Over four years has passed since the last time I posted something to my blog…I don't know if people still call these things “blogs”, but here I am, four years older and wiser (wiser might be debatable), and feeling human enough to want to connect with you here again. I'm going to celebrate that. It's been some time since I've felt up for this. The past couple of years have been heavy with failure, shame, shattered confidence, darkness, sorrow, then a bit of joy, a bit of light, a bit less shattered, a bit…

I tend to celebrate things without much fanfare, but I thought I'd post here in my blog that it was ten years ago today that I played a show at Trinity Lounge in Sarnia as part of Empty Fest to release my HopeFull EP. I knew the room would be filled with friends and family, some of whom even came from out of town to take in the show, but I had no idea what to expect from my performance, and where it might take me in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead.

I was very fortunate to be sharing the stage that…

A wonderful reporter named Tara Jeffrey at The Sarnia Journal got in touch with me recently, asking me to think back many years to my high school days when I was among a group of students who started the Multicultural Awareness Committee, or MAC. The story was published this week accompanied by the photo below, which I thought would prove that I once had hair, except you can't really see it that well. Haha. Reading the story brought back some fond and some not-so fond memories of that time. Sometimes the…

Blog post below, but if you'd just like to watch the show, please click the photo (opens in a new window, Facebook account not required).

When the Sarnia Observer heard that I was hosting an online concert, they got in touch with me for a few words about how performers are dealing with the effects of COVID-19. I knew I had written way more than they wanted/needed from me, and they posted their story today, but I thought I'd share what I had sent to them, because writing it helped me navigate my own feelings…

Hi everyone. I hope you're doing okay, wherever you are. I'm okay. Cozy at home, enjoying time in the kitchen, and reading, and yoga/stretching, and thinking, and having videoconferences for seemingly everything. I try to get out for a short walk every day for fresh air as well. 

With many of us doing the right thing and staying home and away from others, some of my artist friends are struggling, having had to cancel shows/tours, and wondering when they might be able to get back to work, and what that will…

Hi everyone.

As always, it seems I've slacked on posting here. Perhaps a New Year's resolution is in order to be better with this. Those are tough though, New Year's resolutions. We always have the greatest of intentions, but sometimes it's really difficult to live up to our own expectations. I know I'm guilty of that. I write that as I sit in my favourite Guelph Public Library, where I have a few tasks on my to-do list, but I've decided to write a long overdue blog post for my website instead.

My year has…

After receiving the wonderful news last night of a friend now in full remission, I read on Twitter today that Gill Deacon - host of CBC Toronto's "Here and Now" - will be off in order to receive treatment for cancer. It made me sad to read that. It was one year ago this week that I had a chance to meet and speak with Gill on the show, and it changed my life. 

I suppose that sounds dramatic, but allow me to continue. My pre-interview with a lovely producer involved what I thought was a lot of talk about my…

I always say I should write here more, especially when I write here, if that makes any sense. Regardless, I'm writing from Halifax, Nova Scotia today, here for East Coast Music Week. I've settled in nicely with a cup of tea at my Airbnb, about to make dinner before I head out for the evening, so I thought this might be a nice time to give you a little update.

I have no idea where the first few months of 2018 have gone. It's suddenly May, and the two most recent little loves in my life just turned 4 months…

It was too pretty not to stop and take this photo as I drove from Miramichi NB to Montreal QC.
 

It's been a while since I've posted. I've completed my "Mostly East Coast" Tour since then, which had me away for all of November, meeting lots of new people with whom I got to share my stories and music. I feel like I should dedicate a full post to the tour itself, so maybe I'll leave it at that for today and just mention that I had a blast, and that I can't wait to go back again. I love the Maritimes.

So…

Before our Thanksgiving dinner this year, my niece asked me what I'm thankful for "that's not family or good health". My response - because I like to have fun with her - was "cheese".

At the time, I hadn't quite shared with everyone that a Music Producer at CBC had phoned me to let me know that my song "Long Way Down" was going to be the Song of the Week on "Here and Now" the following week, and that I'd be going into their Toronto studio for an on-air interview two days after our turkey dinner. Part of…