September 22, 2008
London, ON

Happy Autumnal Equinox everyone! I am back in London, Ontario for a few weeks of puppysitting and recovery from my NYC exploits. Have much photo and video editing work to do during my stay ... let's see how much I get accomplished in the next few weeks! Until then, I promise to be a thousand times better at updating my site frequently, so stay tuned for news and new pretty things to watch soon. xo

With Raven before her adventure to the salon

November 5, 2007
London, Ontario

I have finally had some glorious days of rest after working so hard for so long! This weekend I did lots of running about the sunny and windy forest with Raven the dog and cooked and baked and cooked and baked... All the while I listened to my Amelia Peabody Egytptian archaeological mystery audio books (I'm a total geek, I know) and made pumpkin everything-- cream cheese muffins, pankakes... delish.

On Saturday I had an total adventure accompanying drummer extraordinaire Paul Brennan to his gig at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Paul was there playing drums with Alannah Myles who performed an 11 minute medley during the big horse show. They played while Canadian dressage champions Cindy & Neil Ishoy did their incredible thing. It was AMAZING and I was blown away. I also thoroughly enjoyed mingling and chatting with all the fine and distinguished horse-folk. My maiden equestrian event was a smash hit.

Now I prepare to blast off to NY later this week... I really should be cleaning and organizing instead of playing on the computer...

x
K 

A beautiful day in the blustery forest.

July 29, 2004
London, Ontario

Ladies and Gents, 

Lucky me has been relaxing at home for the last 10 days and it has been SOO good for me. Lots of sleeping and cleaning of belongings has been going on, not to mention lots of going to the movies... Saw Fahrenheit 9/11 finally. Michael Moore is a hero of the truest kind. Am off to Blue Skies festival tomorrow and then up up up to Northern Ontario. Universe, let the mosquitoes be kind. 

Amen.

Talk soon, K

With my Raven in the f-o-r-e-s-t.

December 3, 2003
London, Ontario

Hello my Lovelies, Ahhh yes it has been far too long since I posted my strange-brain ramblings for all to see. I've been up to much delicious no-good (in the best possible way) and have been working working working hard at planning the business of my life. The major project on the go is booking my "Tour of Insanity" for the late winter and spring... I'm so very thrilled at the prospect of this tour and although it is (and will be) be an Insane amount of work I am still gleefully calling it "The Vacation." First, I'll be heading south down the east coast of the US to Georgia. ( I love Georgia.) Then across the States via Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico and such. (a big Yummmm for canyons, deserts and green chile.) Next, onto Southern California for some Folk Alliance mania and supreme sun-soaking. Then up the coast to my beloved BC and back across glorious Canada. For a more detailed itinerary of when and where check out my Shows page (and stay tuned for updates.) I'll be around Southwestern Ontario till mid-January then hittin' the road! Till then I'm snuggling up for some winter brrrr with Raven the dog and graphic designing, envelope stuffing, website revamping, forest running, soup making, coffee drinkin' and geetar pickin'. (Along with nursing my new found addiction to Relic Hunter re-runs.)

Nothing wrong with that.

kissessss, K

April 1, 2003
London, Ontario

Greetings sweet lovelies, 

Happy April Fools!! Ahhh the spring it comes finally.... Even tho it's a wee bit of a brrr one today, Raven the dog and I are still supremely psyched at the excellent meltingness of snow (which means WAY more forest walking fun and other said goodness.) Have just returned home from a lovely trip up to Ottawa for gigs and friends and art gallerying and museum visitation. There's a "Mysteries of the Bog People" exhibit on at the Museum of Civilization and I could not resist the lure of the illustrious Bog Man. Was a bit of an archaeology girl in University and have written many a serious bog body epic essay in my time ('tis true!) Had a total intellectual bronze age blast. Also, I've been listening to the "Life of Emily Carr" book on tape by Paula Blanchard while driving and am SO incredibly passionately in love with Emily Carr and her story. It's even more exciting for me cause it's set in Victoria, BC in way yonder day (late 1800s early 1900s) and I have been learning much craziness about the history of my old neighbourhoods and haunts. In other news I have been keeping busy with much music work, but also finding time for the ever important fun and I just can't wait for warm weather and tank tops and rolling in grass... Mmmnnnn grass rolling.... Altho, I am quite enjoying the slowness of spring and am loving every second of the end of my first full (and totally frickin' brr) winter I've spent in Ontario in over 8 years! And I even got to have a true Canadian maple moment the other day when my darling friend Mary Beth took me out to her family's sugarbush-in-the-woods. It was my first adventure of the maple syrup shack variety and I was truly overcome by the glorious goodness of it all. Imagine: big blazing woodstove in little shack in the wood cranking out the heat with simmering vats of maple sap steaming up the air with sweet sugary yum. The ultimate steam bath of heavenly goodness! I am sure there is nothing so delicious in this world as wood smoke and maple steam. Mmmmnnnnn delish!

So, in terms of my upcoming travels, I'll be heading to Toronto this weekend the play with James Keelaghan at Hugh's Room, then it's off to Michigan for "Ladyfest"and then down to the the Blue Ridge mountains of sweet Virginia for some May Day bonfire extravaganza... Hope to see y'all out in the yonders.

xo, k

Little Raven and her Alligator on my bed.

December 13th, 2002
London, Ontario

Happy oogledy boogledy Friday the 13th! Hope all is going well out there for y'all out there. My mother is convinced that the name of the day was the reason her poor car's transmission blew up all over the road and and then our sushi order did the wacky... I myself seem to have succumbed to the nasty no good cold that has been plaguing the nation. Boo sniffly hoo! Gonna go cuddle up with a remote control and my little doggy in my big warm bed and dream of summer and Mmmmmm wearing summer clothes...

October 15th, 2002
London, Ontario

Hello lovely world. Me and Raven the dog are having a grand old time house sitting for my parents while they are off in gaie Paris. I have been working real hard with the business of graphic design and printing and assembling all my new promotional material to begin sending off to every corner of the wide world. I will be updating the website soon with a secure online store (Pay Pal) so folks can BUY THE CD ONLINE!!! wahoooo! so please tune in again in a couple weeks if you are interested in ordering "Root, Heart & Crown."Also, the photo gallery will soon be elaborately finished with all different kinds of deliciousness...so please come back for more soon! Downloadable picture perfect Press Photos coming soon too! 

love, kristin

Me and little Raven

December 18th, 2001
London, Ontario

 

Hello strange and beautiful world,

It has been such a busy past month. I've been recording and writing and housesitting and businessing and running through the forests with Raven the dog. I am now officially on Christmas vacation (which means it's time to shop and clean and organize and sew and cook and label all my endless amounts of Remington Steele videotapes (...yes i have a small 1980's detective drama problem.) I will be in Ontario until the new year at which point I am heading south south south. Going back to Virginia for a spell and then onward to North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. I'm gonna hit Jacksonville for this year's International Folk Alliance conference. Yay Folk Alliance and all my friends I haven't seen in a year and total overwhelming sensory overload- hooray! And hey, any good reason to slip south in February is so totally welcomed. I am looking very much forward to Spanish moss and snapping turtles and warmer-than-here-ness, but I think I might forgo the whole Florida Epcot experience this time. (But, I must admit the Norway Viking boat log ride with flashing trolls was officially extremely fun.) Come the new year I will for sure be playing lots more gigs. I've also got some radio and television plans so I will keep you all posted!. Until then I will be stewing in my artist's shell and working hard on finishing writing for my new album "Root, Heart & Crown." I will be recording sometime in the spring and then hitting the road to sing and play my brains out in every little corner of the continent... so watch out.