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Developing Muscle Memory
A few years ago I was put on daily medicine to treat hypertension. I was getting headaches. When my doctor tested my blood pressure it...
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May 2, 20216 min read


Here I Go Putting Myself Out There...
I am so happy to be married. Relax everyone, this isn’t another love note to my wife (although one more is never too many! LOVE YOU...
docwattson
Apr 25, 20219 min read


High Time to Tell The WHOLE Story....
Editors note: This week’s post is about MY journey. I am keeping some of the anecdotal stories vague in this one in order to be...
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Apr 18, 202112 min read


Little Bit of Light
Sometimes finding your voice means knowing when others are speaking your language. I wrote a week or so ago that I rarely if ever...
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Apr 11, 20218 min read


Luck-Making and The Art of Coincidence
Several years growing up my mom (and sometimes dad) would pack the station wagon to the gills and make the trek from Evanston, Illinois...
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Apr 4, 20216 min read


How Deep Though Art? (Critiquing the Critic)
This week’s post is for all the kids whose favorite memory from childhood is when Mister Rogers went to the crayon factory and you got to...
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Mar 28, 20216 min read


Battling the Odds (I suck at Math)
“Think of How Smart the Average American is Now Think Half of ‘em are dumber than that” - George Carlin OK, I don’t suck at math. I...
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Mar 21, 20216 min read


The Anticipation is (Maybe Literally) Killing Me
I started feeling the physical manifestations of anxiety long before I knew what was causing it. In fifth grade our school planned a...
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Mar 14, 20214 min read


Progress Behind Patience
“I sit in silence resting tenuously in the clearing Fatigued, conserving energy til enemies appearing… Silence interrupted by the ringing...
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Mar 7, 20216 min read


Let The Sun Shine
It’s a little hazy this morning, but if that means all the snow is off my roof, I will take it. I know I said I loved snow in the very...
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Feb 28, 20214 min read


Brighter Days Ahead (literally!)
I love snow. And I know that’s a super unpopular opinion right now. Sure, I hate shoveling snow. And I hate sleet, slush, ice. It’s no...
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Feb 21, 20214 min read


Love Letters aren't strange (Who do I have to shout it to?)
I am writing this entry a little earlier this weekend so I can focus on spending time with my special lady friend, aka my life partner...
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Feb 12, 20212 min read


If you build it...
When I was in high school I was presented with a dilemma. I LOVED music. Over a third of my classes in my senior year were in the Arts...
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Feb 8, 20214 min read


Sing the Sad Song (It might help)
Winter is always rough for me. It could be the shortened days. It could be seasonal affected related. It could be the lack of activity,...
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Feb 1, 20214 min read


The calm AFTER the storm
In just a few days my wife receives her second dose of the vaccine. In approximately 95 days, our current sitting president pledges for...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read


Fighting the Symptoms
I took a really long break from being creative for basically my thirties. The last song I'd recorded in a studio was 2012, and before...
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Jan 17, 20216 min read


The Paradox of Progress
I write this blog post after over a year dormant. The posting was never consistent, but over a year is terrible for ANY web content, much...
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Jan 10, 20213 min read


Not All Quiet on the Western suburban front
Nobody really cares what the building looks like before it's finished. It's why when talking about a building in progress, they tend to...
docwattson
Oct 10, 20192 min read


A Peace of Mind - Reflections on Secret Sessions
I stand out. There is no ego behind that statement. It is an objective observation. I'm big. I have a weird sense of humor. I laugh with...
docwattson
Sep 8, 20193 min read


Over the river and through the woods
Daywalkerz fam representing at the Music in the Woods Festival 2019!
docwattson
Aug 24, 20194 min read
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