February 22, 2004
Santa Cruz, CA

Ohhhhh California. Thank the Goddess! Mmmmmm ocean and sun and all things sweet. And believe it or not the ocean even washed up dozens of roses at my feet when I finally arrived...(no lying.) This is the life. And Maybelle did indeed recover from her bout of convulsing and I found out I have a big time new power steering leak brought on somehow by the painful painful desert coldness. Just need to check the fluid levels all-the-time now cause I can't afford to get it fixed at the moment. All is better now that I get to lie on sunny beaches and eat sushi. Even more fun times to come.... can't wait.

Halellujah to that!

xo
Cali- K

   
Don't mess with Calamity Sweetland. Somewhere deep in the Mojave desert... 

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!

July 23, 2003
London, Ontario

My, it's been SO long since I wrote... shame on me! I guess that means I've been supremely and excellently busy in the best possible way. So far the summer has been truly good to me, festivals, lounging, forest adventures, sleeping in...Mmmmmm. I've also been working hard on booking for the fall, winter and spring and am planning visits to New England, Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, the Southwest US, California, BC, the far reaches of Ont-errible and justa 'bout everything in between. Yayyyy roadtrip!! Most fondest memories of the past few weeks include an incredible weekend at Mariposa with the delicious likes of James Keelaghan, Bob Snider, Michael Wrycraft, Anne Lindsay, Jason Fowler, Jim Moray and the Wailin' Jennies wailin' out the 80s tunes around the piano till all wee hours... Oh my. This past weekend at Home County was true heaven!! The hometown festival proved very fruitful and fun as all heck. Spent much time dancing with the one and only Darlene (and her mighty hula hoop) to the late night croonin' of Jackie Washington ( who played on and on and on and on.... What a guy.) Next adventures will take me to Vermont to perform at my good friend Chris Jones' venue the Eclipse Theater with two of my very favourite players (and people...) Zubot and Dawson. Yay roly-poly hills and Moo Moos and red barns... Rural yum, here I come. 

In the back of Maybelle the Van. Photo by Morris Lamont of the London Free Press.
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Goodbye Esmeralda!

August 21, 2001
London, Ontario 

After seven and a half years of grand adventures (and nearly 300,000 km...) I said goodbye to Esmeralda the van today. Thanks Ezzie. You were such a good horse. She really wanted to be driven off the side of the Grand Canyon but I figure they'd probably catch me for that and wouldn't be very nice about it to boot. My new van is a sleek (yet still slightly soccer mom) Plymouth Voyager. Her name is Maybelle and she's a very delicious shade of burgundy. And her engine is young and she's excited to take on some mountains soon... I'm getting ready to head up to Lake Simcoe and Eaglewood Folk Festival next weekend. I'm excited for a little Ontario cottage country before I head south again. Then, back to Virginia for a little more sleazeball motel writing quarantine in the beautiful Shenandoahs...