Tag: family

Autobiography in Five Sentences

It’s Day 2 of my January Retreat here in Little Blue. Every morning, I give a short prompt best done long-hand. Today’s was inspired by Melissa Febos, a brilliant writer…

posted January 4, 2024

Now and Then

Sing to me, Muse, of complicated men
Take me down to the ground floor, 
Repossess my all-access pass

posted November 9, 2023

Nike and Rainbow Flags

Though I’d intended to blog daily in the weeks leading up to the making of our 17th CD, June found me in a whirl of end-of-the-year parties, potlucks, celebrations, graduations,…

posted June 28, 2014

Lean In

I am reading Sheryl Sandberg’s excellent book Lean In. I understand that she makes some people mad. I am not one of those people, even though, at times as I…

posted June 6, 2014

Between Friends

Lilacs about to burst, three weeks before they usually do. My friend Andrea Raphael died on Good Friday. My writing mentor and teacher Anna Kirwan died on Easter Sunday. Two…

posted April 17, 2012

Perfect

I am going to take a break from my assignment of writing on the writing/recording process of each of the 13 songs on The Full Catastrophe (our 16th CD, due…

posted March 29, 2012

Jesus

This morning the sky was striped, horizontally, gray and blue outside our new windows overlooking the back yard. I held a sleepy Jay, still nursing at 3, and balanced the…

posted January 26, 2012

Update on our Church

Last Sunday, we drove up to church. The new building is going up. Two of the four walls are up. There is a new waterfall in the rock behind the…

posted January 15, 2012

Photo Shoot for The Full Catastrophe

Last week, Katryna and I had to do a photo shoot for our new CD, The Full Catastrophe, which against all odds is finally looking like it will be finished….

posted January 13, 2012