Simplify. Serpentine.

Simplify.
Serpentine.
Down to the essentials.

Best to stay light on our feet.

Lots of time to be alone.
The trick is to be alone, without feeling lonely.

It helps to shelter in place with a good companion.
Try our best not to drive each other mad.

The highlight of every day has been a long walk on the lakefront:
Sunshine.
Blue sky.
Trees.
Water.
Motion.
We are alive, and  attracted to living things.
It is a big, beautiful world, virus or no virus.

Simplify.
Serpentine.

The a.m. soundtrack - Paul McCartney's "McCartney" (1970).  Paul's first solo record. Unadorned. No George Martin sweetening. No other Beatles. A home-made affair. Recorded on basic home-recording equipment at Paul's home in St. John's Wood. It was the end of the Beatles and the beginning of a long, amazing career for Beatle Paul. Who has had a better life? One of the great voices in music. An incredibly gifted musician. Undoubtably a musical genius. This record is all Paul. Turns out he can play every instrument better than pretty much anyone else. I love the rawness of the record. So un-Beatle-like in many ways, but still that great voice and musical sensibility. Some of these songs sound like sketches and "toss-offs" but it's so good. Loose. I think Paul felt liberated to just create on his own. A love-letter to his wife Linda. The radio staple "Maybe I'm Amazed" is found here. I love hearing Paul play drums, you can hear him working out, with lots of heavy-breathing on "Kreen-Akore." A perfect lockdown, stay at home record. Simplify!