Janet

Lucinda

              

Went in to the Orpehum last night to see Lucinda Williams.

Love her song writing; love Doug Pettibone's guitar; love the Orpheum.

Her voice ...

Love how she just belts it out!

There's this soulful grittiness to her voice that gets you right in the gut...and the heart.

The Orpheum, as well as architecturally a beautiful, classic music hall, is one of those great old places that was built with acoustics in mind. She commented on how impressed she was with the quality sound that they were hearing on stage.

Lu (she told us we could call her "Lu"!), commented on how they've been on this whirl-wind tour; had just played Letterman and Radio City Music Hall the past couple of nights, and how glad she was to be able to let her hair down some now that the nerves from those two venues were over. So, I think she did...she just kept playing and playing..."I know we gotta watch out for the curfew here in Boston...But, it sounds so good, I just want to keep on playing and playing here for you. So we'll just keep playing until we can't any more!"

Happened to find the set-list posted already...

Rescue
Ventura
Fruits of My Labor
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road                      
Those Three Days
Out of Touch
Rightously
Essence
Real Live Bleeding Fingers
Come On
Unsuffer Me
Sweet Side
Joy

Encore:
Everything's Changed
West
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

She's playing in Northampton tonight at the Calvin Theater ... if you can, I highly recommend that you check it out!

If you're unfamiliar with her work, you can click on this site from an NPR concert she did a couple of years back.

http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/graylucinda_live05/

Just to take the train to Boston and wander around Downtown area was a kick...it's been awhile since we've done that. There's a lot of people in the world...hehehe!

What great night!

(except for the drive home in the blinding snow!...ah, New England weather!)

                              Thanks to sister Jo for the tix!!

Speaking of Barbie...

I can't resist sharing this site...

http://www.margauxlange.com/portfolio.html

Margaux Lange takes parts from Barbie dolls and turns them into unique pieces of jewelry.

A necklace of multiple Barbie arms and hands; a pin made of Barbie faces; and rings made with some of Barbie's sharp little stiletto high heeled shoes are just some of what she's come up with!

I love seeing what people create -- especially with stuff that is past its prime...or, may be ready to be thrown away. Although, I'm sure for those who have ever loved Barbie, they would never want to throw her away...and, might have a hard time with seeing some of her body parts displayed in this manner! But, maybe not...it's kind of a way to keep Barbie going. (As long as Barbie's boyfriend Ken doesn't catch on and want to get in on the action...oops, too late. Some of his parts are included in a few of the pieces!)

I have to admit that I never owned a Barbie...not being much of a doll-loving little girl, I didn't really care to. But, there's something about this Barbie jewelry that I love!

Bald Eagle Nest

http://www.firstlightpower.com/eagles/default.asp

The eagles are back nesting out in Western MA.

To date, they've laid two eggs.

The first is expected to hatch about April 4th...

Stay tuned...it's always fun to watch.

With fond memories of two friends, who didn't know each other, but the same winter separately turned me on to this eagle nest-cam site...Bob French and Barbara Maynard. Frenchy passed away just over 5 years ago now, and Barbara just passed away early this Fall.