this may not make much sense, but I will try anyway. for a lot of the last six months I’ve been able to just keep time. wrestling with the inexplicable. learning to become and be something different. it’s been an unavoidable collision with myself and the world. plenty of pain, loads of laughter. incredible love. keeping time.

those closest to me know my special affinity for four things: notre dame football, star wars, playing music, and pearl jam. it’s funny, i can listen to any song in the pearl jam catalog & i am taken to the exact place where i was introduced to it.

when owen was in the hospital, i put together a playlist that would allow me to meditate as i laid next to him. that playlist included songs from throughout the pearl jam catalog. that music allowed me to go to a different, albeit not always peaceful, place. it was both a diversion and a familiarity that was welcome and needed.

playing music has always been a great place for me to dive into the deep. so, today, as i mark time and the sixth month anniversary of the world changing forever, i share a track from pearl jam vs. that i covered and recorded the other day in my one man fake band, ghostman on second. it fits my mood for today (and helps me keep time). here it is: