I Know The Sky Up Above

My first uncomfortable but mild sunburn of the year was last Monday; the white pasty winter has ended.
I sit here writing as I realize that I have so little to say else-wise of this week.

I did write one song ‘The Girl I Knew From Before’.
After a few of the tracks were recorded, I was thinking of Gentle Giant.
I significantly changed the pitch of my vocal recording to shape it in a more drawn out manor.
The Voorholes upcoming album needs all of the original content and variety that can be produced;
I hope to produce much more stuff in the future.

Driving Range

 
‘The Girl I Knew From Before’
The Voorholes
2014

I won’t do anything for you.
I’ll lay down on the floor and scream your going to open the door.
I’ll put my hand on your knee and say “make me free”.

I’ve nothing better to do, I laugh until I cry from what you’re going through.
The sky is always gray; sometimes the wind doesn’t blow that way.
Yeah!
Yeah!
I wake up and I refrain from calling it pain, it just feels like rain.

I know the sky up above; I see it from the ground when I’m growing old.
I see you looking around, I don’t suppose it’s because the world is round.
I don’t mean to be square; I would really like it if you would care.

 
 ‘The Last Civilized Mile’
MPK
2014

I want more semi-fun recordings that contain my vocals.

Songs I Never Played Away From Home

Earlier this week, I was pleased to finally release 'In Celebration of Blindness'.
Over two months of 'a day or two' ultimately resulted in a one hour collection of music.

 

‘In Celebration of Blindness (Reprise)’
MPK
2014

Nanticoke Creek never appears quite like this image but,
the adjusted color scheme is suitable for display adjacent to my videos.

 

 ‘I Couldn’t See Me’
MPK
2014

I didn't use any vocal tracks on 'In Celebration of Blindness', 

I want to put something together in the months ahead.

In Celebration of Blindness (2014-04)

Front Cover

In Celebration of Blindness (2014-04)

Center Insert

In Celebration of Blindness (2014-04)

Back Cover

I Continue To Drink Coffee

As I lay in bed, I increasingly realize that I have not had a cup of coffee.
I am most comfortable when I make the coffee the night before and place a full cup of coffee at the head of my bed.
This morning, I had no coffee at the head of my bed, only the breeze from a ceiling fan in my face.
At 09:00 AM, the local public broadcasting radio station changes their programing from the Morning Edition to classical music.
I am accustomed to reaching over and re-tuning the radio to the second public radio station that continues with the Morning Edition.
Through the years, the '9 AM switchover' has become an imbedded routine that consists of rolling over and tuning a radio as I usually gulp down a full cup of coffee.

I took a few photographs on Sunday and,
I decided to enhance them to coincide with the music that I am using in this blog.
The ambient temperature in this photograph is over 60°F (15°C).

‘All Pretty and Blue’
MPK
2014

 ‘A Cracker Jack Tattoo With Very Little To Do’
Cerro Cockworm and The Batter
2014

I’m tired and I’m worn.
I don’t think I’ll ever win against the storm.
In my mind, a picture of you is a Cracker-Jack Tattoo;
Something that’ll wash off with very little to do.

Days go by on the planet Earth.
You can live alone.
You can die without…..
You can die without…..
You can die without…..
Ever thinking forth…..
Ever thinking forth…..
Ever thinking forth…..
You can die without ever thinking forth.

Presented here on the planet Earth,
You can die without ever thinking forth,
Ever thinking forth.

Days go by and years collide,
People hold their hands out wide.

 ‘Around For Awhile’
MPK
2014

A Hint of Spring

On this Saturday,
  North Eastern Virginia proved to be a pleasant surprise.
Although I am a bit tired, the weather is beautiful.
I am enjoying my first day of spring south of my home in Upstate New York.

 Blossoms abound throughout the area.

  
‘And That’s The Way It Went’
MPK
2014

 

‘Known Before’

MPK

2014

 
‘Within Me Around You’
MPK
2014

I want to finish up the album soon but,
I'm thinking of several ambitious vocal projects.

Food and Coffee

Well rested and drinking coffee.

  As the tractor trailer truck rolls through the night into the bright dawn of the new day,
it is time to rest.
The company provides lodging and $23 per overnight trip for meals.
I am realizing that I should be bringing food from home that I would prepare as pre-cooked ready to eat meals.
Although I try to keep the carbohydrates down, it can't be ideal to live on chicken-wings and chili.
The A&P supermarket sells cooked food at $5.99 per pound, although there are many choices, it usually is several pounds of chicken wings. Later in the night, I usually snack on Wendy's chili.

It would be wiser to snack on protein bars and pre-packaged meals.
At this point, I have a small and growing list of items that I need for my job;
I can easily obtain all of them from Wal-Mart.

Perhaps, on the next trip, I will be a bit more situated with meals so as to make everything a bit more comfortable.

 ‘Monday Rain’
MPK
2014

 ‘A Thought To The Side’
MPK
2014

Halftime During A Delivery

MPK in a hotel room.

Before Interstate 80 was conceptualized to any great extent,
back in the 1930's,
there was Federal  (US) Highway 46.
It was one of several vital links to the George Washington Bridge.
New Jersey State Route 3 branches off to the Lincoln Tunnel.
Nearby, US 202 intersects and US 22 is in parallel to the south.


Truck driving can be a lot of hard work; there is more than driving.
I am in a hotel in New Jersey so that I can rest to continue with my deliveries the next day.
I am willing to continue forward with this type of work because it enables me to exist better than I have with other jobs.

I'm not too far from home but, I'm looking at the long road ahead.

 ‘180 over 70’
MPK
2014
I weigh 180 lbs.
I am standing over Interstate Hwy. 70.

 ‘A Turn Around Midnight’
MPK
2014