May 12th, 2007.

Last night's Sangria House Concert was shifted to a different location. We ended up playing another outdoor show at this absolutely gorgeous cafe called The Candlelight. Although a bit blurry, you can get a sense of the beauty in this pic...The food was amazing and the night, although riddled with mosquitos, was sublime. And hey, every table came equipped with a candle and a can of Off. This show was both sweet and sad. Our lovely friends and hostesses Unity and Cristela, of the famed house concert in October of 2006, were once again key to securing this show for us and then inviting a wonderful audience of new friends and old friends, to come watch. These two women are so fabulous, beauty and magic surround them always. Twinkle lights glittered as people moved about, and wine glasses clinked among the conversation. Although farther away than we usually play, we eventually got some sense of the crowd and felt a good, if different connection.
The hard part came with a phone call to Unity as she was helping me set up my t-shirts and cds. Her uncle passed away that afternoon of a heart attack. The tone of her voice immediately caught my heart up in a tight little ball, higher in my chest than it usually sits. When she came back we had already begun to play "January Light," and she had to leave to go pick up her mom and be with her family. Watching her go into the humid night, it struck me again that I originally wrote the song I was singing as a eulogy. "Birth and death, birth and death... mirth and breath."
Joy to the living, peace to the passing, and miracle to those on their way.

Unity, our love and our hearts are with you and your family.