#thebeforetimes

Another throwback to the very beginning of the pandemic but before the shut down. I was trying not to let the worry set in and take over. Makeup has always been a bit of war paint for me. #waybackwednesday #thebeforetimes #singerstyle🎶🎶🎶 #thevintagesinger https://www.instagram.com/p/CZyKx6juywe/?utm_medium=tumblr

Remember when I wore makeup every day? I miss this. I also miss sleep… anxiety based insomnia sucks. #throwback #thebeforetimes #vintagestyle #thevintagesinger #singerstyle🎶🎶🎶 (at Bergdorf Goodman) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZtugmju8mt/?utm_medium=tumblr

I have been lax on participating in @adventword, last year being particularly hard for a number of reasons. This year, things will be different, and it begins with a #Promise. So what does a United States Passport have to do with the first #adventword of 2021. Well, it has everything to do with my mom. In #TheBeforeTimes, my wife @pjballantine and I made a deal with my mom to take her to #NewZealand so she could enjoy a little adventure overseas. I was really having a worry that my mom was going to put this off until the very last moment. Then, on arriving for #thanksgivingdinner this weekend, my mom proudly showed off to me and my #Kiwi wife her brand new passport. This is the value in keeping a promise. It gives us #hope. It offers is a #goal to strive for. It builds or reinforces #trust. Promises, like words, have impact, especially when carried out; so promises should never be given lightly. It is a test of character—and a test of #faith—when you make a promise as it says a lot about you in making it happen. Mom kept her part of the deal. Now it is up to Pip and me to uphold our promise. Here we go… #advent #christmas #holiday #adventcalendar #2021 #episcopalian #movingforward #newadventures #newmemories #family #travel https://www.instagram.com/p/CW1oFyOsGc5/?utm_medium=tumblr

Hammond Report, 16 July 2021, Jazz Gig, The Before Times, Auster Bar, Hotel Atlantic Hamburg, Musician Stories, Hammond Organ, Hamburg Germany, podcast, Jon Hammond, bye bye now

I find myself taking pictures of things that would have never been acceptable in my life in #TheBeforeTimes I would not have had the patience or tollerance to deal with it. Now, I take a pic, say, it is what it is, and realign to what I feel is more important. I find making a nice woodstock is very satisfying, and it brings a feeling of accomplishment. Last year, I had not time nor inclination. Now, the mess is in cue, and will have it's time and day. The internal wood pile will be done, when #Winter ends, and that is as fast as it needs to happen. #Grace #Learning #Patience #ChoppingWoodCarryingWater #ForestLove #YourEveryDaySanta #Eudaemonius #ThingsYouLearnInAPandemic #TheBabblingsOfAHomeBoundPrisoner (at Boulder Creek, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMvkrEWDiJ6uxyjiMIgbZ6tFSjKcaU-bYVMLLM0/?igshid=7u71zax5o0cl

Last photo on my feed taken #thebeforetimes The next was taken after, that’s one thing I’m looking forward to. Having something be after https://www.instagram.com/p/CMTO-_dFWcV/?igshid=1ima4py6vqc69

I miss traveling. I miss those hotel bathroom selfies. I miss that red hair. I miss human contact and conversation. Hugs. Connection. All of it. What do you miss? #latina #tbt #thebeforetimes #hotelselfie #redhair #slytherin https://www.instagram.com/p/CKCrjDFHCb7/?igshid=jm9uwld235ft

Damn. I really miss seeing my Fruit Stand family IRL. What a difference one unprecedented year makes. — I miss all of your faces! — #yesterdayatapple #thebeforetimes #precovid (at Apple Lynnhaven Mall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIkAvVBBZlq/?igshid=c4k8nbll3i17