You’ve Changed

You’ve Changed

You’ve changed.   Really.  Since the last time I wrote a month ago, for sure. The world has certainly changed. We all are painfully aware of that. At the same time, new thoughts have entered your mind just since you started reading this blog a few seconds ago. All...
Cultivating and Harvesting

Cultivating and Harvesting

Four months ago as the vaccines (and a new president) fostered our sense of optimism, I resumed my long-standing gig at the Lilypad in Inman Square Cambridge, playing at 6:30 PM on the first Wednesday of every month.   Many of you have written to say that you are...
Inside and Out

Inside and Out

We are indoors and outdoors and seeing things from as many angles and perspectives as possible.  These hydrangeas were photographed from inside a window looking out. Right now while it rains outside, I am inside, writing an invitation for you to join us at the...
Waking Up

Waking Up

Two years ago I saw this print in a shop window in Shanghai, China, and it instantly shouted to me, “Wake up!”    I think a lot of people spent this year in a state of some uncertainty, when everything seemed to go away, and when we didn’t know if it would come back. ...
A Note of hope

A Note of hope

I couldn’t help noticing the convergence of two big reassuring national news stories today: the electoral college vote – as constitutionally required asserting Biden’s official designation as the next president – and the vaccine’s introduction today into...
About the new CD “Dinner Music”

About the new CD “Dinner Music”

Most people who have seen me play in public over these past ten years would probably agree that I do my best to welcome an audience into a convivial space, one that over the course of an evening becomes sacred – which I define as sanctified by the deep listening...