Mi Amiga,

The old fiddler has a gig in Chicago, and promised to mail this for me. I'd come myself, but I was lucky to get here in the first place.  I'm told my roots here aren't deep enough, yet, to come and go safely.

I've found a band, finally, and it's like the t-shirt--the music and the magic are all twined like Celtic knotwork.  I'm free to be ( Read more... )

In honor of Ellen Million's impending motherhood, I agreed to administer the next Torn World contest. The opening post (with rules, topic, categories, etc.) is here: http://www.tornworld.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=944&p=10689#p10689Read more... )

Every year the 19th Street Coffeehouse has a winter talent contest, right in the coldest and most inhospitable time to take yourself and your instruments out into the world.  Most years I think about entering, look at the date, and realize the finals are the Saturday during Capricon.  Oh, well, friends outrank contests, even though I am competitive ( Read more... )