tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80496079238650036012024-03-12T22:37:03.040-07:00Peter Nevins Notebookafloat on a crystal cloud - transmissions from the dreamtent.Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-20992994388168091712012-08-05T21:52:00.002-07:002012-08-05T21:52:50.111-07:00Farce Of July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First Place in our category in the Sonoma 4th of July Parade.</h4>
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Brettt "Triple-T" Roncelli rented the group campsite on Sugarloaf in Kenwood. We had 2 days to paint. I made tons of baroque curlicues for this.</div>
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The first time they won first place!</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8zVulqjXxvs57-SYS1f3sYh2FMxkbsE4z9ckIww84z4BvgZBNNUl1F7CdRVL1gPbTZJMIXUvPg1DJ_rEUgUJUZXWE80PGjWFyVeyXRMoRhQGWBCZYjl1T2boPy0tNhLJ31S_grupdEA/s1600/IMG_8886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8zVulqjXxvs57-SYS1f3sYh2FMxkbsE4z9ckIww84z4BvgZBNNUl1F7CdRVL1gPbTZJMIXUvPg1DJ_rEUgUJUZXWE80PGjWFyVeyXRMoRhQGWBCZYjl1T2boPy0tNhLJ31S_grupdEA/s640/IMG_8886.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-4603454714252336282011-03-22T18:32:00.000-07:002011-03-22T18:32:34.363-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">illustrations for a project in the works. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2iJlx7PqrE8aN7lGaqsudfrdzjuY9p-qzgVFOD57zOmc1nugVkZ1rZOuxU70OHFC6bBRLP_xQsYWdV-jcBR5d0K5jJbuSaBFreTUaqwa2mWfn0vlTYXTC_8UCF_xONVfpkIjze1PnWA/s1600/gypsies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2iJlx7PqrE8aN7lGaqsudfrdzjuY9p-qzgVFOD57zOmc1nugVkZ1rZOuxU70OHFC6bBRLP_xQsYWdV-jcBR5d0K5jJbuSaBFreTUaqwa2mWfn0vlTYXTC_8UCF_xONVfpkIjze1PnWA/s1600/gypsies.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vzUVVJY3OSRAo5vzt0XF0bhEqiHKzIwrkBGAHOR4h0HkWZzMPqI6rHo5MFN4OKnZNz7GeSqQvIDVwmFwvJ0Cm3X6jcMZc8rnL_ZERM7ynsgHybuArWLNocY2ruakpmRRwgQwnI932UU/s1600/travelling+circus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vzUVVJY3OSRAo5vzt0XF0bhEqiHKzIwrkBGAHOR4h0HkWZzMPqI6rHo5MFN4OKnZNz7GeSqQvIDVwmFwvJ0Cm3X6jcMZc8rnL_ZERM7ynsgHybuArWLNocY2ruakpmRRwgQwnI932UU/s1600/travelling+circus.jpg" /></a></div>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-33925590523485374192011-03-15T08:24:00.000-07:002011-03-15T08:24:22.017-07:00Vermont Works for Women<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeDRBIiBj_hzO8vn4O5qu1EjlSurzUbp-t384zMboaU8unAedSDCrIHGg40TMruTdD4VWk873hueR_sv5LGg6JfZFqv9tf-k-5Xz5gk9SqQfSDzXjYC3xbfOruRHGHnb-n3JoybEiWxg/s1600/vermont-hadestown-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeDRBIiBj_hzO8vn4O5qu1EjlSurzUbp-t384zMboaU8unAedSDCrIHGg40TMruTdD4VWk873hueR_sv5LGg6JfZFqv9tf-k-5Xz5gk9SqQfSDzXjYC3xbfOruRHGHnb-n3JoybEiWxg/s320/vermont-hadestown-web.jpg" width="207" /></a></div>Well, thanks to the success of the Hadestown stuff, I'll be working on related projects for the next little while.<br />
Here's a poster for a benefit show coming up. I'm currently working stuff for the Arden theatre in Alberta, and they are presenting Hadestown ...in 2012, if we're all still around.Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-8793872784866998072011-02-20T21:10:00.000-08:002011-02-22T15:27:44.089-08:00return to montreal - songwriting jam with charlotte cornfieldCasa del Popolo had the perfect vibe for writing verses, each in our own world, while passing a sheet back and forth and making couplets like so:<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">wind in the trees</span></span></i><br />
<div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">a message on the breeze</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">water on the knees</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">spring is out in steez</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span> </i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">professor Darwin Deez</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and his dancing fleas</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">praised the melting freeze</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and put away their skis</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span> </i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">they turned their faces with a sneeze</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and sought the cure for their disease</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">trudging through