Hi all. I am going to be doing this online (Facebook – YouTube) collaboration starting in September. I am really excited about it!  14 women songwriters – 2 every day of the week – have each committed to writing a song a week for a year and posting it up on fb.  I think it […]

It is official. Susan and I will be touring in Demark in August. I will post more details soon.  For now you can click on the gig calendar and read about our upcoming debut at the Copenhagen Opera House. I guess this means I will have learn lead vocal and guitar part to Gina Forsyth’s […]

Hi all — This great little risotto was orginally intended to be part of the liner notes.  It is great comfort food for a rainy day. This is really simple but takes some time. My kids love it for Sunday breakfast. You can also do it for an afternoon snack or dessert.  We usually have […]

It was cold this morning as I made my up rue Eddy (a.k.a.Eddy St.).  Eddy runs north-south through a very gritty and almost completely French quarter ofHull,Quebec.  I had my head mostly down to keep the cold wind from taking my breath away, when I noticed a women walking toward me bundled in a long […]

Sorry, I know it has been a while. The new record is here! (Just go to the left side bar under recordings and click on the baby doll for clips, ordering/download info, lyric and liner notes) It looks beautiful! – thanks Dana. I think it sounds pretty goodas well!  – thanks Graham, Marilyn, Michael, James […]

If only working up a new song was as simple as making a delicious salad dressing…  In addition to writing, I have set a goal to work up at least one new song every month that I love. It can be a traditional ballad, a jazz standard, something penned by a dear friend or an […]

Hope all is well. Summer is always a different kind of busy. I have this huge list of stuff to do. Stuff I have been putting off all winter because I have been too busy. I know many of you grasp the magnitude of this Catch 22. Between family, work and fun-meals are often improvised and as a result can get really unhealthy.

Just about any grilled cheese sandwich is improved by the addition of some fresh fruit or vegetables. Apples, tomatoes, spinach, zucchini or Bermuda onion are my top choices. My kids love sliced apples! I always grill in grandmothers 100 year old cast iron fry pan using butter.

In thinking about how to use posts to tell you about the music, the shows, the band and all things me; it occurred to me that it would really be nice to keep in touch regularly but also actually have something to useful to say. So I thought that could take this opportunity to share […]