The Weblog of Daniel Tashian

Returned home to find Leslie had gone to Home Depot and rented a tiller (!!!) with which she has plowed the backyard AND planted a vegetable garden! Go Leslie! But these new developments were tinged with sadness, because one of our beloved cats, Baby Frances left home and has not returned. This has been especially [...]

So we were determined to make a dent in the ever-growing population of weeds which has invaded our garden. So we turned to a product by Easy Gardner called Weedblock! This is excellent stuff! You lay it down, put mulch over it, and, supposedly, no weeds! Our garden is currently so weed infested, it [...]

Returning from the 1st leg of the U.S. Josh Rouse tour, I was again greeted with a torrent of un-opened mail and lots of beautiful green trees and plants! Leslie ordered quite a lot of spring plants (which came ALIVE in a little cardboard box with holes in it) from Gurney’s. So far, we’ve [...]

So…I’m backstage at NY’s Prestigious Irving Plaza, well rested after a night on the couch of my good friend and fellow songwriter Greta Gaines We watched a funny “stoner” movie called “Harold and Kumar go to White Castle” which introduced me to my favorite new term: “The Business Hippie” Then we watched a frightening “hard [...]

Last night’s show in East Lansing was cancelled, due to the Spartans being in the final four! This was exciting, so we went to the Bennigans and watched the game over delicious foodstuffs! This was a very “Michigan” thing to do, but the Spartans lost, so the atmosphere became sort of…less than exciting. So, back [...]