointed at me and said, "You sounded great!"
I was much more happy after his remark. Anonymous kids don't usually
set aside their true feelings for a bit of politeness. Thanks again,
skate kid, you made my day!
On Sunday brother Thom drove me to a party for Mom at my sister
Cecily's place. They had the grill going; I brought a couple veggie
burgers and a potato. I nuked and grilled the potato and filled it with
some of bro-in-law Dave's grilled peppers. MMmmm. I played catch with
my unkling Kimberly, and showed May how to build a fork trivet. It was
nice to see everyone.
The recent imminent eruption reports from Indonesia made me remember
another wacky theory of mine (and maybe someone else too). It goes like
this: As the Earth warms, its crust weakens slightly, just enough to
cause volcanic eruptions to spew large amounts of ash into
the stratosphere, which cools the earth. Then the crust thickens a bit,
and the cycle continues. In this way the Earth's volcanoes act as an
automatic air conditioner.
Nothing wacky so far, but here's the kicker: The gigatons of
bacteria that permeate the Earth's crust might play a very significant
role in this thermal regulation cycle.
