Fun Craft Project  (snow day #1)

Fun Craft Project (snow day #1)

We had a lot of snow this Winter, and as a result, we’ve been indoors making music, art, crafts—that is, when we aren’t reading! Here is one project that was fun and easy to make. Perhaps you’ll want to do this with your son or daughter to pass the...
Getting Over “The Two Guys Incident”

Getting Over “The Two Guys Incident”

I found this photo recently. I am holding my mother’s hand in our Irvington, NJ apartment. I am waving goodbye. I wonder where we were going. I love how our clothes match. I don’t remember this particular day, but I do remember being about this age and...
Fancy Meeting You Here

Fancy Meeting You Here

I’m in the thick of my “book release tour” where I perform a concert, read excerpts from my new memoir and then meet folks afterward to sign books and talk about music and life. This past weekend I played Joe’s Pub, the adorable yet hip club...
Reading Aloud

Reading Aloud

I remember going to the library with my mother in Irvington, New Jersey. We walked there from our two-family house on Campfield Street. The library card was magic. Possessing it meant we could leave the library with as many books as our arms could carry. My mother...