Hi everybody!

We've had a busy spring, but now our spring festival committments are done, and we are trying to get the house and yard in some sort of order.I just, belatedly, got my herbs planted for the summer. Organizational work sure eats up your time. I am looking forward to a day at Old Songs, a festival at which I have no responsibilities, and can simply enjoy the music and people there.

I agree with you, Jerry, about house concerts. I don't perform much, anymore, but I love the intimacy of house concerts, somehow more than a large hall, and I prefer sitting around singing in someone's kitchen to large crowds. I think that I am a singer, rather than a performer, at heart. Having said that, I really enjoyed being part of the ballad workshop at the Washington Folk Festival recently, along with Lisa Null, Julia Friend, and Ed O'Reilly. David Scheim showed up with his harp, and, with three minutes of rehearsal five minutes before we walked on stage, David played to my rendition of a version of The Golden Vanity. What fun! He is amazing at improvisation.

Carly