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"Surville" 2009

In May I traveled to Big Sur, California by way of Jacksonville, Oregon to meet up with Nashpal Kate Wallace and the wonderful group of Kerrville and California friends. A week in the redwoods beside the oceanside cliffs of Big Sur brought nothing but inspirations and reawakening friendships. I look forward to the very same this year. 

Working with Janis Ian

I had the good pleasure of working with Janis Ian again this year. Janis has been a friend and colleague since I first started working with her in 1997. I took an "interim" position as her WebMaster (www.janisian.com) while she searched for one that could handle her day-to-day web work. It was great talking with her every day and seeing how she continues to both inspire her fans and audiences and stay on top of the business of being independent and self-governed.

Life after Nashville...
After so many years of travel, business and music door-to-door, I don't mind taking a break now and then. I guess this is one of those times. What I find in my retreat is that my days are full of memories and highlights - people that it's been a privelege to know and spend time with, places I never would have seen if I'd stopped or slowed down. I've had a great life, and this just seems to be one of those times I get to enjoy the parts I left to memory. But even more than that - a time in my life when I get to do all of the things I enjoy most - close to the land, working on alpha-man projects with my buddies, and well, time to just think and write about all of it.

Current travel plans include Colorado, Florida, California and the Bahamas.
It snowed today ... I thought to myself..."I don't think so...not this year..."  I'm heading back to Naples in January. The plan right now is to spend three or four weeks down there and then back for a bit before a little time in the Caribean. A weekend or two in Glenwood Springs is also in order...have plans for same in California. I don't see anything slowing down anytime soon...what's left...? Texas, perhaps?

I'm looking for these people: (if you're one of them, get ahold of me...)