I spent some time in Saco, visiting the old house, school, and mystery tower in the park. I also visited the Camp Ellis and Kennebunk beaches. Can you believe that a 1/2 pint of whole fried clams at Gooch’s now costs $21.50?! Now you know where I’m really from. 🙂
I visited the New England Peace Pagoda on my way to Vermont. It was very peaceful. I didn’t see another soul.
It may look like I was following Rising Appalachia, but the plan to visit my daughter in Atlanta and then wander north to visit friends in Vermont was conceived before the tour schedule was announced. So technically, they were following me. 😉 Out of the five shows I hit on this tour, I think this […]
I wanted to visit Padma Samye Ling, a beautiful retreat center, so I headed up through Pennsylvania, entering New York through Hancock to Sydney. Strangely enough, my route took me into Massachusetts through Hancock, Mass. It was the New Moon, so I stopped for tsok at Tsegyalgar East in Conway. The bridge there is the […]
I stopped by the house where we lived in when I was in elementary school. I found it strange that the neighborhood was mostly unchanged, despite the passage of nearly fifty years since the last time I was there. I also passed through Ellicott City. The land there has been developed, but the ruins of […]
Fish was smokin’ hot!
The Rising Appalachia show was so good I almost forgot to go see Samantha Fish who was up next!
I went through a lot of beautiful territory between Atlanta and Asheville. First photo is South Carolina, then Bridal Veil Falls in North Carolina, the Cullasaja River, and Curtis Creek.
In Atlanta, I visited my daughter at her school and caught the Rising Appalachia show.
After various adventures, in October I landed in the middle of a Gypsy Wedding at the Texas Music Ranch. It was great to see my friend Oliver Rajamani again and to meet Zhenya Rock. A lot of sitting around campfires, drinking vodka, and singing in Russian was required. Maybe that was why most of the […]