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Do you know what I mean ? It could be a real spiritual time if you let it . But I ’ m going to be celebrating a bunch of holidays , straight through . So I ’ m going to go from solstice / Christmas to spring / Easter / equinox and then on to the fourth of July . So I ’ m just going to keep decorating and having fun with my mementos and my antiques and my little vintage things that I keep finding everywhere . So I ’ m trying to make my habitat safe but also amusing , and I seem to be doing a pretty good job of that . So let ’ s hope I can keep it up .
IE : Have you immersed yourself in any of your other pursuits ? Painting ? Writing ?
EC : I ’ ve done some creative stuff . But mostly , I ’ ve just had the whole year to be at home with my dog . And I ’ ve never had that before . So in a way , it ’ s kind of like a blessing because she ’ s older , and it ’ s been great to be able to spend all this time together . She ’ s a little dog , but she ’ s really sweet . And one thing ’ s for sure — your dog is always happy to see you . So I dunno . I do some art , a bit of writing , and I ’ ve actually been sending mail to people , kinda reaching out through the U . S . Mail . And I ’ ve always bought stamps . But I feel really lucky to have all these friends , and
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we all periodically write to each other , out of the blue . So I ’ ve been doing that , and cooking all my own food and cleaning my own house and taking the dog for a walk — that ’ s it . And I ’ ll go to the farmers ’ market every once in a while , but mostly I just stay home . I ’ m just about like everyone else — I ’ m still hangin ’ in there . I try to get as much information as I can . And generally , with information , you have a million pieces of information , and none of them overlap or match up , so it ’ s really hard to make any decisions . Whereas if you have TWO pieces of information — like , this is the positive , this is the negative , this
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Barry Gibb Greenfields : The Gibb Brothers ' Songbook Casper Clausen Better Way Tony Glaus When It All Comes Crashing Down Viagra Boys Welfare Jazz Midnight Sister Painting The Roses Shame Drunk Tank Pink Sleaford Mods Spare Ribs You Me at Six SUCKAPUNCH
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Kiwi Jr . Cooler Returns Rhye Home Steve Hackett Under A Mediterranean Sky Thee Conductor Spirit Of A Ghost TRZTN Royal Dagger Ballet
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Ani DiFranco Revolutionary Love Arlo Parks Collapsed In Sunbeams Chris Garneau The Kind Goat Girl On All Fours Langhorne Slim Strawberry Mansion Lawrence Rothman Good Morning , America Lia Ices Family Album Lucero When You Found Me Steven Wilson THE FUTURE BITES Besnard Lakes Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings The Notwist Vertigo Days Aaron Lee Tasjan Tasjan ! Tasjan ! Tasjan ! Femi Kuti and Made Kuti Legacy + Foo Fighters Medicine At Midnight ( FEBRUARY 5 )
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