(shannon) Hello! I haven't checked in here for a while. I've been away in my head, working on a project which has sent me streaming through the years, revisiting old dreams and realities, investigating the deep crevices of cause and effect. Last night I put on the Joni Mitchell album from 2000, and listened to her captivating orchestral version of "Both Sides Now", loaded with irony and truth at this farther reach of her life, and elegantly told in her new smoke induced alto. It is a graceful surrender of a song, and I can wholly relate. Thank you Joni~you continue to lift us up, and touch us with your vision from all angles.

If you live in California, please consider voting "NO" on the Recall tomorrow. Protect our democratic election process from ill intended intervention and attempted overthrow.

All thanks, Shannon