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…

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…