Crescent Docks

Like many people (I think), listening to Auld Lang Syne—the traditional song that's played almost ad nauseam at the end of each year—evokes a bittersweet feeling. 2020 is no exception. I've never been more ready to turn the page to a new year, but I also want to hold close the memories of this scary, sad and extraordinary year. Over the last week of December 2020, I recorded this cover of Auld Lang Syne to express how I feel in the liminal space between this year and next.

Also, for Christmas 2019 my wife Amy gave me a keyboard because she knew I wanted to return to writing and recording music, which I hadn't done for years. Throughout 2020, I sat often to play and to record a handful of musical sketches, some of which I hope to finish in 2021. So something felt really appropriate to spend the last week of December creating music—an activity which calmed my anxiety and provided moments of faint hope for me throughout the past year.

Here's to saying goodbye but never forgetting 2020, specifically those we've lost. And here's to welcoming a new year filled with the possibility of healing, health and love.

Happy New Year!

Auld Lang Syne

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