December 1, 2011Toronto, ON Gentle Readers, It is I, your delinquent Sweetypie with tales from far and wide. Or perhaps, just tall tales. You decide. My sincere apologies for the delay in updates lately. I plead intensely artistically focused, and impressively social! You would be proud. And you did miss an important thing or two while I was busy being…   see more…

October 18, 2011Toronto, ON I’m Home Sweetland Home after an epic weekend at the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals conference in Niagara Falls. I’ve been to tons of these kinds of events in the past, but I confess, this was one of the best. It was so good to see so many of the people I dearly love in one…   see more…

October 10, 2011Toronto, ON Happy Thanksgiving! It’s yet another incredibly glorious day in the big city. I’m relaxing by the metaphorical pool after last night’s fantastic Thanksgiving dinner chez moi.  Our meal was delicious and surprisingly vegan, featuring all the traditional fixings à la Sweetland. (And a live concert by the one and only Darlene while I cooked!) Tonight I…   see more…

September 3, 2011Toronto, ON Good morning! The sun just emerged from behind a cloud —as if on cue— when the church bells across the street started ringing. I usually let said bells rise me on Sunday mornings. Then I peek out from my window perch to watch the minister greet all the smiling morning parishioners who seem to have made…   see more…

August 17, 2011 Toronto, ON It’s been ages, I know, since I spun a Sweetlandish yarn and told you all my secrets. A lot has happened. Many miles driven, photos taken, lobsters trapped, trees climbed, walls scaled, gigs played, postcards mailed, beasts tamed and feasts eaten. Not to mention the message in a bottle I was forced to throw overboard. Do…   see more…

June 30, 2011  Toronto, ON There’s no place like home. I returned to the big city a short while back, with tales to tell in spades. When last we spoke I was packing up my little red van on the streets of downtown Brooklyn… Since then I’ve made midnight pilgrimages to sacred lands of my youth, sought out beautiful bays…   see more…

June 15, 2011  Brooklyn, NY Word up from the heart of sunny downtown Brooklyn! Me, myself and my metro card have been roaming the streets of NYC all week on a bit of a working vacation. I left lovely uber-rural Rappahannock county Virginia and rolled right into the concrete innards of the big city… A bit of a polar shift….   see more…

June 1, 2011 Rappahannock County, VA It’s true. I’m down in the holler again. With the cow cries and the fireflies, the Virginia pine and Virginia wine. Well, actually it was Virginia sparkling wine. And it was delicious and served to me by dear friend, teacher and mentor Paul Reisler when I arrived on his doorstep. I’m staying at Paul’s…   see more…

May 26, 2011  Asheville, NC Mornin’ from sunny Rose Hill Road. Which is really on the side of a mountain, not a hill. But roses there are indeed, as well as rhododendron, creeping jenny and a giant peach tree outside the window that bears little baby fruit. Peaches have been the theme for the last couple days after my best…   see more…

May 21, 2011Montreat, NC O glorious day on the side of a Carolina mountain! I’ve been up in beautiful Montreat all weekend for the 4th annual South East Regional Folk Alliance conference. Left rainy Toronto last week with my army of small red bags, one girl, two guitars, three hats, four wheels, five jackets, six pairs of shoes, seven heavens,…   see more…