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The word “zaftig” (Yiddish for curvy, voluptuous) is one of my favorites. It’s a word I’ve often heard with a positive connotation, reminding me of some of the pictures I’ve seen of my great-grandmothers who came from the shtetls (pre-Holocaust Jewish villages in Eastern Europe). A former partner of mine once told me a story about how his grandfather put an ad in the personals in the newspaper, using the word “zaftig” to describe the kind of shape he preferred.  Though “zaftig” (curvy) bodies and eating heartily are, at times, embraced in the Jewish world, we are not untouched by […]

I’m stuck in a snowstorm in Bozeman and I can’t help but wonder what the hell I’m doing here. Why would I come back here in the middle of winter? I’ve never experienced a real winter in my adult life. I don’t know what it’s like to drive on snow and ice. In a Prius from Florida, unequipped for a Montana winter. My car says Florida, my license says Florida, all of my official paperwork says Florida but I am so far from physical Florida and everything it represented. It’s been snowing pretty heavily the last couple of days, and the […]

As a nomadic, single, mid-twenties, female musician who quit her nine-to-five job and mostly lives out of her car, I get a lot of interesting questions and comments. These are a few I’ve kept track of: “I hope you find a boyfriend.” Thanks. I’ve been wandering around the whole country looking for one. Do you have a grandson?  “When are you going to pull the plug on all of this and decide what you’re doing with your future?” Hmm, good question. This past year and a half of being nomadic has really all just been a silly whim that I need […]

I’m so excited to attend the Folk Alliance Regional West (FAR-West) Conference October 15th-18th in Oakland, CA!   FAR-West 2015 Showcase Schedule: Thursday Night 10/15 – 11:55 PM (in the round) Folks Like Us, Room 512 Friday Night 10/16 – 12:30 AM Access FIlm Music RED, Room 521 Saturday Night 10/17 – 12:15 AM New Voices in the West, Room 520 Saturday Night 10/17 – 12:40 AM Mucho Melody, Room 524 Saturday Night 10/17 – 1:30 AM (in the round) SF Women’s Song Circle, Room 506

It’s time to take things to the next level. I’m thrilled to be working on a new and improved website with Cultivar Designs! Cultivar is the brainchild of my dear friends from Sarasota, Shayna and Chris, and I can’t wait to show off their amazing work. In other news, through the process of upgrading my website, I’ve noticed how terribly loud these three words have become in my head: “NOT GOOD ENOUGH.” After my seasonal gig in Yellowstone ends in September, my goal is to go on tour and make music my full-time (or as-much-time-as-possible) work. I waited to start contacting venues […]

I used to hate my nose. I thought it was too big. I would make sure I was always facing someone straight on rather than allowing them to look at my profile. I would stare at it in the mirror trying to convince myself it wasn’t so bad. And my hair. My hair was too big, too. I straightened it almost every day in middle school and high school. I learned to believe that big, curly, frizzy hair attracted too much attention, and not in a good way (although apparently things were different in the 80s)… And my body. I […]