It was a long winter and spring came upon us with a flurry of family emergencies. The long and short of it is that I have not committed to new studio space....but am convinced it's needed. Let me do some brief poking around and I hope to be announcing the return of the Saturday Night Hum & Drum shortly, very shortly. Great things are on tap for this summer. I will, of course, be heading down to Joe's. That always puts a spark in me. And very soon, in July, I will be in full bore mode at Kol Zimra and coming home with tons of great stuff- drumming and vocal rich soup. All manner of good stuff to share. I hope everyone is still taking a crack at regular integral journaling...writing without the judgment of whether "it's any good." The point is to spill it out onto the pages every day...read something filling, even 5 minutes, everyday, play music or sing EVERYDAY...DANCE!!!!! everyday!! I have been dancing around my office like a lunatic. Makes the day go so much faster to be dancing and singing and it's hard to let anything stick under my skin for too long. I really recommend an IPOD for the drudgery in your day. It becomes more fun, for certain, with music and dance. My colleagues, a few of them, have even shaken a tail feather or two....just for a moment...until someone actually spotted 'em. Ha!

We have faced a string of serious family crises; one after the other, and we are both just exhausted. Our Memorial Day weekend became a blow-out of friends' childrens' graduation parties. That was fun, but not entirely restful especially since we were concerned about another family crisis (seriously- one after another) concurrently with the partying. This weekend, we're hopong to putter in the yard and relax- dig out a little bit.

I'm sorry for keeping you all wating so long. I am grateful for your patience while we have been treading water here just trying to keep our heads up in the midst of a storm of family drama. Thanks especially for those who have been holding us up in prayer. You can't know how important that support has been to us these last couple of months. Lori is feeling better, but still very tired. It will help now that she is home for the summer and can (if she WILL) rest a little. She's not one to just sit around. But, a little of that could do her some good right now.

Well. Must rush off to bed. Exhausted. I am reading a lovely book, "Making Loss Matter:Creating Meaning in Difficult Times" by Rabbi David Wolpe. I'm reading this still as part of the process of grief for the loss of those beautiful yeshiva students who have been so much on my mind. I will give you a review when I am finished with it. 

Will post more very soon, I promise. Many apologies for my dereliction of duty as of late. I will make it up to you. Promise.