Kristin Sweetland |

September 5, 2003
Sperryville, VA

Look at me!! Back in the Shenandoah holler…Glorious rural Virginia abounds all around me and I am having my first official visit to Jenny’s new 300 year old cabin ( that used to belong to a bootlegger…. no lyin’) And let me tell ya I have had QUITE the trip so far… Holeee. I’m actually thinking this might qualify as possibly the FUNNEST tour I’ve ever had ‘cept maybe yesterday when I drove down the gloomy dirty nasty icky I-95 from NYC to DC and hit ALL the disgustoid rush hour traffic jams along the way. Yikes. At least I had the new Harry Potter book on tape to keep me entertained… ( But pauvre Harry’s going through some rough spots right now and I was forced to commiserate along with him. Boohoo. )

My adventure began two weeks ago when I hit the road for the Eaglewood Folk Fest up in Pefferlaw, Ont. Had an amazing weekend there with fabulous performers and friends, then swiftly hauled it to Peterborough for their folk fest main stage on Sunday night. Ptbo was a divine experience as I used to live there and all my friends came out to visit!! Yeehaw! After that it was off to lover-ly Vermont for some visitation and resting and mass consumption of Thai food and sushi. Mmmmmmm. Next I had my maiden voyage to Boston and surrounding zones for the Labour Day weekend Campfire Festival at Club Passim. Now THAT was fun. Got to meet fabuloso performers from all over and wander about the green pastures of Harvard fantasizing about going there one day (for my highly esteemed PhD in sword-slinging butt-kicking geetar-picking singer-songwriter-ing.) Or possibly some Rocket Science..?. And THEN came my favourite part (drum roll…..) when I got to have my “Vacation” in Salem where I spent too much money on witch-shaped things (but really, what’s TOO much?) and visited various witchy museums and monuments. Ate some damn fine stuffed scallops at Victoria Station, then got sucked in to the happenings at Salem’s Vintage Photography… There I got tons of wicked novelty photos taken that will for sure go down the archives as a wholly worthy cause. Check out some of the Salem Sessions photos!!

So now I’m here in the holler fore a few days resting up and getting work done, then off to Nashville for showcasing at the Nashville New Music Conference (and a good thing cause I REALLY need a new pair of guitar shaped nail-clippers!)

yours ever so truly,

xo, K