February 20, 2003
Sperryville, Virginia

Greetings from the sweet and snowy Shenandoahs where I've been held up in delicious hibernation for the past week. It's just a short drive from Washington D.C. up into the hills but you would hardly know it as it is SO beautiful and ancient here its like another land altogether. Had a seriously out of control festival of snow this week and we got snowed in UP TO OUR EYEBALLS. Took us days to shovel ourselves out (well Jenny did most of the shovelling, while I baked us biscuits and honey apple bread on the wood stove) And Jenny made a wicked Snow Witch with the carrot nose and the big pointy hat and how sad, today she melted and her head fell off. We got to play Little House on the Frozen Prairie and I got to be Ma of the cooking and cleaning while Jenny was Pa of the shovelling out of the carriages. We were totally stuck in the beautiful nowheres with no way out for days... Ahhhhhhhhh... Finally had a chance to catch up on some much needed rest after a truly insane couple of months. Worked so hard all January to the point of serious exhaustion from acute stress monkey syndrome. Managed to get myself totally ill just in time to hop in the car and drive myself to Nashville for the Folk Alliance conference. Regardless of the sniffles, I made it through and had a truly amazing time... mostly thanks to my dearest friends the Little Red Hen darlings without whom I would surely perish. Now I'm putting myself back together at Chez-Jenny and her converted hunting lodge/sleazeball motel/country home of goodness by the river in Sperryville, Virginia. I am discovering that being truly happy in this life for me must include much more sleeping, breathing, baking, wood stacking and fire tending... Mmmmmmnnnnnnn....

In other news, last night I got to have my second glass blowing lesson in Eric the neighbour's glorious glass studio. SO MUCH FUN. But wow, it's really hard work. Concentrated so intensely for hours on creating my masterpiece which in the end tragically fell off the big flamey poker and back into the fire of its creation. I almost cried. 

So, I will be leaving this lovely land soon (hopefully before the predicted coming rains and possible flood... yikes) and back to Toronto for a gig that's SO gonna rock the world. Will be performing with my most favouritest ladies, Serena Ryder and the Road Dog Divas at Hugh's Room on February 27th. So all y'all Torontonians/Ontarians won't wanna miss it. Believe me. We's gonna take down the house. Hope to see you out there.

xoxox
K

January 15, 2003
London, Ontario

Hello glorious world... I am here in snowy snowy land all cozied up with SO much work to do. Have been extremely caught up in the business of doing a major radio and media promo campaign and have been mailing and mailing my little brains out! So, on that note if you are a radio or media personality and have NOT received my package as of yet (and would like to!!) please contact me at kristinsweetland@hotmail.com!!! Well, enuff said about that... In other news I have been occupied with mucho graphic design work trying to get posters and promo stuff done for myself and the Little Red Hens (a collective of fabuloso and oh so supremely talented women performers that I belong to...) for the Folk Alliance conference in Nashville. If you are planning on attending the conference please come check out our so-sure-to-be-rockin' showcase in the Little Red Hen Room!! I will be takin' off for Tennessee and yonder southlands in a couple weeks.... Can't wait to hit the road again... Ahhhhh the road...

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...

November 19th, 2002
London, Ontario

Greetings lovelies. I am now officially HOME after a long bout of here-there-and-everywhereness. I have lots and lots of things I wanna to do here so I am forcing myself into some brand of winter hibernation for a while. Gonna practice with the clawhammer banjo instructional videotapes and start searching out for some Flamenco guitar lessons!!! (Anyone know a supremely divine teacher?) Also gonna finish up the elaborate website Photo Gallery experience and have all links up and running ASAP. Been adding lots of other things to the website as well and now you can BUY MY NEW CD ONLINE! Wahoooo! For your glorious shopping pleasure you can now purchase my new CD "ROOT, HEART & CROWN" in either Canadian or American funds with you credit card on an extraordinarily secure online server. Go Team!

October 31rst, 2002
Toronto, Ontario

Happy Halloweenie! Yayyy and welcome to my officially most favouritest day of the year.!! This year I am in Toronto and my friends Katie, Miss M and I are going out on the town to ook and spook the passers by. Wish us luck!!! This year I've got a bit of the scary death girl look going on with the skull mask and the black cape and the way-too-much eye makeup. Look out hooligans! Quiver in the face of my towering ferocity! Cause tommorrow it's back to being sweet little Kristin...

Serena Ryder, Darlene and Lady K at the OCFF Conference 2002
MMMmmmmmmmmmmm yellow world.

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