Randall just let me know that he and Eric are planning a small (3-5 shows) tour together in April, and they are looking to book more shows in the southeast (SC/NC/GA/AL…). If you’re interested in bringing them to your area, contact Randall or Eric.
In other news, it was brought to my attention today that the big changes in the Peters household have not yet been mentioned here. On Thursday, December the 21st, at 6:59 PM, Ellis Perrin Peters was born, weighing 5 lbs., 3.75 oz, and, according to Eric, “in full possession of 10 fingers, 10 toes and all necessary utilities. He is, as you might expect me to utter, absolutely stunning.”
On the 29th, after a week of little sleep, diapers, and the blurring of day and night, Eric blogged about The Endurance of Peace:
For good reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about peace over the past few days and, though none of this is fully formulated in my brain – I doubt if it ever will be concrete enough to make any sense – I’ve come to the minimal conclusion that peace on earth is not necessarily the absence of chaos; the two can and shall co-exist side by side and yet live in harmony as if one were dependent upon the other. Like night and day, pain and joy, cold and hot, the one endures the other. I am at peace for the first time in many years. Not my body, mind you, but the workings of my soul. I suspect it has everything to do with Ellis, seeing his precious body taken from the womb of a grace-filled woman one distant week ago, feeling his luxurious skin (don’t we all wish someone would say our skin felt “luxuriousâ€?) upon my pursed lips, hearing and watching him squeak and squirm, cleaning his body when he fouls himself, and serving my recuperating wife to the best of my ability. It has broken me to see her in pain. And yet there is peace. Fearing my own weak-bellied imminent collapse upon the operating room floor, there was peace. With the weak knowledge that death and grief was visiting a nearby birthing room that very same night, there was peace. Easy for me to say.
I’ve seen Randall and Eric play together, and they really complement each other very well. If they play near you, you should try extra hard to make it to a show.
…and I was thinking yesterday that we hadn’t mentioned the arrival of Ellis yet. Thanks for taking care of that for us.