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This year has been pretty amazing and I've had the chance to tour Aspen, San Diego (3 times) Michigan, Maui, Belize and most ot the state of Arizona. Thanks Lowell, for noticing that I have not made any entries in my journal for almost 9 months. That's about as long as I've been working for Dependable Solar Products during the day. I will be making updates again now that I have my new computer and finally have my ilnternet working correctly. Sun, Nov 13 - It seriously feels as if I've been using this whole year as research for writing. Feeling a little overwhelmed with making a living lately but fine. It's taken me a full year to get functional after mom died last year in October and then just before going on my Midwest tour my husband of nearly ten years moved out while I was doing a gig on a Saturday morning. I feel like I'm getting it back on track again and starting to write songs again. I slowed down the number of shows that I was doing after last October and am starting to book more now. I actually lost the website files on my desktop about 3 times so far and have had to rebuild the site twice already. I'm working a day job now along with my music. I remember the time that I worked over 200 live shows each year I was working for Honeywell so I think that if I keep my focus on my goals I'll be able to continue moving forward with this wonderful work. Nov 5, 2005 - Wow, what an amazing night at Coffee Cricket. Thanks to the Evans' who also invited many of their friends. Thanks Don C too for stopping by for the show. I see many good things for this coffee house because they keep moving forward and making improvements. They even have 3 brand new session rooms that artists have decorated and sell some quality guitar products such as strings and things. Someday they hope to be the C4 of Mesa. I can see it happening. So went to a house party afterwards and had a blast. Treated like a Rock Diva all night and made me feel very special.November 3, 2005 - Finally have my site up and running. It feels good to have the shows updated again. It sure had been a long year and I haven't been doing as many live shows as I did before my mom died but I'm getting back into the swing of it again. You'll see a lot more updates soon, including photos from my tour in Michigan. Thanks Lowell for taking the photos at Desert Ridge Market Place.

Nov 04 to Aug 05 Journal

Sunday, August 14, 2005 - Just moved into my new place last week and finally have internet on my computer so that I can post a scrawl to ya'all. Check out the write up that I got in my hometown paper, The Oceana Hearald Journal, it's posted under the Press page. The July tour to Michigan was so much fun and that I plan on doing it every year. I want to include the New England states next time. Traverse City was one of my favorite spots even though it was rainy and very cold the whole time I was up there. I met some wonderful new friends at an open mic called The Hayloft, Bev from North Western Michigan University public radio station 90.7 and Brant who collects 'everything music' and tunes piano. Thanks for making my trip to TC very fun. One of my favorite gigs was in Pentwater, Michigan on the 4th of July. I sang in the restaurant at The Historic Nickerson Inn. Most of my friends and relatives came to this show and even someone from High School who was two grades ahead of me. My best friend Kim Fuller (since the 1st grade) came to the show and we even took an evening of our own to go out on the town together (even though the streets are rolled up at 9 pm). Thanks David Molinari for doing the gig in Petoskey. You are an amazing musician! I was playing guitar and practicing a bit in my sister's back yard and her neighbor, Mr. Trometor, came by with a beautifully crafted wooden vase with fresh flowers in it. He said he made it and was giving it to me as a gift because my music was beautiful. Later I talked to Mrs Trometor and she told me we used to be neighbors when I was 3 or 4 years old. She also knows the lady who does some booking in town and took a cd for that. Tues, May 3, 05 - Local musicians measure their accolades in small increments. Instead of how many platinum albums we sell we get excited each time sell a few CDs at a show or we play a stage that is new or larger then the last. When we do well in contests or make a bucket load of tips on a good night. I think that it is an enjoyable place to be, taking small steps up the mountain instead of running to keep up