Filed under Recordings, Ukulele on May 23rd, 2009 1 Comment »

Recently I’ve started work on a children’s album that will be called “Ukulele Jim and His Jumping Flea Circus” with songs mostly written for my 3-year-old twins but also with the idea that other kids might like them, too. This is an early version of the title song.
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Filed under Santa Barbara on May 10th, 2009 No Comments »

Well, we survived the Jesusita Fire with our house still standing. But damn, it was close. The fire burned to just a few hundred feet of our house, almost to the lot at the end of our road. If the dry brush in that lot had caught fire, it’d be a different story today.
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Filed under Santa Barbara on May 6th, 2009 No Comments »
The Jesusita fire is fairly close to our house. Flames are visible from our road, but for now it may be heading the other way. Time will tell.
We are evacuated and hanging out with family.
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Filed under Santa Barbara on May 6th, 2009 No Comments »

It’s warm and windy in Santa Barbara, so of course there’s a fire in the foothills above town. Why wouldn’t there be?
It started yesterday afternoon. This time it’s called the Jesusita Fire, apparently named after the little girl Jesus. So far it’s burned about 200 acres and is nowhere near being contained. Surprisingly, I’ve found that the most current information about the fire can be found on Twitter, of all places. Some of it is accurate and some of it is wild speculation, but at least it’s up-to-date speculation, which is more than I can say for what our local news is providing.
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