Thursday, October 23, 2003

October 22, 2003
Sudbury, ON

My pretties, I have been having one rip-roarin' heckuva time up in brrrr-land Sudbury. Was not expecting the cold to encroacheth this quick upon me, but I've pulled out the hats, gloves and little pink leg warmers (and pink poofy everythings) to help me cope. Had extreme amounts of fun this past weekend at the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals conference. Hooray for Erin Benjamin and Tara Levesque for all their hard gruelling work! Most memorable moments include: my truly yummy showcase (thanks to the incredible work of the Nutshell Music folks, Ken Whiteley and all the fabulous attendees...) Post-conference decompression swimming and singing with Michael Wrycraft, Liam Titcomb and Darlene, the incomparable bowling extravaganza (damn my socks looked fine with those shoes!) with Geoff Berner, Kris Demeanor, Ken Brown, his lovely Julia and the whole crew... and of course the raging Sunday night bender in my hotel room singing gospel to all wee hours (till the hotel had to sweetly warn us that there were now some "business people" on the floor...ooopsy.) Almost never had so much fun in my life... still recovering. Will be hanging out in Sudbury for another few days so Darlene can show me some local sights (other than the inside of a hotel) then off into the wild yonders for some time off (or maybe I'll just go home, lie around and get a cold or something- now that I actually can.) Yaaayyyy resting!


Kristin showcases at the 2003 OCFF conference, Sudbury, ON
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photography by David Wiewel
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Thursday, October 9, 2003

October 9, 2003
Poplar Beach, ON

Oh Glorious Day!! My aunt and uncle have graciously let me come stay at their beautiful cottage while they gallivant about Italy. Lucky me. Soon as I got up here my whole body just went Ahhhhhh and I'm starting to remember about important things like breathing and resting and eating.... Mmmmmmmm. It feels SO good to be back in the homeland after six weeks on the road. The whole tour itself was an incredible journey of epic proportions with all the critical and necessary mythological elements: 

1) Hero leaves home on journey to save the world from evil (whilst looking super fine) and will hopefully stay alive long enough to throw the bad nasty precious ring into the fire pits of Mordor.

2.) Hero faces many challenges along the way and is waylaid by great tempests and the irreconcilable wraths of Nature. Next, Hero is stricken by thunderbolts blazing down from the hands of the Divine. Then, Hero encounters no-good evil-doers and small creatures in need of large amounts of saving.

3.) Now, Hero is forced to face the very darkest depths of him/herself and in the struggle is nearly lost forever.

4.) Hero has many subsequent enlightenment's, nearly dies only once or twice then surely manages to overcome all obstacles with irrepressible strength and will.

5.) Hero makes it to the final feared and coveted destination, has one last catastrophic moment of pivotal melodrama then manages to save the world from the undesirable encroaching apocalypse. Good one!

6.) Hero returns home in wicked need of a shower, has a delicious meal of roasted organic root veggies, gets many kisses from the dog, and will never EVER again be the same.

The End.