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My true love David and I are finally righting our ship after bouts with COVID. It is a joy to have him here with me, in sickness or in health. Sadly, he returns to England next week. Also this month,…
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DANG! I’ve got COVID, so I will NOT be doing these gigs: Bethel Historical Society tonight 9/18 Springbrook Center 9/19 Common Ground Fair 9/21 Monhegan Jamboree 9/24 I regret any inconvenience to organizers and attendees! Take good care of yourselves,…
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My biggest personal highlight this September is that my true love David Wallace-Lawrence has joined me from the UK to spend about a month here in Maine! What a delight! He will be accompanying me to many of my gigs….
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Well, dang! I won’t be playing at the Yarmouth Farmers’ Market today, Friday, August 15, as planned due to the threat of rain. They didn’t want me to drive the distance only to maybe find the market cancelled by the…
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In late May, I bid a fond farewell to England, my true love David Wallace-Lawrence, and my bell ringing and Music & Memories friends, and returned to Maine for some medical appointments and work. I hit the ground running and…
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Hot off the virtual press! A detailed history of vintage Grange songbooks and sheet music is now available here, with loads of links to downloads and primary sources. It took several weeks of intensive research and wordcraft to assemble. I’ve…
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To our amazement and delight, the wheels of bureaucracy have turned faster than expected! I have my passport back and will rejoin my true love David Wallace-Lawrence in Barnard Castle, in the north of England, next week. I’m only getting…
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I had hoped to rejoin my true love David in the UK in late November, but it was not to be, due to bureaucratic passport issues unlikely to be resolved until late March at best. We are VERY disappointed. So,…
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In addition to farmers’ market, nursing home, and church gigs this month, I look forward to my Musical Celebration of Rural Life concert at Valley Grange, 172 Guilford Center Road, Guilford, ME on Friday, November 17. Doors open at 6…
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I’m grateful to have four historical society gigs this month, in addition to playing at nursing homes and assisted living facilities, farmers’ markets, and churches (full schedule here): Friday, October 6, 4 PM – Songs of the Abolitionists – The…
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