The New CD

Well the Prairie Dogs have moved one step closer to legitimacy with the launching of their site at CDBaby.com. Lisa, my good friend in Indiana, has been helping me with the Prairie Dogs home page and right now all these things are starting to gel. I am humbled by the hard work all my friends have done to help me get these sites to the place that they are today, they have given their time and artistic talents for free and for that I am truly grateful.

There’s a feeling around the trailer park that we’re at the start of a very good year. It’s an intangible feeling really, it’s not like I can put my finger on any one thing. Getting the CD out was one step, settling our case with the hospital was another. There’s a feeling around here that we’ve pushed our way to the top of this hill and we’re just about to start on our way down.

The sun being out lately has helped as well. Sweetie, being a lifetime Tacoman, doesn’t seem to mind the gray as much as I do. It’s as if her body was born with an extra store of vitamin D that is accessed when the weather becomes too much. Myself, I run out just about now. Spending the short winter days staring out the window with my arms pulled up under my armpits, squinting into the fog for a patch of sun to break through.

Things are just starting to slow down here at the mill as well. The first of the year tends to kick everyone’s ass at first, but after a few weeks we get caught up and things start to get back to normal. I'm thinking that should help getting this site updated more often then it has been.

Please take a look around the cdbaby.com Prairie Dogs site if you get the chance. For those of you who already own a CD, Thank You. For those of you who don’t, you can listen to all the songs there, and make up your own mind. Oh and if you really want to charm me, spend a little time writing a review. At the very least, someone might say, “well, at least their friends like them.”

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