with other people's expectations and agendas. Making music the way I want to make it and not having to make it sound pop, country or more anything else. My mom never got to go to one of my shows but I played for her a lot when she was going through Chemo for lung cancer. She appreciated the music and she would smile such a proud smile. I miss her. I still haven't been to her grave stone yet because I left soon after the funeral. It will be good doing music with her only brother and sister this summer. Jean and Pat are my God parents as well as my aunt and uncle. They were my very first influence with acoustic guitar music. Thurs, Apr 14- Been working on the guitar tracks for the new album. Hope to have it finished in time for the tour. Have been writing a couple of new songs. The showcase with Barb Ryman was lots of fun. She is a fantastic songwriter. Been practicing my fiddle too. Saturday after my coffeehouse gig at Steve's Espresso I am playing a few songs at a memorial service for a dear friend, John Marsh who died a couple of weeks ago. He was a super, awesome, amazing friend and a fan of my music and was always so supportive by coming to shows and saying it like it is. Letting me know what he thought was good and what needed work. Two of my biggest fans have passed away in a matter of a few short months, mom and John. Where in the hell is Petoskey, Michigan! It's a little slice of heaven on earth (in July) in a cool land, far, far away from the desert. I'll be stopping for a show in Petoskey on July 16th. Really looking forward to the East Lansing show at Cappuccino's Café because my family live in Lansing and Freeport, Michigan and they are all very close. Oceana Hearald Journal is going to do a write up close to the time that I tour. That's the Hart Michigan (hometown) newspaper. Wed, Mar 30 - I just received an email telling me that I have been selected as one of the Top Ten Finalist: 2005 Tucson Folk Festival National Songwriting Contest (Tucson, Arizona). This is a huge thing for me because it is the first contest I ever submitted my music to. I won't be able to compete on April 30th because I have two gigs and one is with the Mesa Center for the Arts. I'm disappointed that I won't be able to compete but said I will be available to perform after 6:30 pm April 30 or any time during the festival weekend. I submitted a cd with the Hanna & Seether song and the song I wrote for my mother "Heaven's Skylight". Thur, Mar 10 - Been busy planning my first cross country tour from Arizona to NJ! I have some really fun gigs lined up already in Michigan, Las Vegas and NJ. I plan on stopping through Nashville on the way home and visiting the famous Blue Bird Café open mic on Tuesday night. It's a lottery draw so I may not have the chance to play but it will be fun to go. I've been updating my schedule as I confirm dates so you may see new tour information on a daily basis until I leave in June. Looking forward to the Phoenix Folk Festival, I'm playing on Sunday at the boathouse. Sun, Feb 27 - Had a busy weekend, some very good shows this week. Friday's show was fun at VU. Just got back home from Common Ground Coffee House. I really like playing there and the owner has asked me to play Sundays. They have some very nice customers. They don't always get a lot of people but the ones that are there are classy and tip pretty good. I'm happy that I am booking some shows near my own hometown. It will be fun to send invitations to family and have some press in my hometown paper. My aunt and uncle will be playing as a Trio with me at a concert series in Baldwin, Michigan. Uncle Pat just bought a new Martin and is practicing a lot for the summer tour. I've got a couple of coffee shops in Lansing and E. Lansing lined up too. Probably do some Las Vegas gigs, I sent out some press kits last week. Sun, Feb 13- The show at Common Ground was fun this morning. It sure has a friendlier feel to it then when it was a Coffee Plantation and Seatle's Best shop. Cammie came by and played some songs and Lowell stopped in for a listen (thanks Lowell!!, the pictures were great). We moved the show outside halfway through. Noticed I had a slight sunburn today. Oh, there's another cd I've been listening to, Marc Cohn's self titled cd. There's a song Perfect Love and James Taylor sings it with him. I love the percussive guitar work he does and Marc sells out almost every show he does. The more you listen the more you like his stuff. I was at Liv Taylor's site and noticed that he covers Levi's Blue, a