Comes time, one must make cuts.

Three songs, causing me great pain and suffering, have been lopped off the record. Next Time, Till I Get it Right, and Ready or Not are the casualties. The cause of death is immaterial. It is sad, as death is, in some ways, sad.

Yet it is also invigorating, and after sentences were meted out, the record deepened in scope and sharpened in focus. The record I set out to make is the record that, finally, is being made.

I may return to these songs some day. But this is not that day.

Forging onward, strings have been completed, and lyrics for the final song, the so-called "Dobro Song," are done. It is now christened "Wander Away." This will mess up the filing system in the hard drive. Oh, well.

As for bold strokes with sharp objects, I recommend it highly. What is worthy will survive.

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