12.14.06
Life is as crazy as ever, but things continue to fall into place just as they should. When will I ever get the message to try not to rush things, but to just let things happen in their own time? There are so many things up in the air right now that are dependent on others to be completed… As always there isn’t enough time in the day to do everything I want to… Once again I need to give up completely and surrender to the powers that be, whatever they be… This weekend will be filled to overflowing with events and commitments. I think I’ll just add a day into the weekend to accomplish the home and holiday things that will still need doing. Why did I think that I could raise a toddler and a 16-year old and pursue a career in music? And…where were you when I had this crazy thought? After this weekend, we will have had 5 gigs in 8 days. I guess maybe I should practice saying “no!” It’s so much fun, though. We keep getting better and better. Last night, and this morning, we were so relaxed and performed really well - despite the fact that Dick has a chest cold with a raspy throat. Not only are we well polished lately, but our performing has improved greatly because we’re doing so much of it. We are even managing to continue to work on some new things. We should have a new fiddle tune pretty soon and another traditional song. We are pulling out some older originals that we put on the shelf for a while and working on at least one new one. We have really settled into Deep Elem Blues and Shady Grove. They are very smooth and easy now - and people really like them both. I think it may be because they are traditional but were both covered by rock & rollers. Everyone seems to recognize them. Also, our upgraded website should be up and running soon. We have a new logo and new color scheme for the website in the works as well as having our promo package almost completed. It’s been lots of fun working on it. I love being involved in the visual arts end of it as well as the music. Many thanks again to Dan Rain for all his work on the site and the graphic arts.