Hey folks, writing to you from outside Belfast… it’s so beautiful here, and we’ve been welcomed by friends and mild weather. Waiting for a beautiful meal that’s being prepared for us, I thought I’d let you know what’s going on. I’m here in Ireland with Dave Gunning, Ron Hynes and (soon) Rose Cousins. A little […]
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January is passing us by!
Well, Music PEI week is here, and with it a busy time for everyone here on the island. A lot of shows happening this week, and tonight I’ll be in Hunter River at the Harmony House as part of the songwriter’s circle. They’ll present the Songwriter of the Year award, I believe…. who will it […]
Here I Am
Hey Folks, I’m slowly transferring all of my old posts over here to WordPress. It’s been a long time overdue. Myspace has been failing me in so many ways for so long. Soon I will give it up entirely. It is very winterish here in PEI. Snow covers everything and will be here to stay […]
Texas to Toronto
Originally posted : March 17, 2010 These days are all seeming like a blur. People and places whizzing past as I jet around this crazy world of ours. And it’s a beautiful thing. I’m finding myself a bit out of whack today. It doesn’t seem real, but the weather in Austin is amazing. This is […]
Summer Changes
Originally Posted : July 28, 2010 I went into my garden today, urged by a friend to be attentive of my garlic. Garlic, the one thing in the garden you can pretty much ignore from the time you plant it in the fall until the stalks start dying at the end of summer. Well, early […]
January Buzz – The Great Northwest: part 2
Here is the rest of the tale of my northwestern adventure with Kim Barlow and Raghu Lokanathan, continued from the December Buzz. The second part of our trip, from Whitehorse to Vancouver, started out with a bang – literally. An explosion to be exact. I’ve always imagined the worst happening on airplanes, since I was […]
December Buzz – The Great Northwest: part 1
I sent Isabel off to Toronto with her dad, and I hopped an airplane, and then another, and then another, and finally found myself in the great white north. My first trip to Whitehorse and my first tour with songwriters Kim Barlow (Whitehorse) and Raghu Lokanathan (Valemount, B.C.) It was one in the morning when […]
November Buzz – harvest time
Through my window I can see the long grass around the trees, scattered pine cones and the long autumn sun falling towards me. The apples are done, as is my garden, and now I wait the for the sound of the tractors to quiet and the beautiful blue herons to fly south. There may be […]
October Buzz – Good times in Grand Manan
I just got back from a vacation with a bunch of friends. Mind you, it wasn’t supposed to be a vacation, really, but that’s how it turned out. So here is a recipe for the perfect holiday. Start with one musician’s dream to have a folk festival, add a beautiful location (Grand Manan, N.B.) with […]
September Buzz – wasting time is so good.
I’ve been wasting time; a lot of it, working on my garden in bits and pieces but leaving most of the weeds, mowing my lawn when the mood hits me (which isn’t very often) and thinking about possibilities and ideas. Somehow this constitutes a job for me. Middle of August, relaxing, worrying about not doing […]