23 March - Happy Easter

I am much healed since my last entry. No shows on Easter Sunday, and I am blessed to be able to spend the day with family in Welland. Anna and Michael Olson are well known chefs, so I'm not only grateful to be with family, but thankful for the beautiful food and company I get to share it with!

The day begins with a slow, succulent brunch featuring some amazing breads from Michael and Anna's bakery in St. Catharines. We're all committed to rest today. I'll finish my book and finally get to play around with the guitar. For three days, songs have been sprouting up from the fertile silences of my long drive from Saskatchewan and I'm eager to start piecing them together with some music. I quarantine myself to the tower--a tiny room with windows on three sides--in Michael and Anna's house and let the music flow as I watch the trees outside sway and the sun melt the snow.

Anna is currently launching a new television series on the Food Network called "Fresh". I'm fortunate enough to be featured in an episode when I came to Welland and performed for a local charity with Don Kerr. I'll keep you posted about when that airs (the episode is titled "House Concert"), but in the meantime, check out "Fresh's" website to see when you can catch the show!