October 22, 2003
Sudbury, ON

My pretties, I have been having one rip-roarin' heckuva time up in brrrr-land Sudbury. Was not expecting the cold to encroacheth this quick upon me, but I've pulled out the hats, gloves and little pink leg warmers (and pink poofy everythings) to help me cope. Had extreme amounts of fun this past weekend at the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals conference. Hooray for Erin Benjamin and Tara Levesque for all their hard gruelling work! Most memorable moments include: my truly yummy showcase (thanks to the incredible work of the Nutshell Music folks, Ken Whiteley and all the fabulous attendees...) Post-conference decompression swimming and singing with Michael Wrycraft, Liam Titcomb and Darlene, the incomparable bowling extravaganza (damn my socks looked fine with those shoes!) with Geoff Berner, Kris Demeanor, Ken Brown, his lovely Julia and the whole crew... and of course the raging Sunday night bender in my hotel room singing gospel to all wee hours (till the hotel had to sweetly warn us that there were now some "business people" on the floor...ooopsy.) Almost never had so much fun in my life... still recovering. Will be hanging out in Sudbury for another few days so Darlene can show me some local sights (other than the inside of a hotel) then off into the wild yonders for some time off (or maybe I'll just go home, lie around and get a cold or something- now that I actually can.) Yaaayyyy resting!

Kristin showcases at the 2003 OCFF conference, Sudbury, ON
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photography by David Wiewel www.whitetrashink.com