Meredith and I got together with our friends (and soon to be married!), Zach and Londa. We met in Kent, at the (aptly named) Kent Stage to see David Wilcox in concert again. The four of us saw Dave last year together, and Mer and I have seen Dave at least 5-6 times over the last 15 years. We are both big fans of Dave – his songs tend to start out about the ordinary or the small, and then you suddenly realize he has made a large or even universal application out of the song. A good example from last night was a song inspired by his wife’s leg healing after it broke; he decided to write a song about talking to the bone cells that were growing. He tried to explain to them how they were just small and he could not explain how they were part of a bigger, more complicated system. Then you suddenly realize that Dave is not singing to or about cells anymore….

Dave did two sets, lasting about two-and-a-half hours. He did almost all new stuff; he has an album about to come out. Some of his songs were so new he was still reading them off of sheets of paper. They were good, and I’m looking forward to the album (once we sell the house).

I love getting together with Zach and Londa – they have such joy, and it is fun to be around a couple so excited about each other. It reminds me that I’m very lucky to have a good ‘un like Mer. We bought the tickets for the concert with the last of our anniversary money (from August). Happy anniversary, honey!