Soothing Ourselves

Photo by Matt Neely, 2017 Solar Eclipse. I made a house call recently. Don’t get your hopes up, it was for a cat. I mean, there are limits. The cat had been pretty traumatized; he had been a house cat for seven years and suddenly, he accidentally escaped out into the wide wide world, had […]

Fall Cleaning

I just packed up a bunch of  stuff to go to the resale shop. Not exactly a newsflash, I  know. But it a way, it was a monumental step for me. I also threw away a bunch of hose and stockings and their associated et ceteras, because I can’t remember the last time I wore […]

Louder, for the Folks in the Back

Kids, we need to talk about something – again – that we all know but far too many of us don’t actually do.  Here’s the rule: What you focus on is what you attract. Here’s a fact: Social media sites act like … big swirling vortexy echo chambers. Directive: Stop reposting every goddam meme you […]

Godmaking

I’ve been thinking about mythology and folk music and how intertwined they really are. Define folk music, you say. Yes, that’s reasonable. My definition of folk music is anything that actually about someone’s life: love, work, dreams, kids, home, family, connectedness to others, to nature, to whatever passes for God, loss, pain, fear, pride, trauma, […]

Fear is Ruining the Party Again

So … Delta. Great. And I’d say when is this shit going to be over but I know the answer is when enough people get vaccinated and good luck with that. I’m so grateful that I live in a city where people were so anxious to get vaccinated that most of us had to travel an hour […]

Afters

Ryan Rumery, g Alma Drake, Miss Christine. Hey, Frienily, it’s recovery day, after the recording, but I thought I’d take a minute (or a few) to let you know how it all went.  First of all, I think this is the record I’ve been wanting to make my whole life. The  grooves were sick. The pocket […]

As You Read This …

… I’ll be in a recording studio making a new record for the first time since 2013. No, I’m not going back into the “music business” again. I just … feel like  I need to keep putting this vibration into the world, because several people have said it is healing for them. And I think […]

Independence

Confession time: Independence Day in the US is just about my least favorite holiday – followed closely by Gouge Your Own Eyeballs Out Day. I mean, I love my country but …  First of all, if you are any kind of a student of history, you know that the horrors of slavery and segregation were […]

There and Back Again

In the Beginning was the Word – Ogham, or Om, or I Am We will never know for sure and we don’t need to to do what needs doing to tend the Tribe to love everyone to love the Earth to seek the Serpent’s Egg Will you journey with me tonight, oh child of wonder, […]