Santa Fe Groovy

 Happy Spring!

It has been a while since I've posted to this blog. I hope this finds you all well. I miss you all terribly.

My 3rd royalty check for my book came in!  I forgot take a photo of it before I cashed it but here is an older one! This quarter was for about 100.00 bucks! I need to go see how many books I've sold so far but I do get excited when these checks come in.  I've got to get back on promotional efforts.

My eternal thanks and gratitude for those of you who have shared the book with friends and family. That means more to me than anything else.

 A little Santa Fe --vibe Burro Alley!

This was a jam at my house I think two years ago. Chuck
is the first person on the left, he's got my Ovation in his hands.
 You are missed Chuck.
This is our jam crew from Liberty music. All fine musicians and
dear friends. We've had more fun than I can say
playing music together.

Some sad things happened this winter. My friend Chuck, (who I met through taking guitar lessons at Liberty Music) passed away. Chuck was a gentle, kind soul who loved music. He played the banjo and the guitar. He was a pleasure to be around always. He is sorely missed.

Life is short y'all. Live it up, follow your heart and never ever take a single thing for granted -especially not the people in your life. They mean every thing.

This is a groovy place, with good music that we
hang out at a bit. My friends' Tasha and Daniel have played here. 

The other sad things that happened this winter were the loss of Jonathan Ellis and Bill Brennan. I grew up with Jonathan, his family still lives next to my parents. Jon's sister Lisa was a bestie through most of my school years and Jon's mom is my mom's best friend. He was too young to go and leaves behind his large family and his young daughter.

Bill was the beloved husband of my dear friend and client Grace Brennan who I've had the pleasure of working with for many years.  Life is so fragile, people are gone, and that is it. You don't ever get to be with them in human form again. Just in your heart, which will simply have to do. Time the great healer is all there is for it.

The PBA strap!

On a lighter note. My friend Adam
went to the Peter Bradley Adams show
at Club Passim a few weeks ago.
Peter Bradley Adams is just about my favorite
singer/songwriter. His music is sublime, and stirring. I was bummed to miss the show.
In Adam's thoughtful way, he had PBA
sign a guitar strap, then sent it to me! (the caption is pretty cool and funny!!)
I've been wandering around the house
with my guitar strapped on for days now.
Adam you rock dude!!!!

My first long spring ride! It was AWESOME!! Road biking
here is truly an adventure of the senses!

This is what I look at on my bike rides. Stop the madness!!

I had such a nice surprise to run into my old friend JD Garfield. More of the magic of Santa Fe! It happens daily to the point where I don't really even report on it much any more.

He's done quite a bit of living since I last saw him in the 90's. Here he is after the play he did written by Ron Bloomberg here in Santa Fe. He's had some great movie roles over the years, still as humble as ever though, so much fun to hang out with him! 

Ron Bloomberg, Debrianna Mancini and JD Garfield

Since I seem to finish with an update on Paloma
here she is in all her cuteness.

I also got a new roommate who is a fellow musician, and a much better fit. Life is really good, except that I miss everyone from home.


HAPPY SPRING!!