January 3, 2004
Toronto, ON 

Happy New Year sweety-pies. I've been having a grand ol' time in Metropolitan Torontonia for the past couple of days. Played and AMAZING show at Hugh's Room last night called "Girls Play Boys" with the delicious likes of Katherine Wheatley, Arlene Bishop, Suzie Vinnick (who SO rocked the house with her Supertramp-express) and many more... Got to dress up in a girlie-tux with bowtie and sing Leadbelly songs all night. I absolutely loved it. Now I'm off to lounge in front of the telly for some quality repeats of Angel, coffee to the max and some serious relax-n-recuperation time... Mmmmm Angel.

Home County Folk Festival presents Kristin Sweetland and Darlene in concert January 23rd in London, Ontario!

September 22, 2003
Gid 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 for the Birthplace of Country Music and Carter Family museums. Got to take Maybelle the Van to see where Maybelle Carter (her namsake) was born and it all began... Got back just in time for Hurricane Isabel who ripped through Thursday night leaving us with no power or water for five days now (and no end in sight...) Guess thay can't figure out where the power lines got knocked down so they've been combing the mountains with helicopters all weekend. So I'm livin' it up in ye olden way in the little log cabin in the hills reading books by candlelight and haulin' buckets of water in from the swampy pond to flush the potty. Since the hurricane I've had three gigs in the area (all which thankfully had power for the PA) and I can drive into town to get hot coffee, so I've really got nothin' at all to complain about. Except maybe the little kitten Evilina who keeps catching mice and snakes and giant elephant beetles (and I mean GIANT) that I have to take away from her and then deal with. Ew! (Good thing I'm a brave one.) Will be here for another week of writing retreat and rehearsing and then heading back to Ontario for the fall. (gotta be somewhere with power and cable in time for the season premiere of Angel... Very Important.)

love'n kisses, K

Once upon a time in a little cabin in the holler... more photos!

May 28, 2003
London, Ontario

MY GOODNESS has it ever been QUITE the month (gasp), but I am back in Ontario and back in action. My parents have fly flyed away to Europe and I have been happily poodle sitting in their absence. Me and little Raven the dog have been doing much hiking in the glorious forest and watching much high quality television (boo hoo Buffy bye bye). I have also been loving my NEW CELLO and have been madly trying to teach myself how to play it. I can already play the them from Angel- which is just like a total dream come true... Have also been spending a lot of time in the backyard being total Garden Girl of the dirty nails and rippling biceps (I wish). Today planted black hawthorne, wild grape, creeping jenny, raspberries, strawberries, sage, orange mint, cilantro, hollyhock, roses, echinacea, poppy, foxglove, and a whole rainbow coloured world of beets, butternut squash, yellow zucchini, greens and purple Japanese eggplant... Mmmmnnnn. Getting ready for summer festival season... the wild and crazy adventures encroacheth!