Had a fine time Saturday night at Pikes Perk. Thanks to everyone who came out to show support and those who tuned in online. Sorry for the lousy audio on the live webcam feed. Need to get that sorted before the next time.

If you’re subscribed to the mailing list, then you already know that I gave away 2 copies of the Andrew Peterson novel to Jeff Hyatt and Jay Sluyter.

And, if you’re subscribed to my mailing list, you are also aware of the fact that I’ve been asked to present a Dove Award to someone this Wednesday evening in Nashville. I was asked by the Pre-show producer to be a presenter at this year’s festivities. Should be a kick. I’ll try to post an update here with the time I’ll be on stage. Keep an eye on my twitter feed as well for updates.

The pre-show (where they hand out most of the awards) isn’t televised like the main show on the Gospel Music Channel (check local cable listings) but it will be broadcast on Godtube.com. Hopefully they’ll offer an embeddable player that I can put here on my blog Wednesday morning. The pre-show begins at 4:30pm ET.

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UPDATE: I’m presenting with Need to Breathe and I’ll be doing 4 Dove Awards about 1/4 into the pre-show. I’m guessing it will be around 5:30pm CT. If I do any more current updates, they’ll be at twitter.com/jeffcaylor.

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Well, I’m back from Asia and almost caught up to the Mountain time zone. I have a few bits of news, so I’ll try to keep each one fairly brief.

New Podcast Tonight with a Super-Cool Announcement
I’m going to post a new podcast tonight. It will be simple. Mainly, I need to do the drawing for the Andrew Peterson book giveaway. Also, there’s a very cool announcement that I’m making, so be sure to tune in for it! If you’re on the mailing list, you’ll find out there, too. I may put a new song in the podcast too. It depends on how much time I have tonight.

And the Winner is… Me

I got an email this morning letting me know that this site was picked as the FuelMyBlog site of the day. Yea! I’d like to thank the Academy and also Taco Bell. And of course the fine folks at FuelMyBlog. Thanks Sylvie and Kevin!

Live Music This Saturday Night
I’m playing at Pikes Perk at 8pm this Saturday night in Colorado Springs. We’ll be at the location near Powers and Research. First time in this venue. Jon is on drums and Mark is on bass. We’ll be debuting a couple of brand new songs, so you don’t want to miss it! Come out for the music, stay for the coffee. Or vice versa. Either way, we hope to see you there! If you can’t make it or you’re from another state/country/planet, I’ll try to stream via USTREAM once again. It’s always dependent on the local wi-fi situation. Hopefully we’ll get the audio sorted this time.

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This is in front of Starbucks in Beijing (Chaoyang District). Manu is a good friend from Germany who doesn’t wear lederhosen (very often). He’s also an excellent bass player with a great sense of, erm, timing.

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I’m sitting in the lower section of a locally owned coffee house in Beijing China sipping a non-caffeinated kiwi smoothie. My feet are propped up on a large wooden chest / makeshift table and I’m sitting way back in a vintage-styled, burgundy overstuffed chair. The music coming through the Polk Audio speakers attached to the walls is so nice I’m making a mental note to talk to the management and see if I can buy it before I go. The free wi-fi access is nice and quick. Much better than the free wi-fi available at a certain popular chain coffee place around the corner. At the moment, I hear the sounds of a lot of rushing around upstairs, but I’m the only one here in the basement. It’s quite noisy but it feels very quiet to my soul’s ears.

I’m finally processing some of this trip. We’ve been very busy and this is the first bit of downtime where I don’t feel like sleeping.

Back home, I just sold my home. Everything I own right now is either in luggage here in China, locked away in a 10′ X 10′ Public Storage closet, or in an airport parking space in Colorado. It’s probably as close as I’ll ever feel to homeless and I’m grateful for that. I do have a place to move to when I get back but for now I feel a little like a gypsy.

In this quite-noisy space I’m making little resolutions to myself. I’m resolving ways to be and not be and trying to figure out how to remember to live well and not always be altogether practical.

I really hope they are selling this CD.

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