Open Hearts Abound!

Part of our shows recently have included a reminder to folks that we are all rooted in a human community that thrives when we are generous to each other. We have experienced it firsthand while touring around the country with our two kiddos. From homestays to guest cottages, home cooked meals to pre-gig sandwiches, surf boards to kid's costumes, we've been offered it all! Now that we've become used to seeing it, we're challenging you to be on the lookout for your opportunity to receive! Here are a few funny pics as reminders, one in Wash DC and one the Northern California coast, that it's everywhere!

Carmel to Mendocino.

We left one of the most stunning views of the Pacific Ocean (the picture here is from our bedroom) yesterday and drove part of Highway 1 in California. Along the way we met a gentleman who'd been a logger, was now helping to run a family general store and showed us an old banjo in the "dance hall" above the shop. Then we watched sea lions with a couple from Toronto. We finally arrived to our host family for the weekend, in the San Francisco Bay area, who had hot chicken pot pie for us. Two days before Pete "surfed" (more like swam with a surf board) at Carmel Beach, pictured here behind Anne.
Our motto for life is slowly becoming, " How did we get here?"

There and Back Again!

Well, we spent Thanksgiving in sunny Florida! Heading out from Greensboro, NC last week, we stopped for a great house concert and beach day in Myrtle Beach, SC. Took Pete's pic after getting bagels in Myrtle Beach, took Anne's pic while looking out at Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC on our way to Callahan, FL where we picked a bunch that night with some bluegrass friends. We then headed off to eat turkey in Sarasota, FL. Packed up the kids this morning on our way back to Myrtle Beach, onto Greensboro and finally north to Winchester VA for a house concert on Friday, Dec 2nd!

Saying "YES!"

Hi All, Pete here. I wanted to share two of my own personal "Yeses" recently. I went for a sunrise walk and I also tried surfing, well, it was more that I paddled out into the surf. Both these pics were taken while we were staying on the Outer Banks in NC. Thanks to our new and old friends!

Living the Road Song

Well, two plus months on the road with our two beautiful children, hundreds of towns, 3500 miles and no end in sight.

Lots of stories including the ones behind these pics:
playing in Nashville on the street with The Foghorn String Band,
Anne with our amazing friend, Lee, whom you might have heard as part of the mother and daughter duo from Greensboro on A Prairie Home Companion with us, and our wonderful Subaru which fell apart and stayed in Kansas.

Jumping Off

Dear friends: We have pulled up anchor from our sweet Wyoming home and have hit the road in a big way. A big YES to our music with a car (and now the new Van) packed with our sweet and busy kids, our instruments and full hearts. We are grateful for all the five star hosts we had in September in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Home for now is everywhere and anywhere. We are booking house concerts between gigs, so keep in touch.

"Where all is peace & joy & love"

We're back!! An inspiring weekend in Colorado at Rockygrass, wonderful to sing with old friends and new. Something magical about that place and the St. Vrain river rushing through. Our son's first festival and our first road trip of the year. We're busy playing music around home here in Wyoming and we will be here when our raspberries burst!! Ate the first one today with our daughter. We're singing new songs and feeling the fires of creativity (in between diaper changes and playground visits). Lots of love from us.