Wedding tonight. An old friend, Jeff, hugged me hard. His father, my dad's best friend, died this year.

Throughout the night people asked me if I was happy. I said Yes, things are wonderful, because in that moment they were. Family is very excited about the new album, but only because it's a field they've never explored, and the idea of making an album seems exotic to them.

When Jeff said goodbye to me he told me he was glad to see me smiling, that it seemed like it had gone away for a while. Never thought he noticed. I never noticed.