James Peters

Got back to nature with the alphorn recently, an idyllic sheep farm out in Duvall youtu.be/kuVxj3uV_8g?... #alphorn #alpenhorn #pugetsoundalphorns

Slowly rolling out memories from our April Yokohama and Kichijoji trip. Unplanned morning walks to a local temple, shrine or park brought into focus the beauty right in front of us and around the next corner. So fun just getting lost #walking #tokyo #yokohama #kunitachi

Jay Thomas and the East West Alliance at the B Flat in Akasaka #jazzSky #tokyo #jazz #bebop

On the same flight to Haneda with Jay Thomas 先生!! He transferred to Okinawa and will be playing throughout Japan all of April. With his Selmer bungeed to the top of his suitcase and flugel+trumpet in a shoulder bag — talk about stamina!! #jazzSky #jazz #bebop #japan #trumpet #sax

An inspiring read for practice, performance and all things creative. Timeless and thought provoking, Thanks @peterlaustsen.bsky.social for recommending Free Play!! “The only antidote to destruction is creation” #bookSky #books #music #jazz #reading #creativity #improvisation

Mambo Cadillac @the Sea Monster Tor's Salsa Saturdays 7--9 #salsa #latin #jazz #jazzSky

パンクおじさん 人生の目標 "I went to Shinjuku today" 😆

Salsa Saturdays 7--9 at SeaMonster Lounge are always burning! Stellar band tonight with Carlos Cascante on the mic, Julio Juaregui on keys, and Dean Schmidt's one of my favorite bassists. Stealing and sharing from a surgical log-in-log-out FB visit :D #jazz #latinjazz #jazzSky #music #seattle

A paddle of ducks and a couple geese on a snowy Lake Washington morning #clusterduck

Shapeshifter plays the North City Bistro's Happy Hour every Weds from 4:30--6:30 Swing by, imbibe and chill to some jazzy funky tunes #jazz #bebop #JazzSky #music #thejazzworld northcitybistro.com

Our neighbor works at NOAA tracking fish diseases to sustain their lives and ours, ensuring a safe and sustainable food source. The weather and maritime tracking implications are even more immediately impactful. All spelled out in Project 2025, posts algorithmically suppressed on Facebook in 2024

LogBoom in Kenmore, one of my favorite sunset destinations. Typically have “YuYu no Nihongo” Japanese podcast or jazz in the earbuds. Staying just as informed on world events via BlueSky as I would on Meta, minus a lot of hyperbolic hot takes. Small business friends already feeling the tariffs

I love rewatching this moment of Norm’s final emotional gratitude (1:06:20) after telling his favorite Letterman joke. There’s a treasure trove of Norm on YouTube that is perfect to hear these days, poignant, sometimes NSFW, but never mean-spirited #comedy #humor #norm youtu.be/aFq7LGZlVsc?...

Local actions and mental health matter most. I understand friends sharing daily outrage on FB where we've built a bigger audience, but Zuck handed all his FB keys to Maga, making the algorithm highly suspect, how the data is suppressed (e.g. shadow bans) and the way our data will be used.

Sunset at Green Lake tonight

What stands out the most is that DeepSeek says they used a fraction of the money and compute that US tech companies did - all while hobbled by chip import restrictions on China. If true, they just made the US tech giants look like fools edition.cnn.com/2025/01/27/t...

Live sketch of a Thomas Marriott, Seattle based jazz trumpet player.

When I log back into FB next week it'll be "log in, log out" like checking email. And maybe try to get jailed again. It's hard to fully ditch because of the decade of building local community with musicians and others, but hoping more make it over here.

I think we turned out okay

Sunday’s Zoom with @hcrichardson.bsky.social was full of wisdom on how to navigate 2025—focus on what you can control, find your people, and never stop learning. So, what’s your game plan to make it through the year?

Huge racket in the backyard this morning, went out to look and got this “who, me?” reaction :D

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." MLK - “Where Do We Go From Here?”, 1967 Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta

Last fall the doc prescribed no more "extreme" 24-hour events like Ultraskate. I was never uber-competitive, but it's a wake up on diet and exercise, and a bit mental. Walked or skated almost every day since, lost ~5 kgs Jobim in the earbuds, beautiful blue skies www.strava.com/activities/1...

Stoked to start over these internets on an open source app. My horn quiver is modest compared with a lot of trumpeters, but esp compared with my skateboard collection. Show me your horns :D Yamaha Shew 8310Z ACB Doubler flugelhorn Bach Strad 37 Adams A4 MJ Kalashen rotary flugel Jupiter pocket