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2023 has been a year bursting with creativity! The muses are smiling upon me... and seriously putting me to work! I am grateful, though,  after frequent and prolonged lulls of writer's block the last few years.  I have so many new songs to share in the coming months.  I attended my first songwriting retreat in April hosted by Terra Songwriting, a community of songwriters in Cleveland, and had an amazing experience. I was introduce to "speedwriting" where you write a completed song in an hour based on a specific prompt and restraints attached.

"For the times they are a-changin'" - Bob Dylan

As the colective consciousness continues to awaken from compulsory hibernation and we as individuals are taking inventory of what we are left to work with, I just want to send out a note of encouragement as well as an update on what I have been up to.  It seems lately that the things that have had the most profound positive impact on me have been the simplest of things - a kind word or glance in passing, a feeling of gratitude for things once taken for granted, the folk wisdom of trite but true mantras  (for ex, The Serenity Prayer).

Hey all you astral souls! Well, a lot has happened since I updated this site, 2019 was quite a rollercoaster ride, and 2020 is completely off the freakin' rails, so I just wanted to reach out and connect with anyone who will possibly happen to see this. As a 1st responder, I have been able to  continue working, but my heart goes out to my fellow artists who have struggled to make ends meet through these pandemic restrictions, and I have  been trying to support them as best i can throughout these tumultuous times.

Exciting news! The first single, Scrapbook, is released!  You can find it on CD Baby, iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and other streaming media,.  The Scrapbook EP is in progress once again, with a change in producers and a full head of steam, we will be finishing up the remaining 5 songs.  I will be releasing the next single, Comfort Blues, as a fund-raiser for the Marilyn Stroud Music Alive Program, putting instruments in the hands of young musicians to help them realize their dreams to become artists.  Good things ahead, stay tuned!