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…

February 14, 2006London, ON Happy Valentines Day, my sweeties. Am hittin’ the road ASAP southwards to Virginia. My best friend Jenny is getting married to singer-songwriter compadre Chuck Brodsky this weekend in a wee special ceremony down in the holler. So looking forward to all the celebrations! Will certainly report on the adventures that transpire and will be posting photos…   see more…

July 17, 2005 Cranberry, PA At Motel 6… encore. Soooo sleepy again, but at least no odeur de wet doggy this time. Adventures have been seriously good- and highly adventurous. Left the holler this morning en route back to my home and native land. Yayyy Canada. Spent the last week at Paul Reisler and Julie Portman‘s Songcamp intensive in the…   see more…

September 22, 2004 Still down in the holler… HAPPY AUTUMN EVERYONE.  Here I am still, in the little log cabin in the mountains. Never did make it down to Asheville due to unfortunate amounts of hurricaning. Instead, we decided to stay here and make sure the roof didn’t blow off from one of the dozens of tornados that touched down…   see more…

September 22, 2003Gid Brown Hollow, VA Greetings again, from the wet wilds of Virginia. I’m back in the hollow after a truly insane trip down to Nashville and all points in between!! Had a serious blast at the Nashville New Music Conference meeting crazy talented (and rather stylish) folks from all over. Then I headed up to the Bristol area…   see more…