updates

Music: Buddy Miller
Book: Bombay Ice

State Fair was an experience...not sure what to think of it. CHadly and I had a fun sounds check for a big music fest in Saint Paul - good times. New experience. Still selling our house, some interest and a showing this weekend. Kinda tired and currently wasting the night away watching eposides of Friends...

Sunday

Music: Tom Waits
Book: Memory Keeper's Daughter

Reading a book for book club...we meet on Thursday. I've been glued to my iPod for the past 36 hours...I can't leave. Haven't exactly figured out to shower with it yet but I'll figure it out. I have decided after much deliberation that one of the most perfect songs ever written is "Crawl" by Hattie Peterson. It is glorious and haunting. No matter how many times I listen to her play acoustic the lyrics slip through my blood and the only action is to play the song over again. I can't stand when it is over. Buddy and Julie Miller are also on my hot list of songwriters that the world is better off for having known. It's been very quiet as I listen to songs and figure out what new cover tunes I would like to learn. Mr. Husband pointed out that I tend to write morbid songs so my conver tunes - if any - need to be happy or at least a little rocking so that the melodramatic feel of the show doesn't overwhelm or depress my audience. *smile* No harm no foul.

Cinderella

Music: NPR
Book: wall street journal

I'm heading off to Cleveland to pose as a godmother for my new nephew Leo. Looking forward to the visit. No guitar in tow this time around, but the state fair is juuuust around the corner. I feel a storm approaching and after looking out my window - sure enough - the sky is a dark grey and I hear rumbles. Woo hoo.

oh i wish

Music: buckcherry
Book: the chill of death or something like that

I wish I were at a spa. The stress of selling a home is ridiculous - why do people do this? Makes you long for the days of noisy neighbors and shitty landlords...the joys of apartment living. Just kidding my own place and privacy far outweighs any nonsense with homes but still...one can dream. Happy Friday by the way, my pets are looking forward to having their mommy home to cuddle with them and I'm looking forward to a jam session with Chadly...Mabel Tainter approaches and I have nothing but excitement for the upcoming show. We might be playing the state fair too - I think I mentioned that - but don't have times yet. Regards...

heat wave

Music: playboy radio
Book: sacred sins

I was clearing leaves off the roof last night and distrurbed some neighborhood bees....so in the middle of a swarm I escaped with a few stings. Ouch. Ouch! OUCH! Damn they hurt. The record heat wave sweeping the midwest really isn't helping but I'll survive. The pets and I are wholed up in the air conditioning reading books and taking naps. Not much else to do. Severe thunderstorms are supposedly making their way to the Twin Cities for a cool down and some awesome thunder. Woo hoo...

best present ever

Music: allison crowe
Book: WALL STREET JOURNAL

I received a fabulous present in the mail today...a t-shirt that says "I'm going to keep wearing black until God makes a darker color"Love it : )

CSNY

Music: Buckcherry
Book: The Pleasure is all mine

Weird memoire from a professional submission. Interesting none the less. Skipped out on CSNY last night playing Xcel, but my parents came to the show and had a blast. Drove by the new house my husband and I bought , but we can't move in until October. *Sigh* It is soooo hot and humid I am re-evaluating a trip to India next year. Good lord! Heading off to Cleveland soon for my god-nephews baptism. Should be quite the family affair. Celebrated my birthday last week on a boat - great view of the city. Bye for now.... Oh and Chadly and I have an offer for a few state fair shows which we are evaluting as I write - I'll keep everybody posted.