Wilcox tune. I'd like to hear his version. Liv seems to only tour in New England and the Midwest so I'll have to catch him sometime when he's close to Michigan. I'd like to see Richard Shindel sometime soon too. I went to a Wilcox concert last March at Cave Creek and he is so entertaining and expressive. Thurs, Feb 10 - There's this amazing song that Patty Griffin has on her 'impossible dream' cd that I've been practicing called 'Florida'. I'm going to cover it at my next gig. She is very prolific. Her guitar parts stay pretty simple most of the time but she has a way of making it all sound dynamic with her vocals. I've done her song 'Forgiveness' and Florida is another song that should be heard. I bought the Shawn Colvin DVD Polaroids: A Video Collection. It's extensive and shows most of her best work since the 1980's up to Whole New You. It's really cool to see her New Martin in some early videos and then see the road rash on it after 20 years of playing. Stopped by Coffee Cabana for open mic night. Lots of fun, lots of new faces. sh Mon, Jan 31 - January will be officially closed in 25 minutes. February, it's a short month, half of which is devoted to Valentines advertisements. I think January ended on an exceptionally good note. Robyn and I recorded some of my songs at PVCC. She sure is fun to jam with and we always laugh a lot. I have to record her in the studio because she is so humble about her playing that she always plays quieter then I would like her to. Today I parked in the PVCC EMPLOYEE parking and when I got out I had a ticket on my windshield. I went to the security office and disputed it, I told them I had been on the payroll there for at least two years. They didn't make me pay it but reminded me that those spaces are for FULL time employees only. They also said, "by the way, we really enjoyed your concert". The security office is right next to where we were playing. When I got home I did spend time in the studio burning the tracks to a disc. I'll try to post some of them on the site soon. Tomorrow is a teaching day out in Cave Creek, PV and Scottsdale. Night now, sh. Sat, Jan 29 - I just experienced the ultimate songwriter's weekend. Fiddler's Dream was as good as ever, great people. Myron and Rachael stopped by. This morning's show at Cave Creek Coffee Company was as busy as I've ever seen it in the morning. I invited several students to come and play a song each at the end of my set. Lots of people showed up and tips were good. I had a few people tell me that they've read the scratch and scrawl from the beginning. There was a man at the show who said he ran across the website and decided to come to the show. Tonight I was part of a showcase at Coffee Cricket in Mesa. It was very fun and lots of people enjoyed my music. Most of the people who were in the story were also in the showcase. Lots of awesome talent. It was a very small venue and a couple times we exceeded the 39 people limit. Okay, so it's not over yet. I get to start my week out at PVCC with Robyn Fisher. I am very blessed, indeed! Tomorrow belongs to Tori and Specer, I'm babysitting (my favorite gig). Thru, Jan 27 - Last week I pinched a nerve in my back and had a tough time. I think it was from lifting Spencer, my 1 yr old grandson. I've been taking good care and feel much better. I'm looking forward to the weekend's gigs. Tomorrow night I'll be playing at Fidds for the first time in over two or maybe three years. Wow, I have a whole new list of songs that I'm playing. Saturday morning I'm doing the show at C4 and will have quite a few of my students stopping by. At 11 am I am having each one play a song and my friend Kevin will play a few blues tunes. Monday night Robyn and I practiced some of my new songs. It was fun and she gave me a violin lesson. I've been teaching myself as much as I can but she really explained a lot and I should be able to get a little farther along with her help. Monday, Jan 31, we are playing at PVCC together. I'm so happy to have her playing with me that day. Sat, Jan 22 - It's been a while since I've checked into the Scratch-n-Scrawl page. Had a great time at the Arizona Songwriters Gathering today. I performed in the boathouse at 10:40 and then caught the end of Jenny Yates' workshop. I bought her cd and got her signature. I left a cd for her and had a chance to talk to her briefly. Saw a lot of old friends but didn't stay all day because Tori and Specer wanted me to come by and visit. Al very cool thing happened to me yesterday. You see how I've put all of