http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm Thu, 17 May 2012 19:12:39 GMT http://bandzoogle.com http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2088481 Yes, I am now unmistakably middle-aged and no longer just in my early fifties. And I am generally okay with that, except when my body doesn&#8217;t do what I want it to do, of course. But NO ONE at such a delicate transitional &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/some-emails-you-just-dont-ever-want-to-receive/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 19:12:39 GMT 606D3351485DAB7E9719D1C87B9C1C00 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2077317 In support of LOCAL business, we often do our hardware shopping at McLendons in Woodinville. Yes, we could go across the freeway and buy stuff at Home Depot, and I still do when it comes to buying lumber, but I &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/all-you-need-is-glove/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 22:36:41 GMT 817E7AB02224F52B789AC3756671B51C http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2066327 Yes, it&#8217;s true. I LOVE bookstores. I especially love bookstores that have some sort of food/beverage option available. I&#8217;m hanging out at Vios Cafe here in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle. It is attached to Third Place Books. This is &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/i-love-bookstores/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 21:18:51 GMT F672C7385318FE1C4E359FD2492C73E2 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2063110 Here are a few photos of our yard after spending some time working it. One of our projects this year was getting rid of a flower bed to the left of our driveway. It was a wonderful English garden when &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/working-the-yard/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 00:11:35 GMT A1E97F98EB5C18479A07F14885326FEC http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2058739 Beef Products Inc., the company that manufactures beef product known as "Pink Slime," announced that they would close three of their four manufacturing plants that make what they refer to as "Lean Beef Trimmings." According to the Change.org petition that &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/a-victory-for-people-who-prefer-real-food/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 20:07:49 GMT 74DD9817EDFDD7710CBBCCEA2C2918D0 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2055651 Scott and I are currently working on a CD which we&#8217;re planning to release sometime in June. One of the songs we have named &#8220;Catalonia&#8221;, a region in Spain, since it has a somewhat flamenco feel. This started out as &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/working-on-the-scott-burnettkelly-carpenter-project/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 21:53:58 GMT 9B6CF968C950A34D2FDFF2C585E96E46 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2051335 The sun was out today just long enough for me to put on some shorts and a t-shirt to dive into yard work. Then the clouds took over, and I wondered if the weather people had revised the forecast for &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/weather-forecasting-in-seattle-maddening/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Sun, 06 May 2012 00:12:37 GMT 31FDB83B5C53C609418A9285979A8626 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2044506 Sotheby&#8217;s just auctioned off Edvard Munch&#8217;s &#8220;The Scream&#8221; for a record $119.9 million. How fitting. For the details, you can read the article in NY Times. I felt compelled to blog about this, primarily to just let the question hang &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/120-million-for-a-painting/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 20:58:23 GMT C4824483605CF81D9D3E04C465D0B6DD http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2040779 ]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 20:24:45 GMT A3F09E458F4BD091DC411D473F30DD03 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2037195 Several months ago we got a discount voucher from Living Social for a B&#38;B near Mt. St. Helens. It was ready to expire, so we planned a getaway during Merrilyn&#8217;s Spring Break. We had never checked out the famous volcano &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/our-mt-st-helens-trip-was-not-a-total-bust/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 21:46:44 GMT EB78223202F420AAB186CBE393BF56AC http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2032935 Enjoy this 1998 collaboration with Scott Burnett, a piece called &#8220;Via Negativa&#8221;. He was in the midst of working on a release called &#8220;Lingua Franca&#8221; and wanted to create something for the second half of the record. I was living &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/a-1998-ambient-collaboration-with-scott-burnett/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:49:53 GMT 61117BC391A933BE9086DBDB1A269A94 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2025637 We took a recent trip to the Mt. St. Helens area of Washington, and except for a coupon for Tacoma Museum of Glass that was accidentally stapled to the voucher we had for the hotel we were staying at, the &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/does-this-look-like-cole-slaw-to-you/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:06:19 GMT B2CE14A646CDA0B060AA38244B863971 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2022087 Wow, I&#8217;m 54 today. Who wudda thunk it? It sounds so old and yet I still feel so young inside. Carol Burnett shares my birthday&#8211;she turns 79 today&#8211;and I thought about the age difference: 25 years. That doesn&#8217;t seem like &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/birthday-thoughts-about-aging/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:34:19 GMT 32B00A8D3BC167D89DB4470CE4058FEB http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2014248 After another long cold winter here in the Pacific Northwest, and an especially rainy March, April has been spectacular in comparison. Here are some pictures from our front yard taken the last few days. Simply inspirational. I am very thankful &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/spring-again-in-our-front-yard/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:16:29 GMT 38E1EB4B5904E116FA644306E5B1A6A3 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=2009531 Several years ago (I&#8217;m thinking it was 2008), I had the wonderful privilege of hanging out at Levon Helm&#8217;s home studio in Woodstock, NY for what was then a monthly house concert called &#8220;The Midnight Ramble&#8221;. In those days, one &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/my-evening-at-levon-helms-studio/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:19:18 GMT DB7D6DDE249725D7329BB7AACF7D35D3 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=1997272 I heard a wonderful piece on NPR yesterday titled &#8220;For Elders With Dementia, Musical Awakenings&#8221;. It highlights the story of an elderly man named Henry who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimers who is typically unresponsive, yet comes to &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/the-power-of-music-on-people-with-dementia/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:02:50 GMT 6CB002E405C1A2F64C3DE5D9B24E933A http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=1989208 My guitar-slinging buddy Scott Burnett has been my partner in music-making crime for close to 30 years. We have written a lot of songs together, I did session work for him back when he was a music producer, we can &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/scott-burnett-the-artist/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:44:40 GMT A2B15CAC6C3BBB12DE058BB9E3112B01 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=1985127 If you recall from my last status report, I had made no progress on my garden the first month. Why? Well, I have a strong dislike for rain and March was one of the rainiest on record. One could insert &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-garden-project-april-15-update/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:47:54 GMT 22A37A3F8BF28169377BF449A391A3F9 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=1973251 Last night I dreamt of playing keyboards for Pink Floyd. Actually, like most dreams of this nature, I didn&#8217;t get to the point where I actually played the gig. The dream consisted mostly of the hours or days leading up &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/do-you-ever-have-one-of-those-dreams-of-being-totally-unprepared/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:31:16 GMT 67378694D4BA995AD112BB160135CEC9 http://kellycarpentermusic.com/socialmedia.cfm?feature=1600234&postid=1965485 Did you know that Costco is one of the best places to buy socks? So many for such a good price! For years they have been putting out some pretty nice thermal socks. At first they sold the ones by &#8230; <a href="http://thiskellycarpenter.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/the-costco-sock-dilemma-for-color-blind-people/">Continue reading &#8594; Continue reading →]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:52:04 GMT E6F561A8802ADB5AE3B2317A6DE8A4FC