When I first moved to the Mission in San Francisco, I lived in a teeny room in a flat with with several roommates, one of whom was a brilliant writer, Karen Wiederholt. After reading several of her poems, I asked if she’d be okay with me turning one of them into a song. I was …
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in – Leonard Cohen I always think of March as a time to start over. The snow begins to melt into the soil. Earthy scents waft through warm air. The old …
We turn not older with years but newer every day ― Emily Dickinson These past years I’ve been doing brand new things. I’ve become a mother, a music teacher, a climate activist, a backpacker. I’ve learned new ways to communicate, support, love, give; be resilient, bold, brave. Now as I return to performing music it will …
Our first collaborative song, Scarborough started out with Doug noodling on the piano in his studio and I said, “Hey, that sounds a little like Scarborough Fair” and I started singing to it. Whipped out the voice memo app and recorded it. From there Doug recorded more piano on his own and sent it to …
Many years ago a fellow songwriter was suffering from a medical condition. She was much too young when she passed away and I spent a lot time afterwards trying to understand what it might have been like to reach out to the place she felt was on the other side. She described it as a …
