Summer goes too fast. Haven’t stopped racing around. Quick trip to San Diego next week for work, then an idyllic week after Labor Day at Sisters song camp — will be good rejuvenation. Little girl at the farmers market last…

• BAND. I continue to play a couple shows a month with my band, Arlene Like Jolene, in the Corvallis, Oregon area. Memorial Day and Labor Day at the vineyard are divine, and third Saturday (usually) each month at Teri's Downtown…

Campground sets all summer!!! 

June 16-18: 4 Peaks Music Festival | July 7-10: Oregon Country Fair | July 14-17: Northwest String Summit | July 28-31: Hidden River Song Camp | August 14-21: Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Song School | …

Last fall, David Whitaker, Steve Sever, and I played at a memorial service remembering homeless folks. I was grateful for an opportunity to support others and to honor my cousin, Mark Hopeman, who died homeless, from an illness that is…