Excellent!

Music in the US of A is rather underwhelming for me at this time. Corporate control has reduced the spontaneity and creativity of music writing. Instead, I am forced to listen to formulic re-packaging of old themes and styles without anything new and fresh coming along to catch my interest.

So, imagine my surprise when an A Cappella group covers June Carter’s “Ring of Fire” and nails it in a refreshingly new manner.

Home Free has a novel approach to an old standard. They’re not attempting to mimic Johnny Cash, but instead pay tribute to him while still infusing their own character and joy into music they obviously love.

Back

And exhausted. But a great time was had by all. Picture will be posted tomorrow after my phone has had time to upload them to the cloud.

Did I say we were back? Well, we are.

And exhausted.

What?

Oh, I did say that.

Sorry.

I’m, you know, exhausted.

Weekend Plan

Yes. We have a plan. It’s to discover the Grand Canyon of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It actually is not anywhere near as large as the Grand Canyon (duh!) but the pictures sure made it look beautiful. It reminded me of the Vermillion River gorge behind the granary mill in Hastings. My hope is to bring back some gorgeous pictures.

Oh, and we’re taking a route through Porcupine Mountain State Park. Supposedly not named after the animal.

Yeah. You got me. Sounds beautiful.

Okay, time for me to get dress and head out the door.

Update: Another thing: for not being a morning person Tina is awfully bright eyed and busy tailed this morning. It’s a bit scary.