What I’m Doing Now

It’s been a while since I updated this. But here’s the 14 September 2026 update:

MUSIC

  • Practicing new songs
  • Writing a new song every month
  • Practicing with Looper pedal
  • Planning upcoming albums: Sci Fi Drinking Songs 2
  • Practicing Celtic Nerdy Knotwork designs
  • Looking for new ways to boost Patreon membership
  • Planning to write a book called How to Write Drinking Songs
  • Creating lessons for autoharp student with goal to make a 30-day autoharp workshop
  • Editing short videos for socials
  • Releasing new album pins on Bandcamp
  • Promoting next livestream
  • Designing new ways to promote pins conventions
  • Write new Hobbit song
  • Set Witcher song to music?
  • Create a Patreon commercial series
  • Setting Shopify site for sales page

BOOKING

  • Looking at Spring shows
  • Promoting upcoming shows
  • Trying to improve my booking practice
  • Considering a spring or winter tour

MAY WILL BLOOM

  • Practicing cover songs to play with MWB.
  • Promoting Lost Druid show on Sept 27

BROBDINGNAGIAN BARDS

  • Promoting new album pins
  • Reviewing Dragon Con recordings
  • Record Bard songs for next album: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Time Travel(?)
  • Considering new banner for Bards table

CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS

  • Considering creating a weekend songwriting retreat
  • Planning Celtic Invasion of Isle of Skye in 2027
  • Trying to decide if I can and should do a second Skye trip.

IRISH & CELTIC MUSIC PODCAST

  • Recording weekly episodes, two weeks in advance.
  • Planning Kickstarter for next Celtic PodFest
  • Planning vendors for Celtic PodFest

PUB SONGS & STORIES

  • Planning next episode and setting a deadline to record on 15th of the month

IN THE ‘VERSE PODCAST

  • Waiting on Firefly TV show reboot

NERDY WONDERLAND

  • Accepting vendors

PERSONAL

  • Exercising at the gym at least twice a week.
  • Walking three days a week with mother-in-law’s dog
  • Planning next dungeons and dragons campaign
  • Watching Doctor Who with Inara and Kenzie
  • Planning Gwen’s birthday weekend