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Friday, 30 January 2009 21:45

contacts: 2 vision: 0

Having worn glasses, off and on, since the fourth grade, I decided
recently to give contact lenses another shot. I tried them briefly a
long time ago, but with the sleeping on planes and fear of losing my
eyelashes one by one, it just wasn’t the right time.

Well, now is the right time. I’m not touring at the moment, so it's
easier to get into the routine, and I’m accepting the fact my eyes may
suffer premature baldness.

So far my contacts and I have had a fairly clear arrangement: I wake
up and put them in their place. Sure, then can be a little squirrelly
and resist at first, but they quickly see things my way. This morning
it seems our relationship was a bit blurred and my lenses put up an
unprecedented fight. After two separate 15 minute sessions with them
in front of the mirror I decided to ignore the little punks for the
rest of the day, and spend it instead, focusing the neglected
relationship with my old glasses frames. Tomorrow when I greet them
again, we will act as though nothing happened. And I will win.

A couple weeks ago I joined Fiction Family on tour in the midwest. The
day before I arrived in the white city it had boasted its coldest day
in ten years. The band’s rented splitter van was not super excited
about the cold and every day was an adventure to see if it would turn
over and go. If and when it did start, we had to keep it running
even when we stopped during the drive. Don’t be concerned by the
empty, van idling in the parking lot for the last 45 minutes, we’re
just about to pay our bill....

Fiction Family is a band led by my brother Sean and fellow San Diegan
Jon Foreman. They made a record over the last couple years, between
Nickel Creek and Switchfoot (Jon’s band) touring, and it just came out
on Jan 20th. The record came out great and I’m stoked for them. I
joined their tour for four shows as sort of a utility person, which is
a new, and very fun role for me to play. I get to pound away on the
piano, strum a little bit of mandolin, sing or play fiddle. The band
and crew are awesome and I’m looking forward to hopping back on the
tour with them for the west coast run in February as well.

I left the guys and the van in New York to play a showcase for ASCAP
at the Sundace Film Festival. I even got to see a couple movies:
Crude, a documentary and Push, a fiction move, very good. Intense.

Back at home now, practicing for a solo show with the wonderful Tom
Brousseau in the Little Room at Largo. Gonna go meet my husband for
lunch!

Hope you all are great!
Sara

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