my music out there on my site, I had a venue owner contact me and book me because she heard my music online at my site. That's exciting because I usually get gigs on the basis of cover songs, it's rewarding to have someone judge from your original music. Tues, Jan 12 - Very cool email received from some listeners at EZFOLK. The fellow who runs the site even commented on how well he like my music and added some low-Fi options to my songs. Tomorrow is my day off and I'm going to practice some new songs and maybe do some writing. sh Thurs, Jan 6 - This story is just weird! My dog, Muffin is a little Lasa Apso (her picture is at the top of my website) who has always thought she was a cat. She walks in the window sills, lies on the back of the sofa and loves to sit in laps. When my daughter moved back into the house a few months ago she brought her cat. She is a female and the cat is female. About three days ago Muffin started humping the poor cat and hasn't stopped bothering her. She even climbed onto the kitchen table (I didn't know she could do that, she's very small) to get to the cat. Not only is this an inter-species relationship, it is also a lesbian animal ….thing. The cat was named 'Fee Fee' because she had a white strip down her back like in the cartoon with Pepe La Pieu (sp??) Wed, Jan 5 - My new song is in the #1 position in the Folk/Rock charts at the EZFOLK site today and a couple others are climbing up the charts. There's something very exciting about playing a new song for an audience. This one is one of my favorites, but of course, it's my latest. The song is much faster and power driven then most of my other songs. It is also the first song I've written that is in standard tuning in over a year. I feel like this will be a song that will have more mass appeal because of the fast tempo and catchy lyrics. It just happened that way with this song, usually my songs are more reflective, colorful and dark. With Ray of Hope I sort of painted the whole picture dark and with Dirt Road to Nowhere you get the feeling that everything is in black and white, but it's very beautiful. In Hanna and Seether I don't have a dark canvas, it actually seems bright, choices and lives draw in the dark elements of the song to add a sharp contrast of emotions. Later. sh Sat., Jan 1, 2005 - Happy New Year! The break from work during the holidays has been great but I have so much work in January that I probably need to spend most of my break on the music, getting a few more gigs and planning lessons for students. This year I set my goals higher then I have in the past. sh Tues, Dec 28 - Went to open mic at Mama Java's and sang my new song. That's a fun open mic, lots of new faces. My songs went over great especially the new one. It seems more of a pop/rock song then a folk song. This is the first song that I've written in standard tuning in almost a year. It's a story song, about a girl named Hanna who is always looking for something better then what she has. Sether believes her to a fault and metaphorically falls into her wishing well of desires. It's a fast moving traveling song with some power crunch in the verse. A new year approaches and it's time to set some new goals for the music year. It's time for new venues, new songs, new recordings, some big openings and a little touring in the Midwest this summer. My uncle Pat has been playing for years and I want to do a couple of gigs with him so our family can come to hear us. I'm getting a lot of requests for CDs in from folks in Michigan so I'll sell the CDs and tour a little. Sat, Dec 25 - Merry Christmas! Fri, Dec 24 - I spent the day with Tori, my 2 ½ year old grandaughter. We ate pizza and listened to some live music and then we came home and made a fire in the fire place, lit lots of candles and played every instrument in the house, even the trumpet (we don't know how to play the trumpet though). For supper we made steaks on the grill with baked potatoes for the grown ups. It was lots of fun. Christmas eve has always been a favorite time for me. I enjoy the anticipation of the next day. Thur, Dec 16 - Been a few days since I tapped out a scrawl to you all. My Holiday gift to my listeners is a new MP3 at the Listen Page. Greensleeves, a classical two part number that I have performed both parts in. It's late, gotta teach in the morning. I think it's the last Thursday I teach any students until the first of the year. School is out until the 4th, after tomorrow. My last gig for the year is Friday. I'm looking forward to the break. I