Real Estate – November

Hello friends. It is November. Every year I think, I really can’t do this thing; it’s silly, no one cares, and I know I will crap out at some point. However, I worry if I don’t even show up, people will think I’ve disappeared altogether.

The state of the world is so awful and chaotic, and I don’t feel remotely qualified to speak on any of it. No one needs my two cents anyway. At the same time, ignoring current events and posting about music could come across as the oblivious, self-indulgent, ignorant musings of a privileged, white, middle-aged woman. I feel like my regulars know that’s not what I’m about but I am conflicted. This is my place for celebrating the power of music, and songs that have held me together. In dark times I find music is even more necessary than when things are going well. But it is so very dark and I am worn down by everything.

I don’t know where this leaves me, but I wanted to say, I am not gone.