I guess sometimes I forget to move and sometimes I have to remind myself to breath. I know sometimes It's all that I can do but sometimes it's just enough for me

and that my friends is the next album
(aside)
"What state are we in? and what time is it?!?!"

So I think I'm in love...  I know, I know Love at first sight is such a cliche....  As I was driving to Willets (we're staying here a couple of weeks) the visual scenery was accompanied by the most aromatic  beautiful scents I have ever encountered.

Imagine that scent from when you're about 2 blocks from the ocean mixed with pine (redwoods if you want to be exact) and skunk.... I thought I'd died and entered heaven... there must be some mistake I didn't think I had any heaven points left
I never thought of myself as a california girl but this...  up here....  is exquisite

Ok I made promises about coming back east so I will keep my promises
but I truly have found my west coast home away from home.

So tonight we're in Seattle -- back in the USA after our journey into Canada Vancouver to be exact.

So many stories I could tell -- like the cop that was so apologetic when he responded to a noise violation against us -- really very polite and actually said he was sorry to bother us (what?)  or the border cop who told us if we were holding anything over 10 pounds of cocaine not to tell him but if it was just a little weed we should claim it and it would only be a fine --  we didn't have anything like that.

The people were crazy about my southern accent asking me to say certain words and phrases and they enjoyed my music just as much....  crazy.

We're staying at the Upper Skagitt River and it is incredibly beautiful... We'll be here til Saturday and then it's off to Northern California.

I can't wait to see my friends back home  but know that all the friends I'm meeting are being more than kind and accepting...  I miss you guys  I've got some incredibly funny stories to tell you when I have more than five minutes to play on the computer.

So where should I start....  maybe it was staying in Devil's Den  or maybe it was the wrath  of  God that stormed down on us when we left.... maybe it was going to get groceries and finding myself in front of the Home Amelia Earhardt was born in.... Maybe it was the Lewis and Clark Historic Village where we spent the night and ran into Julie Schurr (incredible songwriter and, I'm finding out, a great friend) 

Somehow it turned into my first actual show outside the southeast  and I must say the girls in Nebraska made me wish I'd done this years ago!!!

Thank you to all my new friends for being so supportive and a huge thank you to Julie for sharing her booking with me.

For all of you who are keeping up -- You were right this is absolutely what I have been craving... and it is way worth the anxiety I had about not being able to afford it...   as it turns on I couldn't afford not doing it.

To all my friends who actually put out money to help me with this,  I won't ever find the words to show my gratitude but I'm keeping you all close to my heart as I travel and I'm coming back with some really kick ass stories.....

I love you guys

After finally kicking off the tour with two shows in the ATL on friday, which by the way were both chock full of incredibly talented performers, we've moved our way west....  to Huntsville.

Never thought I'd say it but it's been better than a home away from home.

Our hosts Caroline and Cash have been more than accomodating... they've been down right nurturing  and except for that scary big bonfire they started with roman candles and a half gallon of gasoline (it was beautiful) everything has been so laid back I almost forgot this is a job. 

I also want to send out a huge thank you to Shannan and Lu for the cool ass pool party on Saturday.  Whoever owns that house has exquisite taste and I can't wait til next time when we'll have time for the Dive in movie!!!

Thanks again to Collette, Jamie, Kira, and her dad Phillip.  They shared the stage with us and I mean it turned into hella jam.  I can only hope everybody had as much fun as I did.  The folks at Partners were incredible, too.  If you make it to Huntsville you should go there and do yourself a favor... order the Salmon... well really I tasted a little of what everybody got and it was delicous but, I went with the Salmon and it was a huge portion of YUM!!!!!

Can't wait to see you guys again when we come back East at the end of the year.

Thanks for making our first stop a vacation!

