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Normal History Vol. 321: The Art Of David Lester

Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 31-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.

[continued from last week]

It seemed like every time he came into town he had too many things to accomplish. This trip was no different except that he didn’t really have to be back on Denman Island for anything in particular. Now that he was happily divorced, and his kids had left home, he could stay away as long as he wanted. And, he realized, “I’m in no big hurry to go back to Val and Mike’s after this morning.”

Their reaction had been particularly chilly when he’d told them he’d probably be back by 9:30 or later or maybe not at all. Martin scratched his head again. “How did she put it?” he said, turning his head sideways, trying to recall Val’s exact words. “It’s time you stopped treating us like … ” Martin couldn’t remember the rest because he’d stopped listening and gone into a bit of an internal panic. He needed Mike and Val’s place, but he knew he shouldn’t just say that.

[to be continued]

“Forlorn” from Jarred Up (K, 1993) (download):