Sad news today that songwriter Dan Fogelberg has passed away at age 56 after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. I discovered Fogelberg's music at about the same age my sons are now (14 & 15). My habit in the day was to find new artists to listen to by devouring the liner notes of albums by the artists I admired. I first found Dan Fogelberg listed as a backup musician on Jackson Browne's Late For The Sky album; I soon owned Fogelberg's first three albums, which were followed by many more.

With last night's posts, you might have noticed a couple of loose ends being tied up. I'm trying to get loose ends tied up all over the place, because.. As of this afternoon, I'm on vacation until the morning of July 10th. Other than some "deferred" posts which will show up on the DWWTWT? thread next week (and reportage on the Redmond Raiders' (Kyle's 13U All-Star team) progress in the District tournament, of course), I'm expecting this space to be largely silent over the next week and a half. Technical