Okay. So it has been a really long time since I've posted. But I've been SOOO busy.

After New Music West, I came home and threw myself headlong into a project that is turning out to be a new job. I'm writing my own column for a local newspaper and doing feature stories. Last week I interviewed the legendary Ian Tyson. Tonight, I attended a hard-core boxing club. Part way through, I caught a glimpse of myself in the big mirror, and I looked so silly that I collapsed onto the floor in hysterical fits of laughter.
But I think I have quickly become seriously addicted to it, and I plan to return on Sunday for the womens' class. I left dripping in sweat and stinking to high Heaven. I have a feeling my whole body is going to feel like I was hit by a truck tomorrow or the next, but it was well worth it.

What else? Tonight is warm, and as I sit here at my computer, a cool breeze is blowing through the window and I can hear the hum of the traffic up on the highway.

I love summer. I love everything about it. I love the roses blooming by the fence, I love keeping my doors open in the morning, I love sitting on the steps in the sunshine, I love riding my bike everywhere, I love wearing flip-flops and I love watering my pathetic looking vegetable garden. I don't know what I've done, but the lettuce did not transplant well and one of my cucumber plants has wilted. I am a little afraid for my garden this summer. But I will keep watering it and hope some kind of miracle happens. I was counting on a profuse abundance of cherry tomatoes to last me until September. I might have to move them into a place where the sun hits longer, because we have these horrible huge cedars that seem to be blocking out the light.

That is all...

Well dear friends.... I am off to Vancouver tomorrow, where I will:

a)Perform a great show with my dear friend and cellist, Richard St. Onge at New Music West, a huge and critical music festival

b)make a connection which will drastically alter the state of my career for the better

c)find a great new pair of boots

d) eat more sushi in 3 days than I have ever eaten in my entire life and love every minute of it

e) If you're wondering, yes, I have been watching "The Secret", maybe a little more often than a person should be allowed to.

If you have no idea what New Music West is, I will tell you. It is a big music festival where new music is showcased and is also a big chance to meet key industry people and strut your stuff.

I am prosperous.

I am a diva.

I am filthy rich and have weekly pedicures.

Wish me luck...