In the fall I had the wonderful opportunity to help celebrate the release of my friend Joe Reilly’s new CD, Planting Gardens at Fire in Kalamazoo.

This past summer (winter in South America) I spent doing archaeological field work in Bolivia. The majority of the time I was working in Potosí, but I had the opportunity to do some work on the Copacabana peninsula too. I even got to play an outdoor show at the fair for the Bolivian Independence Day weekend (6 of August).

Also in August, I had the opportunity to play for my friends while I visited them San Salvador, El Salvador. ¡Shout-outs y saludos a todos mis amigos allá en el barrio de La Chacra: Douglas, Reina, Fátima, Roberto, Mancho y más!

It is always a pleasure to play for family, as I am pictured below with my relatives in the Netherlands. The picture next to it was from a small concert in the spring at the Portage Public Library.