Bergamo, Italy, 11 april 2008  8pm

Rain finally passed and the hilltop villages emerged. Bells rang out in time with the sounds of my boots on stone streets. Can"t read the signs but truth be told,...i never really could. Anxious to play some music but my guitar is in Eileens van, so no hope of that. Finally getting some rest with two days off, after some two weeks of very little at all. buses, trains, planes, bagge claims, customs, queques, and thousands of steps leading up....not many lifts over here. Moving down the road to the venue tomorrow.

Shows have been great...hit and miss with numbers of peeps and cd sales,..but i dont really mind. Eileens band and Eileen herself have been terrific...great shows, great fun and they are all as kind and as generous as anyone i"ve met. Got a good portion of one song done called " Kisses, not Castles". Had a strange sadness leaving England...really really grown fond of it...and some poeple there....my sadness caught me by suprise...i miss my family, my dog, i miss my country, but wouldntà trade this for the world....

Learning a few phrases to use on stage as some banter...such as "Puoi Portarci quattro birre"  which means " may i have 4 beers...and

"fare sesso con mi " which means can i have sex with you....which i plan on using only inappropriately to the wrong people....only when deemed inappropriate

thanks for reading...thanks for listening....hell, thanks for everything....God save the queen...well...i don"t know about that.....

xo

m