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Week #33: Birthday song

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A collage from my week in Santo Domingo: the seaside, a red motorbike, the beach, two kids on a dirt path, a family home and a banyan tree.
Nov. 1st - 7th


I travelled home to Santo Domingo to see a friend get married and to care for family.


I stretched the trip out by two days to do something I hadn’t been able to do in almost two decades: spend my birthday with family.


The calendar was telling me not to.


It was showing me I leave again in a week to play shows. It was sending me notifications of deadlines to meet. It insisted that it’s quarter four and things at work are crazy.


I forced myself into airplane mode.


I gave myself, myself.


Happy birthday to me.


Here's my week:

Writing: 10.5 hrs

Music: 7 hrs

Band admin: 10.5 hrs


The seaside, a red motorbike, the beach, kids on a walk, a family home and an old banyan tree.
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