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As you enter a canoe, I sort of like the uncertainty of the boat. It sways. It rocks. The ones I use are the old fashioned metal kind, so as […]

Recently, I went to speak at Baranoff Elementary as part of their Authors Workshop. I taught two creative writing classes to 9-12 year olds. As I finished the second successful […]

Wednesday I visited the children of Safe Place here in Austin… The first group of kids I played with were four to seven or eight. We gathered in a art/play […]

Is it just me, but what’s up with women plucking their eyebrows until they are a thin uninteresting line? I just have two words about that: STOP IT. Your eyebrows […]

There is nothing lovelier than the solid feeling of floating in confidence; not the cocky or educated kind of confidence, but the confidence that you can let go and just […]

Today is the day! Today is the day. I am thrilled and deeply honored to be speaking today. I am going to take myself into the women’s room when I […]

This Friday I speak for the Texas Department of Regulatory and Protective Services for an hour and a half. My hope is to lift up the social workers who will […]

This morning at 6:30 a.m. was the third time I have attended the Homeless Sunrise Service. Each year, Richard Troxell has kindly asked me to sing during the service. It’s […]

I am grateful that my children, and my husband, are healthy after suffering a horrible virus. Lily’s fever reached 103. All are well now. I am grateful that a mom […]

The only country that has ever actually used weapons of mass destruction is the United States, and we used them twice. Who watches over us, and makes sure that we […]

Wow! What a great evening…! Tonight, we celebrated the release of BIG KID at the Austin Zoo…lots of new faces, happy families and wonderful friends. The weather was lovely: sunny […]

This morning I read in the paper how a group of 27 Israeli reserve pilots have signed a petition refusing to take part in what they felt were “illegal and […]

I really loved her book, ” Interpreter of Maladies “, a collection of short stories that I thought were exquisitely written. I’m excited that she has released her first novel, […]

The way they look at the world and give me feedback on what they are thinking. The way iolana laughs til the stars sparkle. The way Lily can imitate a […]

I can not believe this. THERE IS MORE STUFF. When will it stop pouring out of my closet??? Tonight, I unearthed: A) The NECESSARY ANGELS tour book, Jan 25-Feb19, 1995. […]

Over the years, I’ve collected a vast vault of STUFF that has to do with my musical career—posters, paintings, recordings, you name it. I’d like to sell some of these […]

Watch this movie. Right now. Whatever you are doing, if you haven’t seen this film by Michael Moore, please go out and rent it immediately. (On the DVD, there is […]

Last night I was in the studio for three hours working on three songs with my pal, Marty Lester, for a new nationally televised children’s show. I found out yesterday […]

When is it right to write? Does everyone have the right to write? Does writing have to be right to be good? Any time. Yes. No. So many people ask […]

Thanks to everyone who diligently maneuvered the world of pencils to assist me in my miniature pencil search!!! I ordered 5000 of the little dudes/dudettes, and they are on the […]

Less is More…More or Less and another one: Love Never Ceases Being Love

I need 5000 teeny, tiny pencils to put in the jewel box of my new cd. I googled for miniature, tiny and novelty pencils, but I can not find any. […]

Well, after five long months and 27 creations, BIG KID is headed for the final stretch. Tomorrow, I go into mastering, where the songs are placed in order, bass is […]