February 2026
What is happening now
Do you need to say some words
Do you need to look into my eyes
Or do you need to be alone
What is in the air
Are there angels in the smoke
Can we let the magic rise
From the fire deep inside
What is happening here
Is it love, or is it fear
Is it something that I can see
Or is a drum beating back at me
–from “The Cauldron,” the title track of my 1995 CD
This song has been constantly in my head lately. What is happening now? Let’s see…
Much of my writing and music focus has been on my two Substacks, Some Glad Morning and Elizabeth Hummel. Here are my two latest.
(100) My performance at Lilith 1998 – Elizabeth Hummel
(100) Who’s the boss? – by Elizabeth Hummel – Some Glad Morning
Life is full. My band “The Steamboat Ramblers” recently performed a benefit concert for my local food bank. We raised $2400 and 427 pounds of food! We also raised $720 to help the Prosperity Grange replace their roof. Here’s a video of that performance. Elvis!
I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You (Elizabeth Hummel and the Steamboat Ramblers)
I continue to release recordings of my music and videos I make myself to go with them. Some of them are old songs that my production team (Brian Castillo, Jordan Hughes and me) all strongly believe have stood the test of time but have never been released. With the collaboration of many talented musicians, Brian and I recently completed the recording of one of these, “Dragon in the Sky.” Written in 1992, so yeah, long time ago.
I have not released it yet because I am hoping to get a video made of it and for this song, it’s not going to be me making the video. Let me know if you have an interest and I can share the music and lyrics. It’s gorgeous and epic!
I have also been working intensely on an AI startup with Jordan (x-husband, dear friend, and Steamboat Rambler), who has submitted eight patent applications for inventions that could revolutionize the effectiveness and safety of AI. Jordan has a 25-year career in tech. He also has an academic background in cognitive science and philosophy. The project has been enlivening and interesting, if challenging.
In 1979 or 1980 I consulted with an astrologer in Seattle (who also happened to be my landlord) in a run-down mansion I shared with ten other students. He told me my birthday is the same day as two Rockefellers and that it was in my chart to be a mogul. So maybe, at 67, that’s finally in the stars!
We do want to make money to fund our dreams for the last chapter of our lives, but even more importantly, we want to be part of the conversation about the evolution of AI. AI will not go back in the box, no matter how much we scream about the dangers, which are very real. Jordan’s work also involves several philosophical concepts he has worked on for many years. One of them is called “The Infinite Sum,” an approach to training AI using moral cognition principals derived from behavioral economics and game theory. Maybe AI can teach humans how to be moral better than humans have been able to do…
Feel free to reach out to me about anything here! My email is my first and last name at yahoo.
Sending you all love!