Happy New Year to all.
I've been hard at work all fall on my new album, "Weeds Like Us"
Tomorrow, I will help Occupy the Rose Parade.

Onward.

Glowing from a road trip with my son.

We went to our beloved zen monastery, The Bodhi Manda in New Mexico for 2 days, and then stopped at the Grand Canyon on the way home. It was whirlwind but worth it. We helped around the place. Jackson helped with the irrigation, and I swept, fixed a window, and made pies. Here's a picture of us! And the magnificent canyon at sunset.

Time is of the Essence

I haven't written here in a long time. There doesn't seem to be much of that these days. Time. I'm using these next several minutes to just rest and regroup. The place where I have a day job gets around 2500 people a day coming through. It's good to have quiet. It'd be better to have more time. Guess one just has to use the time one has.

Making Re-Entry

Came back a few days ago from our zen retreat in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. The drive is long but the road trip is good. Here's a video clip my husband took of the hummingbirds feeding near our dormitory door.

Click here for the video.

Cloudiness

It's a thankfully cloudy day in Ojai, and I'm grateful for it after the 100 degree weather the other day. What's up with that? In April. My son's home from school and going to see the doc at midday, and my husband needs oral surgery just after that. Whatever's going on with me, hey, I'm doing ok compared to that! I tweaked my reverbnation profile and widgets this morning. And the truncated versions of my online stores appear here, but if you click on them, they respond nicely.

I've been doing more gigging lately, and that's good for my inner workings. Seesawing between duo jazz gigs at the Ojai Valley Inn and the folk bag I find myself just as comfortable in these days. I'm even playing my guitar onstage! There will be evidence... pictures, recording. down the line.

No more chocolate for me. Made me ill yesterday. I kinda knew it before, but this was a real wake up. I'll do a little grieving, but I'm pretty sure I can live without chocolate. Pretty sure.

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Chili

My husband (who is from Cincinnati) is making Cincinnati chili over spaghetti for us tonight. A guilty pleasure!