Happy, healthy, joyful, safe, holidays to you all.

I woke up every hour to check out the window, just to make sure i wasn't dreaming.

CHONY rules.

We're stirring up some tunes for the kids at Children's Hospital: It's "Nurse Jonny and the Prescriptions!"

It's an endless conversation. Mothers to daughters.

Lloyd Van Brunt's book "Delirium" arrived yesterday!

Nothing beats a good Rains Story.

Still inhaling Mary Karr. Her book "Sinners Welcome" and its closing essay: "Facing Altars: Poetry and Prayer."

somehow every picture turned up with red, yellow and green

...and of course family, friends, LOVE, and great food and wine.

Stories from my neighborhood.

Another trip to "Tender Buttons" brings new musings.

just finished "Lit" - didn't want it ever to end. I can't get enough of Mary Karr's writing.

The enduring beauty of live music, friends and good wine!

there's comfort in good advice.

Claude Levi-Strauss dies. Explorer of mythologies....champion the search for objective knowledge

What a weekend. Finally three trick or treaters.

My friend Ronnie's big Opening.

beautiful weather. perfect city. the clignancourt puces. home now to the downpour and dark mornings.

We all got along, mostly. But this is daunting, delicate, work.

I am here in Paris. Again, in love with the city. Oh Paris.

was it too much wine, or not enough? My new hit song, "such a lovely rainbow!"

Certain days, you just can't quite get the catch. Life's stationary trapeze.

I'm a panelist at the AES convention, and strangely enough end up working on a jingle with the illustrious Juan Patino

time, tenderness, beginning again and again.

Knit or Dye Alpaca results are in. Black Bag redemption, and one turtelneck on the way.

home, and now i have to dig through the piles. where did all this stuff come from?

Charlies, I mean Teitur's and Jonas's angels convene in Malmo for an action packed couple of days.

I think Rachel made it pretty clear. And she had a lot of other good advice.

Luckily, I've been so busy...

Once again, Squam enchanted, inspired, and restored my inner twelve year old's spirit.

The first songwriting workshop at Squam is this week. I can't wait.

I am forever grateful to WXPN. And the love affair goes on in Philly...

Houston is not a rotten dump, and Joe Sample makes it fun.

I'm signing up again. Every year. Still weak in the knees for my love.

How I really feel. Umm, not really so serious!

it's really september tomorrow. I'm not ready. Too much to do. Really, I'm not ready.

Sitting still and taking stock. And the sun puts in an appearance for two days in a row in London.

5 perfect days in a row. The passion is still alive and well in Hamburg, Copenhagen, Odense and Bremen!!

is all you need.

One of the most beautiful, summer days ever. Balcony tv. and wicked fun company for the "feels like home" concert.

Somehow, my jasmine is thriving, our new rosemary holding its own, and we managed to get 6 tomatoes so far.

Just when the rocking really gets good, you have to wait for more gigs.

Roseburg Oregon RULES!!

Fun in the sun with a fabulous crowd and some crazy birds.

there's nothing like old friends under the spotlight of an old fashioned photobooth.

I've so loved watching these cute wizards grow up. But I'm so sad Dumbledore had to die.

fog rain shine, dogs, knitting, beauty, family, rain, maine.

It really does taste just like chicken. An old swiss recipe for rabbit stew had us coming back for thirds.

Friends that make up this very small world.

All of a sudden, life is hectic and i like it that way.

I don't know what the opposite of a green thumb is, but I've got it.

Fashionistas. Not. But hats really do make the outfit!

Oh Lord, try playing the melodica in 90 per cent humidity.

Oh my! What a gorgeous kind turnout. And how I've missed playing with the boys.

Yesterday I witnessed the most stunning, wrenching, moving, beautiful theatre i've ever seen.

I felt the Oklahoma LOVE. Now back to the New York GRIND.

The band gears up for a couple low key events and a big outdoor show, and somehow I'm in Oklahoma for the fisrt time.

Keeping music alive in New York City. We add beautiful electric guitar and some more juicy vocals to the Tinkerbell song.

For the first time ever, I could just watch from the window. Raising a glass of nice super Tuscan red to the night.

The holiday pace, strange pressure to relax. How do you do THAT?

Nothing like that beloved fairy to brighten a gloomy June.

pull up your bootstraps and keep walking. Oh yeah, and maybe keep the river, lake, ocean, avenue on your right

Another luminary, another revelation. My heroes never cease to amaze me with their humility....errr. insecurity.

In between bouts of rain and chill, at least there was beauty at the conservatory garden.

With a name like Sheldon Wiener, he had to have some good stories. The joys of the summer barbecue.

Once again, Squam Art Workshops worked its magic. I feel renewed, inspired, humbled by true friendship and joy.

I know I may have told you about SQUAM ART WORKSHOPS before. But I really really mean it.

It's a mother's intuition. Or maybe a daughter's.

Sweet and crazy things happen when you think you've got some time off! Variety shows, weddings, Impromptu tv shows, perfect parades, and a little time off.

Two tiny towns from different sides of the ocean find out they are absolutely kindred spirits.

A small town in Maine and one of its beloved characters.

No matter where you turn, beauty! This city still takes my breath away.

I have a love hate thing about the salon. it's just not comfortable sitting, staring at yourself for that long. Luckily, Yoda showed up last time.

Little did I know, i was a matchmaker at ten, at summer camp in Maine. And true love DOES last.

You know what they say about April, but look at May already. Cold, cranky, undependable. Even my hardy jasmine didn't survive "spring."

Why didn't I think of it sooner? Sometimes the clearest revelations crystallize in the middle of a concert in.... Sellersville, PA.

AND A NEW SINGLE hits I-tunes April 28th. It's true, JB and Davy Knowles have recorded a ROCKING new version of TASTE OF DANGER. YOU NEED THIS TRACK!

The Grounds for Sculpture, GORGEOUS, ENCHANTING. Sellersville? KICKASS. Singing in front of the best audiences? Priceless. Thank you ALL.

Who knew that Woody Guthrie had a "pre-incarnation" who was a bawdy, troubadouring, drinking, sexing, story-telling Bhutanese saint?

Seems that small dogs kept cropping up at the gorgeous knitting stores I found along the way. And some of the loveliest audiences, EVER.

For the love of music, my heart is still full with the generosity of spirit, the passion of the folks who help me do what I do.

Well, I, for one, will ALWAYS go back to my old school. I don't care what Steely Dan said.

I"ve been in a writing frenzy, a recording whirl, but I'm wicked psyched to get out there and sing LIVE. Here I come....

the new workout from Boston, gismos, and the blues

new york's simple charms.

From 100 to 0; the transition to normal.

I just can't get enough of this book called "Failure," by Philip Schultz

buttercup returns, and one scarf is rescued

i promise I'll be good

and lessons I keep learning.

trinkets and treasures

salford quays, aarhus, copenhagen

manchester tonight, denmark, SQUAM

baby lambs, angry farmers

so many sheep, so much green, more soup please

bath, bristol, birmingham, beautiful

my haunts, and the people i meet

but what can i say? it's almost valentine's day

London, you can't count on it!

purple buttons win by a mile

John Updike, my first love

starting a slow down movement!

music industry and obama's day

step-mom, or fun aunt, you decide.

oh giants weep not.

light changes everything

the new year sneaking in....