SKIP ALLUMS

August already? Man this summer is flying past!

I’m in a rush to tie up some loose ends before I leave on a West Coast tour with Maggie Morris (which I’ll be documenting in a tour blog: Photograph That City)… so just a quick update for now. Life has thrown some welcome surprises at me lately, and I am so grateful.

My mother came to visit for a few days. I took her on a brief tour of my school, my office at work, as well as a handful of farmer’s markets.

We also made the trek to Alcatraz. I can’t believe I have waited so long to do that! People (including myself) often dismiss it as being too “touristy” an event, but it truly is a fascinating piece of SF/Bay history. Tons of pictures here and here. While she was here, I also picked up a new(ish) car… bidding farewell to my trusty old Saturn SL2. Meet Fizzy, my stately Nissan Altima!

I’ve been really getting back into video again these past few months, taking some joy in capturing brief little slices of my life in motion. I’ve been posting most of them on Vimeo, including this little video I made while volunteering at Camp Galileo, a science & art day camp for kids in the Bay Area.

Other than that, I’ve just been working a ton… and prepping for this tour. I’ve also found some time to continue working on my own songs, which can be found here.