wrote a new song today, much more of a pop/rock sound then my other songs. Kinda has a Shawn Colvin feel to the whole thing with a Hoobastank vibe. Interesting. We'll see how it plays out with a violin on Jan 31. later, night all. sh Mon, Dec 13 - 1:40 am: Miss the snow and my mom this holiday season. I finished decorating the tree and practiced violin today. One more show for the month of December (and the year). I'll play at VU Friday night from 7-10 pm. I'm working on a new song, maybe it will be ready to record on Jan 31 at PVCC. I'm not big on shopping but like to make most of my gifts, so I stay up late many nights sewing, knitting, painting and stuff. I've always been a night owl ever since I can remember. Time to go to sleep….sh Fri, Dec 11 - 1:41 am, had a fun show at VU earlier tonight. Not a lot of people but there were a few people who came by just to hear the music. They kept requesting Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Joan Baez. Hey, there are a few people out there who actually read this chicken scratch on a daily basis! THANKS! (both of you) I added a new pix, Tori Shei Hamm, my dear, dainty, little granddaughter who likes spending time cooking and listening to music with me. She was a Butterfly Ferry for Halloween. Tori started listening to a large variety music starting at 3 days old. Her favorites was Mozart, Beach Boys (only Barbara Ann song) and Dar Williams (Beauty of The Rain, always puts her to sleep). I have my tree up but it's not decorated yet, probably tomorrow. Later Folkies, sh Wed, Dec 8 - Can you believe, I still don't have my tree up. Tomorrow I teach lessons all day and may not have the time. I might before my gig on Friday. The days in December are usually spent creating gifts and sewing. It seems as if every day of the year I have to be constantly doing something creative with my hands. I knit, crochet, bake, paint, draw,sew, play guitar and violin. Bread baking is always one of my favorites because you're using your hands to kneed the dough. I like cooking because it involves cutting veggies and chopping stuff. When I was young my dad would always say that I would have to get a job using my brain because I wasn't a fast worker. (I always thought it was more important to work smart and well then fast) He taught me to work in the garden with my hands, to use tools, to drive nails, we plucked chickens, stacked wood, painted, picked fruit. My mom always liked to draw and would color with us kids. I remember a couple of very caring 4-H teachers who taught me to sew and later some patient friends who taught me to knit and crochet during my pregnancies. As my children have grown I have realized the importance of meditation and relaxation. I was reading at both Joni Mitchell's and Marc Cohn's websites and they both talk about how writing music seems to go in cycles. It does for me and even performing seems to progress in cycles. When I was at the Holiday Harmony show last weekend I noticed that when the Japanese drums were being set up (they were made out of wooden barrels) the crowd started to gather to see the drums. By the time the performers started they already had a nice audience because the drums were so interesting by themselves. A great thought came to me as the people started coming to look at the big drums and I thought "Where are my drums"??? What is it that will make people gather to hear my music before I start to sing??? (still haven't answered that one, of course I have a guitar, people love to look at but it's an amazing idea and if I can find my own metaphorical "drums" it will help me as a performer) Sun, Dec 5 - I sang at the Scottsdale tree lighting event tonight. I had a fun time and they asked me to do a second set of holiday songs just before the mayor, Mary Manross got up on stage. I actually almost ran into her with my music stand (but didn't) 11:10 am, The show on Friday was a little slow but I had one person from my mailing list who drove all the way out to Power Rd and McKellips to listen. It's still pretty wet out but it doesn't look like it's raining. Unless they call and cancel I'm still going to show up with my guitar and be ready for the Holiday Harmony tree lighting event in Scottsdale this evening. I really had to practice my holiday songs, you only sing them once a year. I'm going to put my tree up tomorrow. TV says Home Depot is the best place to buy a live tree. Guess I'll try that. Thur, Dec 2 - 12:14 am, Taught lessons all day. Just finished practicing violin, no family members