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I don’t know which is more exciting. I have new songs. And I’m going to Haiti. Seriously: explosion of confetti and excitement and exclamation points right →here←. Ever since my sister Sarah moved to Haiti last June, I have dreamed of an opportunity to see her life there.  One month from tomorrow, I’m getting my…

The dynamite life continues – sparkles and burns and all. Right now, I am trying to turn some can’ts into cans, and setting some big wheels into motion.  Right now, I have other things tying up my creative/emotional time/energy, so guess what: I’ll see you on Monday. With exciting news.

One of my favorite sites. Warning: some are completely inappropriate.  But others… others are just perfection.

2011 has exploded like a stick of dynamite.  I am bursting with news and ideas and questions and possibilities and opportunities.  I have no idea what it all means, or where it’s heading, or how, or why, or even if the ending is going to be happy and good and right – I just know…

It’s clear from every wedding reception/bachelorette party/alcohol-fueled error of judgment that I am no dancer.  I’ve got rhythm, but I’m all kinds of awkward in my own skin – and this is never more obvious than when I am called upon to drop it like it’s hot. But then there’s Zumba, the “Latin-based dance-fitness program”…

First, set the scene: waterside. Next, choose a random hobby – coin collecting, or stained glass windows, or composing music.  This hobby will help create a narrative arc that will act as a metaphor for deeper emotional storylines. Now, take an unlikely couple.  At first, they don’t like each other, because they’re just too different. …

I have a confession: I have never listened to Mumford & Sons. I know.  They’re, like, all the rage these days.  But I don’t even know what they sound like. Everybody loves them and will probably murder me for not being on the bandwagon already.  Who knows – maybe if I heard them, I would…

I’m back in the office this morning. And apparently, in the 7 weeks since I’ve sat at this desk, the sun has shifted.

I made it back to Denver on Saturday night, and when I walked into my apartment, I swear, it took everything in me to not drop to my knees and kiss the hardwood floors.  For all of the trips that I take, I am a bona fide homebody. Yesterday, it started snowing.  It was pretty…

BREAKING NEWS: my EP (yes, of 2009 renown) is finally available for digital download. What took me so long?  Oh, I don’t know.  My mom getting cancer.  Moving across the country.  Running so much.  Traveling so much.  Going to so many weddings.  Various existential crises. I guess it took the Honda dying and leaving me…