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tomorrow, io goes in to surgery to have her tonsils and adnoids removed. please keep her in your thoughts and prayers for those who are up at 5:45 am…and for […]

my husband says to me as he is hugging me good bye this morning, “i hope you have a show tonight as good as lil’s last night!” and if i […]

If i”m redundant, please forgive me. I’m trying to share what all goes on to make the new record, so I might repeat myself in my fatigue (and spell some […]

this week in the studio, the first two days, today being the second of the two, i have been working on vocals. fixing vocals, singing vocals, re-singing vocals, putting on […]

3:08 in the morning…if i can’t sleep, i might as well be creating something, si? working hard on driving from here to there…a four hour drive becomes seven with three […]

we started the morning in the barton hills parade, riding on the back of a flatbed with a p.a. system, singing patriotic songs: me, lance, lily, io, my nephew and […]

death walked all over the world this week, i know. but it came in a series of three for us…first, the passing of my grandmother last friday…then the passing of […]

THANK YOU i noticed you the other day. you were sauntering across the morning street, all gray and rumpled, unaware of cars or danger. i pulled up in front of […]

My mom sent this announcement out this morning, and for those of you wanting to know more about my dear Meema, here is how my mother shared her reflections. Love, […]

My grandmother, Mamie Mandot, has passed on to be with her husband, Marc, and her parents and siblings. She died today of pneumonia in Livingston, Texas. She was just two […]

Orange juice with pulp, orange juice with calcium, orange juice concentrated, orange juice un-concentrated but with Vitamin C and NO pulp…or orange juice with bananas and pineapple, or orange juice […]

Monday… Driving in from Kerrville, my husband and kids drop me off at the studio at 10 am….they roll on with my drummer in the back seat….he’s got to go […]

I started recording yesterday in the studio! I’ll write more at some point. When…uh…I can not say. I must go have pansnakes at the moment.

Yesterday I emceed the Big Wig Luncheon for the Austin Ad Federation, a collective of advertising folks. I had a blast! I wore my June Bug Silk Green top and […]

Three weekends ago: Disneyworld with Lily! We had such a great mother/daughter bonding, laughing, swimming, screaming (Space Mountain: me screaming, Lily laughing!), eating, running, oohing, picturesque weekend. We visited Magic […]

the girls and i were playing ball in the front yard tonight…boy, can they hit that ball with a bat like no body’s business! it’s so much fun to show […]

I have filed a report with the police about recent upsetting and threatening communications I have received related to my stance on the non-smoking ordinance, which just passed in Austin. […]

My dear friend, Marty, the man behind the control knobs of most of my records (including ALL of my children’s cds) is on his way over here RIGHT NOW. This […]

here is a pic of my grandma, meema…on mothers’ day…isn’t rosy cheeked? she is doing so well…

please send thoughts of love and prayers of peace and good health to lance’s father tomorrow as he undergoes yet another surgery in temple, texas. they will be removing his […]

so, yesterday, i had three gigs in a row… first, way up north at seton…a fun outdoor festival with a nice stage and sound system…i was getting a wee bit […]

A night of funny words…Wait until you hear what iolana said… We were invited to a themed dinner party on Friday: “Around the World in 80 minutes…and then some!”, hosted […]

In an address yesterday, First Lady Laura Bush spoke eloquently of the need to remember forever the horror of the Holocaust. Her address mentioned the courage and humanity of Gerda […]