HELLO Y'ALL! I'm backta LENNY'S in WESTBROOK on Thursday, NOV 14th! This will be my last public performance in 2024... so please join me to make it a special night! We may need some big fun after we get thru this election... & meanwhile, I continue to bring my music to the appreciative folks at Senior Living Facilities here in southern Maine.
Details, Links & Musings are listed below in this order:
1. UPCOMING SHOWS SHORT LIST (Date, Time, Venue, Links)
2. TARGET GIGS (Full Details)
3. CURRENT CEREBRAL WANDERINGS
1. UPCOMING SHOWS SHORT LIST (Date, Time, Venue, Links)
Thurs, November 14th - Lenny's - Westbrook ME - 6:30PM
$10 pp suggested donation in "Phil" the tip jar
Thurs, January 9th - Lenny's - Westbrook ME - 6:30PM
$10 pp suggested donation in "Phil" the tip jar
Sat, February 8th - Cadenza - Freeport ME – 7PM
Tickets Available Online Soon!
Livestream Link HERE
2. TARGET GIGS (Full Details)
THURSDAY / NOVEMBER 14th (also January 9th) / LENNY'S / WESTBROOK ME / 6:30 to 9PM / 207-591-0177... We always have a blast here... The food is awesome & affordable, the staff is wicked fun & really good at what they do... & the list of artists performing here is topnotch. I am honored to be on that list, playing every other month. I hope you'll join us for the fun, the food, the music & the camaraderie! And THANKS for remembering the suggested donation for music is $10 pp in "Phil" the tip basket ("Phil" is short for "fill it up please!")
SATURDAY / FEBRUARY 8th / CADENZA / FREEPORT ME / 7PM / 207-560-5300... Cadenza has become one of the best listening rooms around. Being part of the LIVE audience here is an intimate & lovely experience.... Plus, they have beer, wine, coffee & other beverages & snacks... AND, you can order food from Brickyard Hollow next door & they deliver it to Cadenza! Reservations are strongly encouraged. A word of caution: please don't wait until the last minute, hoping to buy tickets at the door, as the doors may not open... staff needs to be paid before performers & there have been times when low presales dictated that the owners had to cancel or reschedule shows. This hasn't happened to me yet & I hope it never does. This is one of my fave rooms to play, unlike any other... so thanks in advance for ordering your seats ahead of showtime! Tickets will be available online soon... & we will share that link when we get it. The Livestream Link is Here. Donations during the stream (or anytime!) are always greatly appreciated at:
Pay Pal: PayPal.Me/anniclarkmaine or
Venmo: @Anni-Clark
3. CURRENT CEREBRAL WANDERING
OK, soooo... the sun will set an hour earlier here on November 3rd. "Clocksback" on Saturday night the 2nd. No snowhere yet ‘cept a bit inthe mountains, but the season is upon us & next... here come the holidays! It all happens so fast. We have been blessed with some gorgeous, warm IndianSummer days here in Maine inrecently, but these sweet days will leave us soon. It's unfortunate my fave season isalso the shortest... but that's why I always try to get out there & soak itin while it's here.
I promised to share some October adventures... kicked off the month with a trip to Orono, ME, land of my my alma mater, the University of Maine. I walked the streets of downtown, where I hung out a LOT my Senior year. The duplex where I lived on Main Street was gone years ago... but the train trestle down Mill Street was still there of course. This is the trestle I wrote about in my song "Orono"on my A Light for Liza album... a true tale of college friendship & foolishness. Here's a link to the song & here's a picture of the trestle...
Train Trestle Over the Stillwater River
Orono ME, Oct 3 2024
It felt strange & scary for me to stand there again... I was queasy thinking about our lack of fear walking out into the middle of that thing above the rapids in the river to watch the sun rise, daring the train to come through while we were there. I stayed well off the trestle this time... & I wonder still... whatever happened to Liza?
Eric is working in Orono now, so we spent the night there & rose early to hit the road to Deer Isle & Stonington for a 24th Anniversary get away. Gotta say, the weather Gods were not kind to us... the fog was so thick we could hardy make out the road ahead of us, let alone enjoy the many views along the way. In addition to the unfortunate fog, my brakes "went bad" somewhere in Blue Hill... we learned much later, a caliper was stuck & the pads were down to ‘bout nuthin. I made emergency calls standing in a foggy field near an unviewable scenic outlook& arranged an appointment to fix things on the Monday after I got back...& we crossed fingers we could navigate safely for more than 300 more miles in the meantime, which we did, thankfully.
We were able to sneak in some damp walks to some preserved oceanside areas in between rain & wind gusts while in Stonington. We had a lovely lunch with Stonington resident Frank Gotwals, a retired lobsterman & fellow songwriter whom I had not seen for years. The last night we were there, the sun broke through just before sunset... to witness that pink light washing the sails of a boat coming into harbor beyond the windows of our 2nd floor Airbnb was a comfort to us after 2 days of fog & rain & nagging issues with my vehicle...
Sailboat @ Sunset, Stonington Harbor ME
Oct 5, 2024
Back home, the brakes got fixed on another very rainy, windy day... a big thanks to pals Patti & Nancy for getting me to & from my fave garage 45 minutes away! I was now wired & tired, but I made a plan to gift myself with a drive to N Conway NH early AM the next day to hike Kearsarge North. Best plan EVER! Finally, a beaut of a day... the overnight wind dried the trail, the breezes were light & warm, the skies were clear & I was the first one up to the fire tower to soak in the 360 degree views of ridge after ridge surrounding me... AND the trees below the ridges were boasting their fall colors big time! (The pics don't do the colors justice from so far above.)
Mt Washington & surrounding ridges
From Kearsarge Mtn, N Conway NH
October 8, 2024
My name ain't Stella, but I was definitely gettin' my groove back up on top of that mountain...
Views from the fire tower on Kearsarge North
I stayed close to home the rest of the month, riding my bike, taking beach walks, playing tunes for Seniors & performing another fun show at Cadenza in Freeport on October 19th. Truth be told, less miles in my car felt just right after my other journeys. I did have a long-awaited visit here in OOB with Kelly & Kris, friends from VT & the south shore of MA, whom I had not seen for many years. We had been trying for a get together for the longest time & we finally made it happen! We made a pledge to not wait for 20 years before our next visit.
A belated Happy Halloween to Y'all... I'll be watching for you out & about... perhaps I'll see you at a musical event, on a mountain top, on the beach or maybe at the grocery store. Thanks for tuning in to my ramblings... your support means more to me than you can know.
Peace,
