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Balance

Here is what happened in the last three weeks since we came back from vacation: Elle started kindergarten, Jay had another asthma attack and is now having to use a…

posted September 16, 2011

Gather Ye Roses…

Today in our writing class, we read from a great book called Writing Begins with the Breath by Laraine Herring. She encourages her readers/writers to “Conjure a smell that reminds…

posted August 9, 2011

$500

While I was in the Adirondacks, I lost $500. It was an expensive vacation: Jay dropped my camera and now it’s broken beyond repair. Ironically, I was going to spend…

posted July 18, 2011

Summer Solstice and Last Jam for the Fans Post

I am not easy with the summer solstice. I am not like my friends who, last week said, “Oh Tuesday? Isn’t that the solstice? I don’t want to make plans…

posted June 20, 2011

Jam for the Fans and Bloomsday

Katryna and me at the open mic/Nields Karaoke Friday evening at the Tuesday Market Space behind Thornes. (Photo by Jeff Strass). We thought at the moment to sing a non-Nields…

posted June 16, 2011

Nields Newsletter for Jam for the Fans

I promise to post more in the next few weeks. I am as tired as I have ever been, but oh, so full of joy and gratitude. Thanks, fans, for…

posted June 13, 2011

Windows of Opportunity: Nields History #5

Photos from the Millennial Show we did with Dar Williams at the Calvin, December 31 1999. I really wanted to post every day prior to Jam for the Fans. I…

posted June 7, 2011

How Play Came to Be and How We Came to Play

Nields History Part IV-Our 1998 Release, “Play” We Nields have never had a number one hit single on the radio, nor have we appeared on National TV on a late…

posted June 6, 2011

Thoughts on the History of Gotta Get Over Greta

Gotta Get Over Greta Greta was our first big major label release. This is taken from the songbook we published in 1997. Greta began in the fall of 1994 when…

posted June 1, 2011