It’s a uncharacteristically warm, windy day here in Oakland. I just sat down and took a breath, thinking “What next?” It’s a familiar place of limbo – in between-ness – that I’m in, but I haven’t been here for awhile. Two years spent on my recent recording “To Brasil and Bacharach” and the past 6 months working to get the word out and preparing for two CD release concerts kept me constantly absorbed.

The next steps are probably the hardest. How to get myself even more out there…

But right now I am trying to set aside my anxiety-filled procrastination and feeling of not knowing where to start (followed by spinning mind), to close my eyes and say “thank you.” I’m grateful for having completed this wonderful project filled with beautiful music, for those who played a part in that music, for those who helped me along the way, for those who supported me and attended my CD release concerts (both SRO!) and for this day, this moment, this breath.

Cartoon by Henck van Bilsen from his book “Zee Beatty and the Socks of Doom.”

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