telling me to stop this late at night, I must be getting better or they are very tired. Tomorrow night I'm playing a new gig, Market Street Coffee Company, way out on Power Road and McKellips. I've played the DC Ranch lots of times and Tatum & Shea when it was having music. I'm still going to practice some Christmas songs for Sunday's event before I go to bed but wanted to check in and reflect. sh Wed, Dec 1 - Wow, got to the open mic at Sonoran Coffee Company and the lights were out. Took a closer look and the furniture and carpet was gone! Hopefully someone buys the place soon and keeps a coffeehouse in that corner. I needed Wed. night off :^). SH It's December already and counting down to the holidays. I'm actually redecorating my fireplace and mantle for the holidays. January shows are looking fun. I have a nice variety of venues, lots of places to sing my own music at. Coffee Cabana, Fiddler's Dream, PVCC, C4 and VU. Getting ready to head out to the open mic at Sonoran Coffee Company tonight. Maybe I'll do a couple of classical songs tonight and bring my little classical guitar. It's a rare thing for me to play classical music outside of teaching lessons. I want to force myself to play it in front of people. Need to practice violin tonight when I get home. Peace, SH Mon, Nov 29 - Yesterday was very peaceful and relaxing. I made a poncho, scarf, mittens and purse for Tori, my 2 year old granddaughter. She sure is cute. Today she wore them to the store and was so proud of the whole outfit. Man from Scottsdale Center for the Arts called me about doing the Holiday show this Sunday. I'm performing a 15 minute set of Holiday songs. Tomorrow's a busy day of teaching guitar lessons. I leave the house at 1:30 pm and won't return until about 9 pm. Later, sh Sat, Nov 27 - A beautiful day outside today. Gerry's out putting the lights up on the house. I practiced some classical music for the holidays. I don't typically play any classical music at my shows but will make an effort to this holiday season. I have my cards ready to send out. I'm not usually very organized but wanted to be this year. We'll mail them out today. VU Wineroom tonight, I feel like doing a gig tonight. It should be fun because my energy level is back to normal since I am keeping a light schedule. Later, SH Thur, Nov 25 - Happy Thanksgiving. What a feast! What a family! What a country! We had a full house today and guests. Caroline is from France and BJ is her fiancé. They are getting married tomorrow! Mon, Nov 22 - Weird Monday (a song here somewhere) Woke up to a call from Mary Godfrey because she had a sore throat and asked me to cover her PVCC gig at noon. Lucky for me I got a call from the student life office saying they had cancelled the show because it was raining and slow on campus. Later Mike from BA called me, we exchanged some words and I won't be booking or singing for him anymore. I probably won't be involved in booking any new venues from now on. I have removed their link from my site. The thing about this job is that it is extremely competitive and sometimes even the guys you try to help (by opening music venues and booking them for a half a year) compete with me and so be it, their music fits better in a bar. Not good to let this bother any musician for more then an hour or so. Let it go, move on, we learn this quickly. Sun, Nov 21 - 6:03 pm Wow, what an amazing weekend this has turned out to be. Friday's show was a good turn out and last nights show with Renee was lots of fun, lots of friends and we recorded. I used the opportunity to make a new covers demo since my old one was a little out dated. It turned out great. I still have to burn Renee's songs onto a cd and then I have to master both cds. I played at SAIL INN for the Fiestas for Children benefit. I played Ray of Hope and Heaven's Skylight after Sarah Chapman's set. Lots of music, lots of fun and I wish I could have stayed longer but it's a rare occasion when my husband wants to take me out to dinner so I left early and we went to his favorite place, 'Chilli's'. Now Tori and Spencer are coming over so I can baby sit while mom & dad go out for dinner (grand kids, Tori is 2 ½ and Spencer is 10 months). Tonight I'll be in the studio late burning Renee's CD for her and running mine in the pc to master. Later, sh Sat, Nov 20 - 11:45 pm Renee's show went great, I recorded a lot of her music for her tonight and did a few covers for my next cover demo. Lots of fun, the place was full and the coffee counter guy, Mike, is my new guitar