It certainly seems like sitting in the car is a fruitful environment for me these days. Think I started this one waiting for a particularly long light on the way to Ypsilanti. And in turn, I seem to have subconsciously borrowed some ideas from an aborted tune I started while stuck in stop-and-go traffic on my way to Ypsilanti two weeks before that.

The tune is named in honor of Emily Peterson's PhD thesis defense, which Jen, Brian, and I went to see early this year. Yes, not only is she a sterling concertina player -- she now has her PhD in physics. Way to go, Emily!