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Hello!  I’m a fan of the musician Josh Ritter. He writes exquisite, provocative, strange songs. I listen, I ponder the words, I go about my life. Then I write. I catch the odd interview for a few clues. Books and history figure largely.  (There was quite a score to settle with Mark Twain’s steamboat.) I frequent the Hold Shelf at the library.

Thus far I’ve written primarily about Josh’s 2006 album The Animal Years.

Though I was so struck by the song “To the Dogs or Whoever” off the next album, I plagiarized wrote this.

You can visit Josh Ritter’s site here.

And you can email me at girlinthegloaming [at] gmail [dot] com, even if just to say, You’ve got it all wrong! Perhaps my favorite thing about Josh’s work is that it leaves so much room. He takes exceptional care of and with everything: he’s the most hospitable songwriter I know. One gets the feeling he likes company.

I do too.  So thanks for stopping by.