It was too good to be true, but there it was, all in the commercial. Palisades had the rides, Palisades had the fun and in just thirty seconds it was clear that there was no where better to be than this place: Palisades Amusement Park in Palisades, New Jersey. The commercial aired quite a bit, but for some reason it would crop up whenever my parents were NOT in the [...]
I am writing you from my host's home in Salt Lake City Utah. Last night the lovely pianist Michele McLaughlin hosted a house concert in her beautiful home and a few dozen people came out to hear us play. We told stories and played her gorgeous Fazioli piano which overlooks the valley. It was the perfect "piano parlour soiree" and the appropriate setting for me to premiere work from my [...]
Our lives: they are all about TIME, aren't they? What we do with it, what we make of it, how we view it. I have been obsessed with the concept of time ever since learning how to read a clock. Tick, tick, tick. Time seems like a constant, but it doesn't feel that way. Ever. It seems to move too quickly, or too slowly. It flies when we are having [...]
I have a folder for just about everything. Since musician life can feel chaotic, I suppose having a folder for everything just makes me feel better, more organized. I label my folders using a label-maker. Makes me feel like a pro. My files are color-coded. Here I am holding a yellow one which means I am holding a tour file from 2013 (the 2013 concert info were put into yellow [...]
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 soundcheck at 5pm. In the car she listens to a pre-release copy of my new recording. After the first [...]
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 6pm)! I have one more concert to play before the year ends; for those of you who live in FL, (or if you are a "snowbird" who finds refuge from the cold there this time of year), I will be in West Palm Beach [...]
It feels like I've been gearing up for this tour for months. Charts, rehearsals, first-aid kit, new costume design, vehicle rental, flights, set lists----lots of things have to come together to get three ladies on the road. Our first show is tonight in Pontiac, IL. Here's a glimpse of our "getting ready" http://youtu.be/IOPV-uw-eac
...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 do. NASA launched a rocket today filled with supplies and experiments headed to the International Space Station. Twitter lit up with tweets about where to look in [...]
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 smell good. What to do with it all? I found an interesting shelf at Goodwill a few weeks ago that I imagined would work well in [...]
Hi Everyone, About four times a year I send out a newsletter. It used to be monthly, but now that everyone gets so much email, I decided that 4 times a year is plenty. Here is the latest news (click the blue link below). To get these in your inbox, please visit my home page and check out the subscribe link on the upper right. JUNE NEWS below: photo from [...]
