I'm about to have a birthday. It feels like it might be the first big one. I'm trying to remember others if I can, but I really can't. At 2o, was I in New York or Washington state? I don't…
May 29 2019
Mar 7 2018
...and Ricely Yours 
Louie Armstrong, who famously signed his letters "red beans and ricely yours" in so doing acknowledged a long standing love musicians have for beans, or rather, have to have. They are, after all, -musical! Perhaps more to the point, it's…
Dec 21 2016
You're not yours
My heart aches tonight for a wee soul gone too soon; for those that feel alone and without community and purpose, for the most sensitive among us. We are living in dark times of collective and personal grief and isolation…
May 5 2016
A cash poor, creatively rich life: Freedom is spelled T-I-M-E
I have no TV and no smart phone. But they are what they are,.. and they are here to stay. I can't begrudge those that use them because these days, that's most everyone. I wonder though, every single day in…
Jul 17 2015
Coping with the Weather
In Scotland, occasionally the summer just doesn't happen. This is one of those summers, where even the most optomistic pal is quite devestated. Yes, night feels like day and the cloud-cover is consant although sometimes the sun comes out,.. just…
Jun 9 2015
A love letter to America
Dear America,
It's been a long time, hasn't it? There is so much to tell you. We've both been through some interesting times, and it feels right to tell you now, I still love you; Your rivers run through my…
It's been a long time, hasn't it? There is so much to tell you. We've both been through some interesting times, and it feels right to tell you now, I still love you; Your rivers run through my…
Oct 1 2014
Kelburn,
My inspiration comes a lot from the natural world and in the last year I've written of birds, blackberries, and wee wanders through the dense forest of my fears. Kelburn was such a reflection of this. We haven't made much…
Nov 5 2013
PLAN B. The Bevvy Sisters hit the studio. WHAM-bAM-That's how it's done by MaDAMNes.
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Photo by Sean Purser taken at the LoveBoat Fringe Show 2013
Life has sure handed me a lot of sweet serendipity,..or (ehem) Cera-n-dipity…
Apr 18 2013
Oh yeah, I'm a mother.
"Puss-in-Boots/Buzzlightyear/Tig-ger/Pirate" aka my son Harlen (who downright refuses to be called by his own name almost every day) comes barreling into a rehearsal with "Mom, I'm hungry,.. and I don't want an apple." We're mid-song, and he knows to wait,..…
Mar 28 2013
Michelle Shocked shocks in worst possible way EVER.
Michelle shocked blog coming soon:
in the meantime here's the audio from the Yoshi's show that has caused such an uproar https://soundcloud.com/therealtofuandwhiskey/michelle-shocked-2nd-yoshis
Her backdrop as painted by her husband featuring herself alongside frida Khalo, Marylin Monroe and Billie…
Jan 20 2013
Taking the Electric Sabbath; a weekly pledge to ungoogle and unwind
We may not longer go to church, believe in a white bearded father figure, confess our sins or pay a tithe, but it doesn't mean that there is nothing sacred left in the world. In fact, it could mean that…
Dec 4 2012
Immigration! Show us your papers- you dirty German lovin' Yank.
Anyone that wants to talk about immigration but hasn't experienced it's churning wheels, coggs and grinding machine from the inside, is akin someone that's watched an ER marathon and then thinks they're a doctor.
Even being married to a…
Even being married to a…