hello everyone: i am actually typing this from my home in huntington :) the kids & i arrived around midnight last night. the first sound i heard when i openeed the van door was the sound of our river across the street. what a joyful sound. it made me happy.
my beautiful housesitter & her doggies were here & i got to say goodbye to them this morning. what a gift from God she is to me.
dad is well on his way to feeling great! as far as i know he attended the opera "Aida" in pittsburgh friday night. my sister & her dance company performed in it as well. AMAZING! i was able to take Hadassah to the dress rehearsal for free (TIX are normally close to $200 each) Hadassah was also able to attend a Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre rehearsal & meet a world famous photographer whose husband just happens to be a film director who is making the movie "The Road" with Vigo Mortensen & Charlize Theron in Pittsburgh.
my van cost about $1000 over the past 10 days but now everything from the front brakes to the alternator (which blew out last friday on our way across pennsylvania!) to the front tires & other things have been replaced or fixed.
i had a very fruitful time in east stroudsburg PA on friday - monday with bob & susan young who love michael & hadassah like their own kids. bob & i finished the recording for my sampler CD, rehearsed for our upcoming Emerald Vein www.emeraldvein.com concert May 17th in Stroudsburg PA at the Shawnee Playhouse. I sang & ministered at a local coffee house friday night & then sang & taught at their new worship & arts gathering "The Alabaster Box" on saturday night. if you're a soaker & live within 5 hours of them, COME! I will be going down there on a regular basis to come alongside of what God is doing there at the AB. every saturday night at 7PM. no agenda other than to seek & worship God & release His kingdom love & creativity....everywhere. all the time.
I can see blue skies....nothing but blue skies (as irving king sang over me many years ago :) & i feel a sense of hope today.
i am so grateful for the time to be with my father & family during his surgeries & afterward. I have peace that he is going to continue to do well & regain strength (and weight :). the time with him, my mom & stepdad, sister, brother, "sister" & nephews & niece was a gift to me. as well as the time with Pastor Phil & Lois Roland & old friends at the Sheepfold in Sharon, PA who held a beautiful seder on the night that would have been Jesus' last meal with his friends before He was crucified. It was living water for my soul.
CD PROJECT: the last things I need to do are to create the cover & cd label & then have 500 copies made. This cd is a sampler & a thank you note to the many people who have loved us over the past 9 months. as well as something that i will sell wherever i sing, teach, minister. If you would like to contribute financially or creatively to help complete this project let me know.
EMERALD VEIN CONCERT: May 17th 8PM Shawnee Playhouse Stroudsburg PA This concert will be "...in praise and wonder of the Great Architect of the Universe" & will be a reunion of EV band members Bob Young, bassist Tony Green & myself as well as Susan Young (vocalist & dancer) & the Young children (think Libera) Jeff Reid & others (maybe Hadassah will grace us with her presence too!). This will be a lush sonic, visual & spiritual experience for your eyes & ears & heart. Tickets are $12 each. Families of 3 or more will pay a total of $25. The theatre seats only 200 people & we hope it will fill up. This is the first time we have all been together since about 1992??? We will be playing some of the original Emerald Vein music as as well several of my original songs & other new music. I am so excited about this event. (It's also one week after Bobby's birthday. Somehow that is significant to me.) I hope you can ALL be there. Stroudsburg is right new the PA/NJ border & only a 3 hour drive for me from Huntington. It's near the Poconos & a very nice area for bed & breakfasts & other touristy things as well as a large train museum area!
www.emeraldvein.com new web site with a few songs posted as of right now......
let me know you're alive & well if i haven't been in touch for awhile...i love you all with an everlasting love, mimi
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