While thinking of what I am about to write, the only that really comes to mind is the song by Eminem:

Guess who's back
Back again
Shady's back
Tell a friend
Guess who's back, guess who's back
Guess who's back, guess who's back
Guess who's back, guess who's back
Guess who's back

Well, you need to understand, I am an "artist" (needs to be said with an accent)

I need space, I need moments of silence, and sometimes I need to write, on a piece of paper, none of that electronic crap.
If I could, I would have found a typewriter, to get that Bukowski style going on for a few months, maybe growing a moustache, write a memoir or short stories, but I just know where I am going with this...

Of course I know, I was writing songs. Some of them, I've been writing them for 10 years, it's a chorus there, an idea on a piece of paper, I gathered all that shit in a school book and I am pretty much trying to make sense of it all, 15 songs, but it's moving forward like a sparkles fueled rocket ship lead by Ziggy Stardust, "Ground Control To Major Toooom".

It's my third album, you would think by then I know how to make an album, but this time around, I am doing everything in a chaotic way. I was telling to Dvine a week ago that "I am done with music, fuck it!" only to realize that I will never be done with music, it's just a part of who I am, the self hating process is a bonus.

I can already hear you say "shit, what's going on with Ed? Poof he was gone, then he starts rambling about stuffs, I heard he moved to El Salvador to join a cult" (shaking your head).

Wrong!!! Completely wrong!!

So, in all honesty, we had a moment of uncertainty like the rest of the world, we thought that was it, and eventually that wasn't "it" per say, and everything is going back to normal, until it doesn't, if you know what I mean.

So we took that moment of calm (clam?) before the storm, to get a plan going, for the next few months! France is cool, we love it, but we gotta see some shit, so from September to December, I announce that we will be normally travelling to Spain, and then Portugal.

Before that in August, there is a chance to go to South Africa for 2 weeks! Boom! My Spanish team, hola back!
My homies from South Africa, get the braai ready!
Friend from Portugal, get the prawns all spiced up!

We thought, that because the kids are homeschooled and we work from home, we might as well see a few countries around Europe, and have fun with it.

Of course, it takes a little bit of organization, especially I still want to catch some of the harvesting window(s) on our farm in France, so it's going to be fun to drive to Spain, drop the kids and wife, then later during the month going back home to harvest potatoes, tomatoes, and all the others "oes".

I can't wait to talk about it in a garden journal, but of course I want to keep some suspense going (tin tin tin!!!), I am already saying too much!

Back to the album, for now, and it's the first time I operate like this, I decided to actually not record anything yet, but write down every songs, play them live and making recordings of them.
The rule of thumb: If the song sounds great with just a guitar, it will sound great when I add more instruments. I also wanted to wait for a discount on a specific laptop 😃.

I have to admit, that my days have also shifted from being totally focused on Hive daily, to going through an introspective journey, also spiritual, and borderline shamanic, though I don't know how much I am able to mention here, but it involves magic truffles, and an empty stomach.
As you can see I was just trying to find for some ways to open my mind and find the peace I was looking for, and it...worked! 😗

I am super calm all the time, like super chilled, and everything is just flowing perfectly, I think what we've learned this year, is that the plan(s) always change(s). It's just about finding the right balance of plan making, improvisation, and clarity while everyone else is losing their shit.

In the meantime it's important to use those moments of "breathing" to lay out what matters in your life, and not looking too much into what obstacles that might come your way, but embracing every moves on the chess board, like it was premeditated, with intent.

I am also going to force myself to play some covers again, just because it helps me keeping a goal each week, to record something for threespeak or youtube, depending on the mood. I am currently working on a song called "If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Note, I have to scout some locations this week to find a cool spot to record, the weather is getting very nice in the South.

So that's pretty much it, I am going to pace myself to make sure I don't burn out 😉, I know some of you know exactly what I mean, this thing we're doing here takes time, but I also realized how much I missed it, we aren't a huge community, but I miss reading some posts, getting some news from my blockchain friends, and just writing stuffs that nobody is reading haha. For one thing, I think we are all writing for ourselves, just to keep track of our life progresses and achievements.

That's it for today, if you think I missed an important post you can always drop it in the comments, I'll check it out!

Oh I forgot, I will be gigging a little bit around Europe, so if you want to see me play somewhere, hook me up! I am working with a loop station so I am a very compact human being.

Thank you beautiful person, for reading this, whoever you are, everything is going to be alright!