Happy May! I spent the past couple days redecorating my poetry website— pages 21-38 now have new pictures. I kind of had a breakthrough. I finally figured out how to treat colored pencil drawings to make them look right. We'll get into that when I post some of those here. But meanwhile, have some wild irises.

I got the new Bob Dylan and I've listened to it a couple of times. His voice is hoarser than ever, but he still manages to make it an expressive and emotional instrument. This one doesn't have the regular fast song/slow song alternation of Love and Theft and Modern Times, and the horns and accordian add a new character to what are mostly blues tunes. Robert Hunter helped out with the lyrics this time, but Dylan seems to dominate. Except for a line or two, it all sounds more like Dylan lyrics than Hunter lyrics. The songs are a bit shorter, mostly in the 3-5 minute range, so the album's also a bit shorter.