A few quick notes on the structure of this blog, since I’m too Type-A not to have an actual “structure” for anything in my life.

First of all, the lovely little dots at the top of the page are a repeated image of a rug from the collection of the extremely artistic Angela Adams. I think her designs are fabulously stylish – simultaneously modern and retro – and I hope one day to have a rug from her Studio Collection in my house. Until then, I content myself with her paper goods - some of which I bought at LolaCon. I think she’s a truly unique talent.

All of my blog entries are song names. Many of them are names of Phish songs (like today's!) but not all. If you want to know what song I’m referencing, email me.

The name of the blog, “A Live One,” is the name of the first album Phish released that contained all live songs. I owned this album when I was in college, never listened to it, and then sold it. (GASP!) It’s the only CD I’ve sold that I truly regret. Luckily, M had a copy that he brought with him when we got married. And it's not like we're hurting for live Phish CDs now.

The little description “If you would only start to live/One moment at a time” is a line from one of Phish’s newest songs (and one of my favorites) called “Scents and Subtle Sounds.” It's pretty blatant for a Phish lyric, but I like it since it’s pretty much a description of how I hoped to learn to live my life during my year off. Appropriately, I heard this song 5 times in 13 shows this summer, and it's at Phish shows where I’m often the most successful in taking life one moment at a time. (33 days!)

And now you all know.