a sludge of sleaze</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">practicing their harmonies</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span> </i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">middle, high, and low Cs</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">for all good things come in threes</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'These true chords will be our keys</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to honorary PHDs'</span></span></i></div>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-42104921030472876252011-01-25T18:34:00.000-08:002011-01-25T18:35:28.762-08:00Tea Etiquette<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(104, 97, 97); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>“Do not stir your tea in swee</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><i>p</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><i>in</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>g circular motions. Place your te</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>a</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>spoon at the six o’clock position and </i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>softly fold the liquid towards the</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>t</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>welve o’clock position two or three</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i>times.”</i></span></span></span>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-40768483538436633752011-01-16T08:45:00.001-08:002011-01-16T09:00:20.629-08:00loft party<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhH4EOKiHfgQKPxdQLylPtaY0cgvgb3lSZiFQmlg75QwkMSBsCscQUGdxwFWKlRV9hnE-_EUwz6titSwKumWirZWG89KTT9Epcntrsh2XCCOWI5pRMnWAyO_5_p1q8kF_-8-vlACz9LVU/s1600/tyr-loft-party2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhH4EOKiHfgQKPxdQLylPtaY0cgvgb3lSZiFQmlg75QwkMSBsCscQUGdxwFWKlRV9hnE-_EUwz6titSwKumWirZWG89KTT9Epcntrsh2XCCOWI5pRMnWAyO_5_p1q8kF_-8-vlACz9LVU/s400/tyr-loft-party2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562826258367695538" /></a><br />Belle Bête, My new project with <a href="http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/Charlotte-Cornfield">Charlotte Cornfield</a> and Kathryn Palumbo will see it's psychedelic egg cracked open on Jan. 31st, 2010, up at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171997049510551">special secret loft show</a>.<div><br /></div><div>The tunes are sounding so pretty I just don't know what to do with myself sometimes. I'm sweating, palpitating and generally feeling out of breath and weird. Like I'm not touching the ground. It's ok. It's normal. Normal kid stuff.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a <a href="http://www.peternevins.com/secret.html">link to the dirty version</a> of the picture.</div><div><br /></div>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-69513100439786733732011-01-14T10:17:00.000-08:002011-01-16T07:47:45.907-08:00Real Photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.peternevins.com/hadestown.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKZGhO8oc9Srbac2g4gCdjoQnp7rkQPJyMR6eZVeu2zndGrJJDinrfZWiLpwehZ4C4UXwUl1C78o6x9JJtK4w4pnYZsUZaq3GsGNu4wuKrd-qwZ2ccemVTgdmAlFeWVrjLC-bXgySwKQ/s400/hadestown-tease.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562108224259970754" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.whitebicycle.com/">Brian Grunert</a>, my collaborator on the Hadestown packaging, has just sent me some pretty awesome photos of the cover. I've posted them up on <a href="http://www.peternevins.com/hadestown.html">my site</a>. <div><br /></div>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-63903694244458527602011-01-10T22:41:00.000-08:002011-01-10T19:41:33.700-08:00state of the arts<a href="http://videos.nymag.com/video/Vulture-Exclusive-Russell-Brand">this guy</a> has been cracking me up lately. him and noel fielding. i think something good is happening these days generally in art and music. prolly the best in general since i've been alive.<div><br /></div><div>i'm currently designing</div><div>a hadestown-inspired cover for a great looking theater in alberta.</div><div>my 3rd annual poster for the 15th annual bear on the square festival in dahlonega, georgia</div><div>and something else very important.