Hiya Friends.

We just completed a 4.5 week tour around the U.S. That is a very intense undertaking, no matter how you slice it. I’ve toured the U.S. on this scale for soooo long. Let me do the math…say, 2.5 months a year since 2002, that would be… No, do it like 2 times around the country per annum for 10 years= 20 times around America. Always in a van. I’m not counting my early bus tours when I was on Columbia either, but I certainly went around the country a few times then too.

The Recitals went great! I loved playing and traveling with Daniel and Dawn. The audiences were consistently involved and enthusiastic. In turn, we perform even better from that energy. Cool cycle!

Dawn and Daniel are great with costumes. We three have so much fun with make-up- talking about it and doing it. I’m blessed to have something as fun as costumes & make-up be part of my job.

It’s unnatural for 6 people to be with each other 24 hours a day for 35 days. And one of those people is only 20 months old! Dawn and Ivy spent approximately 5 hours a day, strapped in and directly facing each other. Imagine! But we all worked and lived together very well- as a company and a family.

After you’ve become accustomed to life and the road (and enjoyed it), it’s hard to re-acclimate to normal home-life. Upon my return, I cleaned the bathrooms hard. For me, that helps.

Working on: How We Quite the Forest re-release, collaboration w/Joe Bishara (Insidious), collaboration w/Melora Kuhn… Well, I better get at it!

Love,
Melora