11.24.2002
        Happy Thanksgiving! I'm quite reved for the holidays this year: After T-day, only a few more weeks and I travel to Washington state to visit the folks! I'll be making a side trip to Portland, as well, and I'm really looking forward to it! If you haven't already, please share the cd and website with all of your friends. And I do recommend Harry Potter #2! 

9.11.2002
        To quote a Christine Lavin song, "The Dakota":
        "Too many good men have been cut down. Let's pray there won't be any more." 

8.15.2002
        Want a sneak preview of my next cd? Go to the Links page, and click on The Nail Recording studio! My next cd is, with the exception of one original song, a collection of traditional folk songs, all over 100 years old and in the Public Domain.

8.8.2002
        Hi all! I have safely returned from the Grand Canyon trek! This was the most wonderful Grand Canyon trip ever! I found out the thing to do is put in your hiking request, and then if you don't get what you want, you call until they give you what you want or you don't go at all. What originally was going to be an insane survival trip turned into a really nice vacation. We started down from the North Rim on the North Kaibab trail and stopped for two nights at Cottonwood campground, where we were visited by two pink rattlers and some mice and bats. From Cottonwood, we day-hiked to Ribbon Falls. Beautiful, beautiful. Then we moved from Cottonwood to Bright Angel Campground (at Phantom Ranch). We had two nights there, and I discovered that Phantom had a communal guitar, so I performed at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, y'all! How many people do you know who've done that? Thankfully, the scorpions minded their own business and the lean-to warded off the rain, so we then hiked halfway up Bright Angel Trail and stopped for a night at Indian Gardens campground. This gave us an opportunity to see the sunset from the point. Then we hiked out the next day. This is the first Canyon trip that I have been in virtually no pain! And I was energetic and could walk easily when I was finished hiking it! The total rim to rim mileage was 23, but if you add in the day hikes we were probably closer to 29. Six days without a shower. A shower is truly a glorious thing. Thanks to Hugh, the volunteer at Cottonwood who loaned us a tent on a very rainy night, and thanks to all our fellow hikers who made the trip so much fun-- especially David & Robin from New Jersey, and the crew from Denver- Jan and Rebecca. To Joel and Sharon from St. Louis, Hooray! You all made it and you survived! We were very worried about you! Thanks also to the beautiful lady who gave me a $5 tip for my music at the Phantom Ranch Canteen! Anyway, this trip was a lot of fun. I only had the beginnings of heat exhaustion one day, but I ate and drank a lot and recovered within an hour & a half. If you've never hiked the Grand Canyon, take this advice: It is incredibly hard, even for people in very good shape. Do what the rangers tell you to do. Keep your pack as light as possible, and stay in one place for more than one night as much as possible. That's the only way to really enjoy it! (I say this after two trips that can only be described as survival trips!) Also, God bless the person who invented hiking polls. That was what saved my knees and hips from serious pain! I'll post photos as soon as I can!

7.23.2002
        The CD Release Party was a great success! Thanks to everyone who came, I really had a terrific time, and it was nice to see neighbors, friends, and family, as well as long-lost friends. Mom flew in from out of state to help me out with it, and we've been touristing around the area this week, having a good time. I found out at the party that I do have the skills to make a great Cafe Mocha! Anyway, thanks again to everyone. Incidentally, if you'd like to be on the mailing list, send me an email with your information, and I'll be happy to put you on it!

7.3.2002
        CD's are now available for purchase! To order, go to the Music page of this site!