September 29, 2005
Hello Friends!
I am chockful of good news. The best news of late, for me, is that I went to the doctor on Friday and he told me that he could not see my polyp! This doesn't mean that it is definitely GONE, but it has shrunk to a size which should not bother me. I had to suffer through having a camera stuck, not down my throat, but up my nose. It made me a little hostile. I think if the doctor hadn't been delivering such pleasing news that my pacifism would have been challenged. As it was, I left stunned, happy and excited about getting to sing again. Not that I haven't been singing... (in fact Nerissa and I just had the first of what I hope will be many WONDERFUL shows at Kripalu.) But I have picked up my guitar again, for the first time in years, and I have played every day to Amelia and William. William is
completely enamoured with the guitar. No matter where in the house I put him down, he finds his way to the room with the guitar. Like father like son, I guess.
So fall has begun. Summer is over. I have accepted it. I am sad to lose swimming at the pond, but happy because this fall is full of shows that I can't wait to do. I feel like we have crept back onto the road, but the next month sees us coming to some of our favorite towns and venues. Please
come out and celebrate the return of my voice, the changing of the leaves and the fact that Tom Delay had to step down as majority leader. Oh! did I really just write that?
Anyway, this weekend we are coming to THE SPACE. This is a make up show from one we had to cancel when I lost my voice. I feel especially triumphant to be doing this show. THE SPACE is in Hamden CT right near New Haven. I'll pine after Naples pizza, Nerissa will wax nostalgic about her college days and I have a feeling that we will play Love and China. Paul and Storm are opening. Bring kleenex. They will make you laugh so hard that you will cry a large puddle of tears.
Our next outing is to the great city of New York. We are playing a place new to us called SATALLA. All our friends are raving about it. It is on West 26th Street. The last time we played that neighborhood was with Moxy Fruvous at Tramps. Oh I miss those boys. So SATALLA will be on Friday
October 14th. Come. We'll be crazy good. i just know it.
On October 15th we return to one of our favorite venues, Jammin' Java in Vienna Virginia. It is right near Washington, DC and just miles away from our parents' house. Our parents will be there and Amelia will too. William likes bedtime so he will be asleep. I cannot wait. I always have a good time here.
The next night we will travel on down to Charlottesville to play the GRAVITY LOUNGE. We played this wonderful venue when I was newly pregnant with William and it has been to long a break since we were last here. It's a bookstore, a cafe and there is free WIFI so you can surf while you listen to our concert. So 21st century.
At the end of the month, October 28th we play The Tupelo Music Hall which used to be called the Muse at the Grey Goose. I always find something cool to buy in the artisan shops attached to this venue. It has been too long since we were in New Hampshire. This will be the perfect weekend to drive
through the New England foliage.
Then, October 29, we return to the wonderful Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, CT. This room is like the inside of a guitar. I love it even though there are snakes behind me. It is our show closest to Halloween. I might have to break out my Art Garfunkel bald cap and giant curly wig.
I am so excited to be back out, singing with my sister and seeing all of you!
A very happy Katryna
This is Nerissa now. Patty wants me to tell you that I had a great time on the cruise, no matter how much I might deny it or claim otherwise. She is right. Every night I stripped to my bikini and ran around the deck singing the ELO song "Don't Bring Me Down-grus!" To learn more about my true cruise feelings, visit our blog.
I just watched the Martin Scorsese documentary about Bob Dylan's early years, and I was so mesmerized and transfixed. I noticed the way all the folkies in the fifties and early sixties borrowed liberally from older public domain songs, and I thought "what is good for the gander is good for the goose." Last night I wrote a brand new song whose first line comes from a gospel song Katryna and I sang in our madrigal group in high school. It's called "AIn't That Good News" and I cannot wait to sing it for you all.
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