Well. Yesterday I said I may make a couple of announcements about my projects this week. Here are three, although in reality they are announcements that I’m going to make an announcement.
1. I have been working on the first album of songs in 15 years by folk singer-songwriter w.p. bluhm., titled New Dog, Old Tricks. Later this week I plan to release the first single from that album, “Song For My Daughter,” for downloading and streaming.
2. I have been working on my 10th book compiling posts from this blog, titled See the World! Later this week I plan to send the book to the printers for a proof copy, and I hope to announce that pre-orders are being taken within days after that.
3. The other day I wrote about a suite of folk songs I wrote in the 1980s, built around the story of “Sweet Sarah Wilde,” and said, “I have never performed all eight songs together for an audience, not even to a close friend or companion. I resolved Tuesday morning to do so, and soon.” I had a preliminary conversation this weekend about staging a performance at a local venue later this spring or early summer.
In 21 days I plan to retire as a news reporter-editor, a job I have held at various outlets for 50 years. I’ve been wondering when I would get serious about my life after retirement. Turns out the answer was today.
