I've made up songs since I was a kid, but I was taught in my mid-west suburban upbringing that being an artist was a waste of my brain. It took moving to the West Coast, having two kids, getting married and divorced, and still being miserable to figure out that I needed to be singing my songs for a living.

My folks divorced when I was little, and things were rough for a while, but there was always music. I got pregnant young and, again, things were rough for a while, and for a while, I lost my sense of music... I was searching, searching, searching for my reason for living. My children are beautiful and amazing, but being a mother is only part of my calling and I felt the emptiness of being out of touch with myself. Thankfully, I remembered to FOLLOW MY BLISS! and remembered, rediscovered, the things that make me feel alive! Thankfully, the music came back with the force of a lake busting through a dam. Thankfully, I've come to understand that it's all in me, all the potential for joy and pain and fulfillment and darkness and love and light and peace. Thankfully, I've learned that the joy is in the journey and I choose which way I'm going.

I worked hard releasing all of the bullshit ideas our culture teaches us about how to relate to one another, about how to be good consumers and producers, about what we're supposed to believe is important, so that I could find my bliss and hear my heart's calling and live as a Creator. I want to help others do the same for themselves, so I share what I create. (I've written a piece in an anthology called, "You Look Too Young To Be A Mom," edited by Deborah Davis, if you want to see something else I've created!)

Growing up surrounded by rock, country, and folk music, singing in the church choir too, I've been steeped in Americana.  I love to sing and I'm very opinionated, hence my songs are lyrically driven and passionate.  Ultimately though, I don't have any say about what comes out of me; I write what I'm inspired to write... I wake up every morning and thank everything that is, that I am, which for lack of a better word, I call God, for how incredibly blessed I am, how rich my life is, how beautiful the Earth is, how supportive and loving my friends are, and I ask, or in a sense, I set the intention, that I be allowed to share that joy and love with others... I've been marveling at the results since I began on this path! I feel so blessed to be able to sing! and I'm so grateful that songs like these come through me! It is a joy to create!

Pam and Mary and I met in the Seattle Peace Chorus, singing together for peace and justice. When the three of us started singing together on the choir's trip to Cuba with Witness for Peace, it was an instant sisterhood that imbues our performances with positive energy and love. I LOVE Pam and Mary!!! I'm so HAPPY that I get to sing with them!

I believe that openly sharing my heart with others through my work can and does inspire them to find the calling of their own hearts. I hope that the vulnerable honesty that I strive for in my life and my music shows others that it is safe to be yourself and express yourself and to give birth to the artist that is within each of us. With my music, I hope to implore you to Feel, Want, Dream, Live, LOVE and learn the Art of Finding Your Own Way.

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