Mama in the Wings

Mama in the Wings

I opened for songwriting legend Jimmy Webb this weekend. You know his songs: By The Time I Get to Phoenix, Wichita Lineman, McArthur Park, Galveston. The concert was in NJ so I stayed with my mom, and she came with me to the theater. We leave early because I have the...
The End of the Year

The End of the Year

PHOTO: A peek into next year’s album release. Taken at Cedarhouse Sound & Mastering with Owner/Engineer Gerry Putnam and Fran Putnam. I am home for the first weekend in a long while, and as I write this I am already in my ‘cozy’ PJs (it is only...
The Best Laid Plans…

The Best Laid Plans…

…of mice and men often go astray, and best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley.” – from the Poem by Robert Burns, “To a Mouse”. Things can often go wrong even though you have carefully planned what you are going to...
Rainy Day Craft Project #2

Rainy Day Craft Project #2

Teenaged girls collect lots of stuff. I should know. My daughter is turning 16. It’s not that she buys much, it’s just that over the years, friends and family have given her trinkets, nail polish, hairbands, lotions, potions and all kinds of sprays that...