student starting next Tuesday. How did I end up with 28 students this year! I was just going to do a little teaching but I've been busy almost every weekday teaching. I love the kids and big kids too. The gigs are my favorite part of the business. I was remembering a 4-H event where I sang on stage when I was only 10 years old. The song was 'One Tin Soldier' and I did pretty well even with my mom's old warped guitar that she got with green stamps. She couldn't learn very easily because she was left handed. I didn't know that it was an especially difficult guitar to play when I taught myself to play chords at eight years old. The nut was set so high that it could have been easily played as a dobro. My vocals were very mature for my age and I was good at mimicking songs from the radio. A couple years later I sang 'Someday Soon' by Judy Collins at the High Jinks talent show and in the Junior High, High Jinks talent show I sang the very first song I ever wrote 'Stay With Me for The Summertime" that had a G em C D chord progression (like some of the old 60's tunes I had heard on the radio) It went over good. Carry Hasty, (the cutest boy in the 7th grade) had an electric guitar he brought from his house nearby and wanted me to play it for him because he didn't know how. I was just happy Carry was talking to me. We went into the basement of the old State Street gym in Hart, Michigan during a practice session and I started playing a song for him when Mr. Kenyon came down the stairs. He told me I should play acoustic guitar because it complimented my vocals and that they wouldn't hear my vocals as well with the electric. I wonder if anyone from school or the teachers have any old photos from those events. I'm curious. When I tour in Michigan this summer I'm going to try to dig up some of snap shots from the teachers. Sat, Nov 20 - 2:27pm Think I'll bring my recording gear to the coffee shop tonight to do a little recording. Renee Ernsberger is doing her second show at Sonoran Coffee Company tonight and I'm setting up my gear for her and playing to help her out. I booked her first show for her at Coffee Talk about a year ago. It's good to see her getting back into the music again. Just hanging out and made spaghetti and garlic bread this afternoon. I have some grown up kids that pretty much live here when they're not anywhere else so they eat when I cook. I need to practice violin today. Probably take a good musician's nap in a few minutes. Later, SH Fri, Nov 19 - What a fun show that was at Mama Java's tonight. New strings, polished guitar, lots of energy. I did my older songs in the fisrt set and some that I barely remembered. I forced myself to do some that I haven't done in a long time. Even the cheesy ones. The last set was all of my newer songs which were half in standard tuning and about 5 other different tunings. Joshua Watts did a great job opening and playing during my breaks. A couple of my students and their families dropped by. I was glad I had stopped at the open mic on Tuesday because about 6 people from the open mic came to the show. There were others who sat through that I didn't know but it felt like an intimate group and the show went very well. I was going to record it but I'm glad I didn't because the grinders were loud several times during the night. I think I'll record the PVCC show in Jan. Tomorrow's show at Sonoran should be relaxing. Maybe I'll just bring the Acoustisonic amp instead of the PA. …Hmm, is it in the garage or in the music room? I'll have to look. Ahh, get to sleep in tomorrow morning! It's been a long time since I've done that. Was thinking about how grateful I am to be an artist and sharing my thoughts, feelings and emotions with anyone who will hear. I was the 4th girl in our family so music was my expression when I wanted to be heard. Nite-later, sh Thurs, Nov 18 - Mary Godfrey called me and asked me to sing a few songs at her benefit concert this Sunday at Sail Inn in Tempe. It will be fun listening to all the musicians. I taught guitar at the school today, all three of the Walker kids were sick but the class was still pretty full. Ashton helped me with the second hour beginners. All my afternoon lessons cancelled today, it was nice to releax a little. Practiced some of my songs tonight. I had one song that was so old I absolutely couldn't remember any of the chords so had to reinvent the song. It's called Disturbed and Angry. I remember doing it on web radio Live at 5 a few years ago in the Ziggy's bar and really screwing it up becaus