I've taken most of this new year to homestead, cultivating the collection of songs that I believe will become the next record.  Some I've futzed with for too long, but just can't seem to give up on.  Others I just haven't given the time or wasn't ready to write, and was hoping this downtime would give them space to mature.  The results?  I'll have to let them cool before I know how tasty they are or aren't, but in the meantime, I'm happy to get back out and play them to strangers.