</div><div><br /></div><div>and when that last client reads this they may be perturbed. but they shouldn't be, as the others are just as likely to be forgotten any second now. only to be remembered in good time. i've been cooped up in here too long today. going out to the store was miracle. i started running down the block on the snow and ice, skipping a bit, with an insane laugh. more of giggle, really. glad to be out of the house.</div><div><br /></div><div>currently preparing arranging tunes for</div><div>La Belle Bête. my band, man. it's gonna be verrry psychedelic. we've got our first gig on jan 31st. charlotte cornfield: vocals drums / kathryn palumbo: upright bass. yes, my friends, it is a supergroup. the wonderful tyr jami may sit in from time 2 time on cello.</div><div><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">PASSAGE THROUGH THE ELEMENTS</div><div>i've recently unearthed my old giant flipbook adventure from one crazy spring summer of 1993 living illegally in the woods, in place i built for myself in the state park, and working in this one cafe in downtown mill valley, california, with great marble tables...</div><div> </div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwkL1IPSOAEc8QOwHzz35MFOSP_A_RSdgf7oQU70xpm6L_MC0pW8rqEWYxpf0jBf12anrXWyaIQYX9YtSrD0w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-4416882517251605632011-01-10T19:19:00.000-08:002011-01-10T19:27:24.421-08:00Tabletop Terrors.<div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dweMslnRmvYKR39VJDPpqQt9aynisxOUkZ6OX96-R1GbRo9X0vYBoLChD6AxUbB2_ppqyre3n1A0NvlSiSwug' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>i made a little movie last summer while on a misty magical art-retreat in the wine country in california. not posh, very earthy, poetic. i was staying just outside of Healdsburg proper at the estate of my dear friend and colleague simon jeremiah who can be heard doing some hamlet off the top of his head in this one.<div><div><br /></div><br /></div></div>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-52678824056058466492011-01-05T11:50:00.000-08:002011-01-05T12:03:46.402-08:00Grammy Nomination.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5AYk7h08zsyggyPdQa1e3A2853aXygi0CryWFwCnCCxjYiURQCRx7LChoxOkRoEdEcqULjikbiKC8h5EodoJOnxfnk4Fbkp8rmxt4wpq8072rmbM8eO2bOobXbmasvptR0pvG8CobBo/s1600/hadestown1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5AYk7h08zsyggyPdQa1e3A2853aXygi0CryWFwCnCCxjYiURQCRx7LChoxOkRoEdEcqULjikbiKC8h5EodoJOnxfnk4Fbkp8rmxt4wpq8072rmbM8eO2bOobXbmasvptR0pvG8CobBo/s320/hadestown1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558793468801511330" border="0" /></a><br />I'll be posting on here now, more than the facebook, ideally. Anaïs Mitchell and I dreamed up a bunch of images for her Hadestown folk opera packaging, and now that selfsame packaging, which we worked on with Brian Grunert at Righteous Babe Records, has been nominated for a Grammy. I think we're going to make the most of it and go have fun in LA this February.<br /><br />The first edition of the linocuts from the album is mostly sold out now and I'm patiently awaiting the arrival of more linoblocks and a little press to make some new ones. Also in production is a giant silkscreen poster of the cover image. That's something Anaïs and I have talked about since the image was made. <a href="http://www.peternevins.com/hadestown.html">A spread of the album package can be seen here.</a>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-67930324324358974122009-04-09T13:26:00.000-07:002009-04-09T13:37:43.510-07:00Taking Part<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglByGb2EVVvrN-5S5bEBjkWHQvbz7I7fbw2Cn-G71gMK9pqwXFtoVrzTs6ezVfEdzB0yV6V9Gh9fqiliprfKTDB2FhQsnFGbf7Jir-ndN-Stv55J_MPLfhPqoH0YfffeKPyNt0PtNUK10/s1600-h/greenroom.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglByGb2EVVvrN-5S5bEBjkWHQvbz7I7fbw2Cn-G71gMK9pqwXFtoVrzTs6ezVfEdzB0yV6V9Gh9fqiliprfKTDB2FhQsnFGbf7Jir-ndN-Stv55J_MPLfhPqoH0YfffeKPyNt0PtNUK10/s320/greenroom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322792270650330642" /></a>Finally digging in and playing right here in town. With a boatload of really cool folks. I've been hosting an open mic at the Arts Cafe and the ratio of good talent is very high here. Must be in the water...<div><br /></div><div>Then guesting with Genevieve et Mathieu on the 19th at Zoobizarre, then on the 29th, a CD release for "Take That Vile Scum" ...AND... "I May be Going Down in Flames (But At Least I'm on Fire)," the new 3 song EP recorded with and produced by Etienne Pouliot in Verdún, Montréal.