May 10, 2011  Toronto, ON Happy birthday to me! I’m home at quite a reasonable hour for a birthday girl after a fantastic day and night of celebrating. My ladies and I went out for an amazing dinner at my favourite Toronto restaurant, Julie’s Cuban! It’s romantic and delicious, and the corn fritters are simply to die for. Afterwards we…   see more…

May 5, 2011  Dalkeith, ON Bonsoir from drizzly fireside Farm Heaven. I’ve been up here in the wood smoke and rain for the last few days, enjoying the country quiet and working with Lyndell Montgomery a.k.a. Captain Dirt on a new studio project! We’ve been recording with the amazing Terry Gillespie in his beautiful countryside studio. Amongst the dairy cows…   see more…

May 1, 2011Toronto, ON May Day May Day! Happy Beltane (as it’s called in ye olden Celtic tradition.) I’m resposing on my couch after a lovely, wet and delicious evening. I had my ladies over tonight to celebrate said ancient holiday in style. There were flowers and feasting, a May Queen or two and of course, a Maypole fashioned from…   see more…

April 22, 2011 Home Sweetland Home ♥ Good morning! The bells in the church tower across the street are ringing to remind us how Good this Friday is …  I’m celebrating with toast and coffee and my favourite bad TV show. This is my morning ritual: Awake in my glorious polka-dot pillow cloud bed. Lie there and think of 5 things…   see more…

April 15, 2011  London, ON Bonsoir from the depths of my deep dark chambers. I’ve left the big city for a good spell in the name of the Sweetlandish suburbia of my youth … My mom just got out of the hospital after bravely undergoing a full knee replacement. She’s doing really well and I’m so inspired by her strength…   see more…

April 6, 2011  Toronto, ON I seem to be right where you left me. A white sheepskin rug, a Halloween mug of Dreamland tea, a pad of post-it notes, an almost-empty bag of Soma chocolate-tumbled hazelnuts and a fresh black Sharpie.  Looks like there’s some righteous plans at work in this sweet Sweetlandish mind of mine. But righteous plans and…   see more…

March 28, 2011  Toronto, ON Bonsoir from Casa Sweetlandia. It was a sweet sunny Sunday in the big city and I’ve been up and going since the crack of the first church bell this morn! I did have plans to be the social butterfly this weekend, but instead gave in to domesticity and repose. It’s possible I should have gone…   see more…

March 20, 2011 Toronto, ON Happy Spring! The sweetest of seasons could not have come soon enough for me, and I tonight I celebrate with my peeps in true magnificent style. There will be toasting, and feasting, and burning in effigy, and solemnly swearing to never again spend a full winter in the city without running away. To somewhere warm. Where…   see more…

March 18, 2011Toronto, ON If you couldn’t make it to Hugh’s Room for the “50 WAYS TO LOVE PAUL SIMON” show. You can get a taste of what you missed on YouTube … Watch Jorge Miguel and I performing our first piece of the evening, an instrumental duet à la Simon and Garfunkel!  Check out the newest YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE!…   see more…

March 11, 2011Toronto, ON Mes Amis, I’m so excited for tonight’s show at Hugh’s Room in Toronto! The brilliant and lovely A Man Called Wrycraft (graphic designer of both my CD’s) has put together yet another eclectic and badass tribute show. This time it’s the second annual “50 WAYS TO LOVE PAUL SIMON” – A Loving Tribute to the Music…   see more…