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A Day Off

A Day Off

February 27, 20163 Comments

Here at the airport in Eugene. We drop off our truck for a young man to drive to Minneapolis while we fly to Denver for a show tomorrow night, then on to the Twin Cities for that sold out show. Sold out shows. I’ve long had a thing about… well what is it about? Vanity? …

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Traveling

Traveling

February 18, 20166 Comments

Traveling as I am, I can’t help but compare the America around me to the America I grew up with. My family always was driving somewhere, and so I know this country from the point of view of a car window. Stopping along the way to have a coke, gas up, find a cheap but …

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Nice for Mardi Gras

Nice for Mardi Gras

February 11, 20166 Comments

We started rehearsing this week…  I don’t much like rehearsing.  It’s work.  But the getting to know each other as we play can be fun… I enjoyed playing with Mike Dillon this week.  He has some kind of language that is architectural.  Some people, they lay paths, they prop you up, they spin you around… you can …

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Especially at the crosswalk

Especially at the crosswalk

February 9, 2016No Comments

I’ve been texting friends to say today is Mardi Gras day people get up at sunrise dress up in skeletons masks and parade around making noise, banging drums to remind every one of their mortality. Wake up and live Today! I was lucky enough to be awakened to day and so here I am living. my …

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Water guns, bunk beds, school tests

Water guns, bunk beds, school tests

February 9, 20161 Comment

When I was a little girl I used to go to the swimming pool almost every day in the summertime.  I dove into the water anytime we went to visit someone with a pool. How could they have a pool and not swim in it?  It was such a luxury, the thick water, the coolness, the excitement …

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New Orleans is a pretty spectacular city to call home

New Orleans is a pretty spectacular city to call home

February 2, 20165 Comments

New Orleans is a pretty spectacular city to call home. I moved my bed into the front room this week – that’s traditional here, in these cottages, folks had their bedrooms in the first room. I don’t know why. And I love the bed by the two windows, I’m sleeping much better here than trying …

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Recent Posts

  • Back in New Orleans
    Back in New Orleans March 27, 2016
  • A Day Off
    A Day Off February 27, 2016
  • Traveling
    Traveling February 18, 2016
  • Nice for Mardi Gras
    Nice for Mardi Gras February 11, 2016
  • Especially at the crosswalk
    Especially at the crosswalk February 9, 2016

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