Old Crow Medicine Show!

Finally, I saw these boys live. Oh, I love them so much! The first time I heard "Wagon Wheel" was fall 2004, and I heard it once on the radio then couldn't get it out of my head for 3 months and finaly caved and bought their cd. Now, three years later, they are every bit as good as I could have hoped, although I'm disappointed Kritter the Dobro Player was absent from the show. Willie Watson, their guitar player/singer, might be the best thing ever. For this song, one of my favourites (I was obsessed all last year), I got to be right up front and center, dancing like a fool next to the stage. Yay!

California!

Popped up to Los Angeles for the weekend for long-delayed Grandmother time. I flew out at 6 AM, got there at 8:30, and we scuttled right out to the Huntington Gardens. Scuttled is perhaps the wrong word. My mother's best friend's son MP came over to help us, and we manouevered our way to, and around the beautiful gardens.



The rest of my trip was mostly low key, talking with Herself and enjoying her company while she recovered from the trip out. But what a grand time!

back in NM

There's so much to say about Spain, and so many pictures! I learned -so- much. Spanish language, Spanish culture, a load about theatremaking... it was exciting and fun and stressful and terrible and marvelous and all those things. I got to visit Salamanca and (briefly) Segovia, had a visit from a Belgian friend, and, well, put together a show with Antxon. More, actually, that he put together the show and I helped. I'm still waiting for the promo dvds to see how it turned out!



I am, however, glad to be home.