awake at 6:30 by sad bridge, his cousins having abandoned him in the night for their mother downstairs. trying to teach his heart one of life's major lessons: "it's not about you." much bumping about and leading the circus through various breakfast and morning needs then a little nap and then in to the unitarian church. a pretty genius service by lilli nye on thanksgiving, and the gee's bend community on the alabama river (google it). very heavy and whole. home and a little nap but not before a major incident at the discovery that i had accidently destroyed a jane's gift for her friend that she'd worked so hard on. up and a bass lesson for a friend and into work for another heavy day at work. fortunately it was about resolution of all the loose ends and spade work from friday. plus the sound man made major improvements to my monitor sound and for the first time in weeks i could hear what i play. so things seem now on course. after work i had dinner at the arpeggio cafe down the street from where we used to live, full of personal memories, morninings with baby bridge, and the counter woman who used to give us bagels still the same. took a chance to go over cambridge center for adult education to see if a guitar circle course would fit in. small circle tonight, with a guest observer, but things seemed to go well. metis, this idea from peter kingsley's book 'reality' is really the best description from where i currently sit of what it takes to run and work in the circle.