It gets hard to post as regularly as I would like...there is just so much to do. My manager, the divine Robynn Ragland, keeps me hopping, and the ordinary demands of my life are sort of daunting these days. I am trying to finish up my debut CD (have two more recording sessions before the mixing process gets under way), attend to promotional stuff and keep moving forward. And it's happening in the middle of a busy holiday season. This week, my first national interview on TV is scheduled to air. It'll be either Wednesday, Dec. 23 or Thursday, Dec. 24, on the CBS Evening News. Check your local listings; here in St. Louis, the show airs at 5:30 p.m. I had a great time doing this interview and Jim Axelrod asked all the right questions. Meanwhile, though, the holiday season is hitting me hard--it's my first Christmas without my mom, who died in April, and my dad, who's stuck in a nursing home and not doing that great. I have terrific friends cheering me on but I'm pretty blue. I keep writing new songs, but I've taken a breather even from that to attend to some priorities. I just feel like the stakes are sort of high...I want to make a quality debut recording, and I want to be able to acknowledge every one who writes to me about my song...they tell me the day will come when I can't do this anymore. But I'll do it for as long as I can, because I really do appreciate every single person who takes the time to write. So for those of you reading this, thank you for caring, thank you for listening to my "Up in the Air" song or any others soon to come, and thank you for communicating. I hope to touch your heart, or help you reflect on things, or simply to realize you're not alone. A very Merry Christmas to all, and I'll post again as soon as possible.