</div><div><br /></div><div>After that, it's off to the country for a month! If that doesn't improve mon français, nothing will!</div><div><br /></div>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049607923865003601.post-74546567412526176022008-11-15T07:20:00.000-08:002008-11-15T08:26:18.033-08:00Je Suis Ici!Pour le vrai.<div><br /></div><div>I've never had time or the inclination to start one of these, but it seems my little plan is working. When my friend Alina, in NYC asked me, "So what are you going to do in Montreal?" I said, "Have dinner parties and draw more." She said, "I really respect that," in her adorable Russian way.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnOprgZkeQtg_VWAmtn9-QAqXQBzD2n9Uc7LpEfghsME_aL-cydDoV9gYfzYEpiTXB-EmzzRqiStEmTjTqC0rZ5d_NkB5lrUWVp0mRwY7Hdhi23VRVTh3sCe9A2soqxNtW1bCchReTD4/s320/IMG_0321.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268915636851680626" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Except for the drawing more part, it's working. Ha. I have done more art for art's sake, for pete's sake, up here. Time is relative, as the man said, and it does seem to stretch out a bit here, letting one... breathe... And dream. A lot of near forgotten plans and ideas have been bubbling back up into consciousness.</div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0p4iTe7jY3NDKTETMq1vrFzJtB8aMnkqW0rhQdK_rDU6uys8gKP4dlJ-N3s6SHQnvg2_1Az5C_kgXM5SXY80nFxIYw0xjau6slLU8-KLKiPSjpMSLkLVFHNZ4e0PhWy1HA5G0Fxrgkg/s320/IMG_0121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268908126446984786" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JCwo7WjD-5hMRufuKexSf4f1EzmqLMIp4mgIINouNkqgVagKLo3XgGnZMZWou3EUbblEYjgLG9O6WqDYOrPIXY_o6X4l10GMMvpN4y86mp17h0Ei6sWl8o6RBAyQ0wrDIO9_R_Rm-iM/s320/IMG_0180.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268919996923412098" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVu-GmhmYtOAx0gvg-_BQuApvJw_07_uFdzwwZXEECrr29-mo7VqUPTv8qdo2RDMFzV70D2XCF8M0k1QncPEgU1d36k9Kxo4bdOeHia_12uBMKqZY5jVfek5MS74UY-Q5RaPmOhkNpPc/s320/IMG_0162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268917653414221650" /><div><br /></div><div>Halloween here was ridiculous and for me was three days long because I ended up meeting someone who was leaving for the mountains the next day and invited me along. It also was complete with a surprise visit from Ching Chong Song, who played an awesome show here and made some friends. That's Julie in the picture above, on a bench with my friend Alain, with whom I went to the Laurentides, the mountains a couple hours north.</div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxE0uRLcfESXFfQHiY9zrqzZvX_tsR3uA4_8WZEpBQcT3pgkdT0hXhky2yQIKtUa4X2yrIF23YfdOtidxf7cec4MnMaYJxhQmCE7QFADMOJR0idkFCWKtxQfcE16MGQYgbWBRkNbJo1w/s320/IMG_0220.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268915635936471906" /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHEc1FtcVtsAsA51T_XasQDeFHRXGTnSReNLX-PBi8TwF_kQM6m_sKM0N-d00b2shOEb9nFtRsbDLZrnFuwA2mTX95vSYBP1TYm2_Rj2yjclDeDipP6nH9RWRSvVE_vjTa81xcwD0QBE/s320/IMG_0215.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268915627614035330" /><div><br /></div><div>If I can work a little harder on my français, things will really be perfect. They are perfect. I mean then they would be plus que parfait.</div><div><br /></div><div>I was, however, sorry to miss the recent celebration in NYC. My friend Claire Bowman reported to me that her subway ride home was complete with a car full of people holding a giant Obama banner that stretched the length of the car and singing the nation anthem together. I heard multiple reports of newly proud citizens singing it all over the city.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some pics, les rouelles, the alleys, here are kinda fascinating to me for some reason.</div><div>All for now. Now for all.</div><div>Love,</div><div>Peter</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLY9m22Uu0_ZbhWGae9nR-Pkg3wq9F7cLAr2UBNAqJA8a85fS017ONqiFgJBsYil8L5yd7fVomDH5HCnkKVh7QBsu-d95j8vWL8aHhYQJLuWzCz6hTpjcSHUwSL-hn55WIKxJOFFnyPY/s320/IMG_0107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268908113782871106" /><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUSG82mQDl0urYqrM0nMmvZyb9U8eoUsMi3txVlIXCsmYeeedDx9sH4Nxf8rBvJGmuGtieDVgCVLJ13Y-GaJid_CNoUWkKXVDKc1aDMdcSNjd12Y87H08Mwm7uw5bCGgkRNGhw2goJrc/s320/IMG_0086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268908108083103586" /><br /></div>Peter Nevinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315806092429093883noreply@blogger.com1