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As I AM

It was the thick of the summer in the middle of the woods
in a little brown shed that’s misunderstood
there lives an old woman who ain’t got a name
I traveled by the moon just to hear what she’d say

can’t you see me
not what you think
that I should be
take me as I am

can’t you feel me
not what could be
just stop thinking
take me as I am

little boxes on the hillside
little boxes made of sin
but the boxes are the only
place that I can be as I am


well my legs are shaking and my heart stood still
tried to rink her up I couldn’t get my fill
her voice was magic and her eyes were jade
and I can’t remember all the things she said

but the last was

if you let me I can set free
all I can be
just as I am
if you see me
as a proxy
then you’ll never know who I AM

All We Have is Time

We can talk about the weather
we could talk about the times we danced around in circles and I wished you were mine

we could talk about the rain how in our lives it fell we could talk about just walkin away we could talk about Hell

It’s time
to leave it all behind
my mind
has never been so kind

When the innocence is over if you’ll just take off the blinds
You’ll find that you’ve been standing alone the whole entire time

It’s time
to leave it all behind
You mind
has never been so kind

You can Live a different story with every one you meet
and when you dance around in spirals every where you plant your feet
there’ll be a thousand different rainbows on a thousand different paths
a thousand different places to go in a body that just can’t last

That’s fine
just leave it all behind
I don’t mind
cuz all we have is time


Dance With the Devil

I woulda danced with Satan on a sunday night but my friends were there and they held me tight

Though my mind was taken they never gave in helped pull me back into my skin

and I’ll never forget the last words she said how she’d never forget me and all we shared

and I can never remember what I wanted to say but I always thought it could saved the day

Well they all look the same when they are walking away I wish I coulda danced with the devil that day
with the devil that day

Then the same test came in a different disguise man you really shouldn’t use your eyes
ah she shook her head and I fell right in oh lord here we go again
and I’ll never forget the last words she said how she’d always love me and all we shared
but I can never remember what I wanted to say but I think it really woulda mad ethe day

Well they all look the same when they are walking away I wish I coulda danced with the devil that day
with the devil that day

If you’ll dance with the Devil on a Sunday night then I’m pretty much the one that’ll make it alright
because the music is rockin we could jump right in and babe you know we’ll never be here again....

but before she could answer her friends stepped in pulled her tight right back to her skin
I just whispered as she walked away I’m gonna wish I coulda danced with the devil today

but then they all look the same when they’re walking away I wish I coulda danced with the devil that day
with the devil that day

If ya gotta ask why you prolly don't want to know.

Looks like I'm getting ready to venture out to a couple of out of town venues.
Keep your eyes open for a show near you.

Ask if you don't see a date near you and you want to.

silent sound of snow encasing the world that surrounds me
isolating me
though my neighbors are only just beyond that thick wall of white
and there are living breathing souls on the other end of most every other computer address I type

still it is silence engulfing me
colder until the snow packed up on the roof and now it's insulated
Though a light darkness through the skylight that dances eerily
sets a different tone an isolation from sound

You can scream, well you always could
but now
it wouldn't penetrate anyone else
You can breath
Things will probably stay like this until the thaw
or until the power goes out.

everytime someone honors love the universal energy smiles
know that I am happy for you and your lover

it brings me joy to know that you are experiencing the bliss of sharing and fellowship  it is that much more good energy in this world

the separation of that joy for you as you dance your life path and the confusing emotions I am painting on mine is very real to me and has been since I last laid eyes on you

What is also very real is that my path runs parallel to a lot of folks I will never lay eyes on again
At least not in this spin and if you are one of those people remember

   You will always have a piece of me a link and every day good energy that I am glad you are walking this world and dancing your path

and if any of this applies to you you can let yourself like 'Springtime' cause it's not about you.  
I know the mountains part threw you but, put it this way, springtime isn't necessarily a time of year but a time of thawing.

Thanks for listening and the emails  --   it makes me feel alive inside.

universal torture turns to music story at 11.

Well as long as I keep getting slapped on the wrist for being myself I might as well get something out of it like two new songs... in two days  sleep and food are for the weak -- I'm going for that monk state where the back of your head pops off.

You can't pay for that kinda high!

So are the new songs cheesy pontificating psycho babble or poetry
YOU DECIDE!