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A friend once said that in order to be true to yourself, you have to be true to others. This…bothered me. I mean, seriously, what if the people in your life happen to be complete dicks eh? Just where and what do you do then? Or worse still, what if you are the asshole in […]
While sitting at the top of a hill on a bench, after getting hopelessly lost, walking barefoot through small rivers, a friend laughed and said, ‘So the answer is to have low expectations?’ No, the idea is to have no expectations and end up sitting in an unexpectedly beautiful place, talking, smoking in the rain […]
My brother and his family from Amsterdam are visiting. Yes, I am cooking and baking. And yes, I love the sound of a house filled with babies and kids as much as I love music. In fact, they are one and the same thing to me. My brother is a musician and has traversed the […]
Our dog, Ms Bowie, keeps pulling a Houdini on us! I wish I were home more often to help out…but… honestly, I can’t blame her. It’s human of us to project our desires and fears on animals, gods and even inanimate objects. So I get the idea of escaping every single time and making a […]
I do not need to justify my choices to anyone. An easy sentence to write but hard to live up to. I remember being married, in relationships or even friendships and there existing this unspoken rule about how and who makes choices. It’s early morning and I have not spoken to anyone, even though there […]
This song is self explanatory and will go on the new album. Darryl Manuel is responsible for the production on this track. I loved our Wednesday night music sessions. I would bring him a new song and he would urge me to change chords or add in an extra lyric. It is an honest song […]
When my daughter was small, or even the last time I saw her sleeping, I stared at her like serial killers do their victims. Okay, that sounds harsh eh? What I mean to say is this. I stare deeply and from a corner at the people I love. Wait, that sounds even worse now… Last […]
I am deeply aware of a few people who stalk me. The usual and rather unexpected kind (thank you ex husband for informing me about the weirdos). And so one learns to be more careful with words – everywhere. Or not speak at all. A friend told me a few weeks back, ‘There is so […]
Every single time I am out on the town with friends and that moment finds me… when the music is perfect, when the crowd is in sync with each other and I had just enough whiskey….it’s that moment when everything within me becomes silent. Just as I do when I rehearse and we are so […]
It is such a blessing performing with my band, for so many reasons. Aside from the real fact that they bring a fullness of sound….each and every one of them are so talented that when we play together it feels nothing short of joy. This performance was better than what we did when we opened […]