January 1, 2008 
London, ON

Happy New Year!

Decided to have a mellow New Year's Eve and spent last night with my folks watching old Charlie Chan movies... crazy stuff. There was definitely cheese. And champagne. Also did my fair share of practicing Bach --trying to finish learning the Cello Suite no. 1 Prelude a la electrique. SO MUCH FUN. Been trying hard to "relax" holiday-style but I just have so much on my mind! 2008 is going to be a busy year and I am so excited to see where it takes me. Onward Ho!

September 15, 2004
Gid Brown Hollow, VA

Greetings once again from the deeeep damp dank beautiful Virginia holler. I am finally coming out of my week of rest and recuperative comatosis from post summer festival/driving season exhaustion. I had the worlds best summer... too much delight to even mention. But I will say, I did well earn my resting. Have been keeping busy in the holler by reading very good books. Lots of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poems and biographies (I admit, I've got a dead white guy crush on him...) And a good healthy amount of Dante's Inferno, cause a little bit of Hell fires never hurt anyone. Also keeping up with the serious practicing of crazy Bach-ness and working on material for the new album... Yum. Now it's back to the go go go of business and all the things I gotta do before I hit the road again... Ahhhh the life. Will be here for a few more days, then down to Asheville, North Carolina to visit my pal Chuck Brodsky (Hurricane Ivan permitting) then back for Virginia festivals and off off off to NYC!!! Here I goooooooo....

June 29, 2004
Gid Brown Hollow, VA

Little Darlings, 

Once again, down in the holler I am. Been doin' some serious sittin' on the stoop like a good mountain-chick pickin' away at at my banjo. (altho, I've still got a lonnnng way to go in the banjo department...) Have also been working so incredibly hard at learning Bach's Cello suite no. 1 in G major on guitar (but I'm a delinquent and I play it in D) which I've been studying for possible inclusion on my currently gestating NEW album... (Shhhh, don't tell.) I've got a local gig tonight at the Smokehouse Winery -source of the supremely delicious Smokehouse honey mead I've become famous for toting around the world with me... Yum-a-rama. . All is delightful in the glorious Shenandoahs and I'm remembering why it is so crucial for me to get back to nature. And so far I've only found two snakes in my bed: The first, dropped into my lap by a proud kitten named Evilina. The second fell from the ceiling onto my HEAD while I was curled up in bed watching Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman DVDs on my laptop minding my own business.... (Good thing I'm a toughy.)

I'm here for a few more days and then up up up and away to northern Michigan where my summer festival season officially beginneth at Blissfest. Check out the Shows page for my whole summer lineup. Hope to see all y'all out there...

till then, xo
La K