On the way back from the beach today, I had a scare when my guitar flew out of the back of the truck into the road (WARNING: a trash bag will protect your guitar case from the rain but will also create a nifty mainsail which will cause it to take flight at highway speeds). I heard a sickening THUNK and looked back to see a huge dump truck coming up on it just as we went over a hill out of sight. It took about 6 minutes to turn around and get back there, but miraculously no one hit it. I finally dared to open the case when we got home, but it seems to have lost nothing but a sense of tune.

I spent some time playing this evening and am learning The Weight. The only hard thing about that song is the lyrics, which are numerous and trippy. I’m actually glad to have finally looked them up, because I’ve always just muttered something like “takethelowoffehhhy” and had no idea what the words were.

Off to the grocery store with my ragged fingertips, since we’ve nowt in th’ hoose…