What better way to celebrate a national holiday than in the studio? It’s like a barbecue for the brain. But like, less hot sometimes.

Couple more wedding album commissions were a good excuse to hang out with my new favorite cradle.

I was also asked to make a menu-style cover for a prayer of grace for a  pineapple-loving family. The text comes from an episode of The Waltons and is not too shabby as far as prayers go.

What’s John-Boy up to these days? Probably he hasn’t finished saying goodnight to everybody in the entire world.

• Soundtrack: Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – Party Jail; The Clean – Modern Rock; Slits – Cut; Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III); Various – Congotronics 2