Last night, we went to Town Hall to see Richard Thompson solo acoustic concert of perpetual bliss.  He always does that to me.  A genius songwriter and guitarist - but also a performer of tremendous generosity.  The air changes when he's in it.  I love his albums, but LIVE . . . I swear to you, he cured my flu one night in Boston - for 24 hours, ( Read more... )

I'm pretty easy to manipulate.  If you know which buttons to press ( Read more... )

...after 8 glorious days in Western Massachusetts, housesitting for friends and riding my (well, their) bike into town along a black bike trail already streaked with yellow leaves (and let me tell you about the day I waited til after sundown, to discover that it wasn't lit....woooo-ooooo! I am brave), making endless cups of tea and pacing the ( Read more... )