Well, the house is warming up nicely. Still no furniture (it ought to be somewhere in the North Pacific at the moment), but a good visit with Ray (DADGBE) and a wonderful session at the Starry Plough in Berkeley, at which I got to meet Dave Swan and PJ for the first time (true to form, Swan did absolutely nothing all night--but there was a trio called Oak Ash & Thorn, who were excellent), as well as seeing Chanteyranger again and a bunch of old friends. It was a pre-release party for a new CD called "In Harmony's Way," which features many of my favorite singers.

Very happy to be here. I just have to get used to having no clouds in the sky. (Yes, there are almost always clouds in the sky in Honolulu...they just generally are well behaved and stay back over the mountains. In Hilo, of course, that's another story entirely.)

Aloha,
Mark