HOWDY Y'ALL! Finally... So soon June!! And so much to look forward to... I'm backta CADENZA in FREEPORT on SATURDAY, JUNE 13th! (Ticket links above & below.) Then, the Annual Anni Birthday Bash is on THURSDAY, JULY 9th @ LENNY'S in Westbrook... this year, an added bonus: my pal Dan Capaldi will be joining me! I am soooo looking forward to these shows & more.
Details, Links & Musings are listed below in this order:
1. TARGET GIGS (Full Details)
2. CURRENT CEREBRAL WANDERINGS
1. TARGET GIGS (Full Details)
SATURDAY / JUNE 13th / CADENZA / FREEPORT ME / 7PM / 207-560-5300... (doors at 6:15!) 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... also, 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 reserving your seats ahead of showtime! Here's the ticket link. They are still livestreaming these shows... 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
THURSDAY / JULY 9th / LENNY'S / WESTBROOK ME / 6:30 to 9PM / 207-591-0177... The Annual Anni Birthday Bash, this year with Dan Capaldi! So excited about this gig! Dan is a multi-instrumentalist, an amazing singer-songwriter & recording artist, he's toured all over the map & he's joining me on this special night to share some music & to celebrate my birthday at Lenny's once again... (not sure how many years, but guessing maybe 7 by now?) OUTDOORS, weather allowing & NO COVER... but THANKS for remembering the suggested donation for music is $10 pp in "Phil" the tip basket ("Phil" is short for "fill it up please!") We appreciate your knowing the Phil basket will help TWO of us keep gas in our cars to get us to the rest of our gigs this summer & beyond. We'll set up inside if it rains. See y'all there!
2. CURRENT CEREBRAL WANDERINGS
My calendar flips to June tomorrow mornin'... WOW. Slow down please... yet, I'm ready for the joyous coming of summer. In mid-May I sprayed my fave hiking clothes with permethrin to (hopefully) keep away those nasty ticks & mosquitoes. I do this on a windless warm day using my late Mom's bird feeder stand. I let ‘em dry for a few hours & I'm good to go for 6 weeks or so... & I've already made use of these on several occasions.
Tick Proofing Hike Garments, OOB ME, 5/16/26
Much of May in New England left us wanting more sunshine & warmth, but we did get needed rain... & I, for one, completed some bucket list home projects while waiting on Ma Nature to allow for more outside adventures. My most recent project was a lengthy one... I had my living room painted, which dictated that I spend 4 days prepping for the painter. Most everything is back together now, but to celebrate new paint & a seemingly new room, I opted for a whimsical road trip to the Berkshires, 4 hours away, to join friends for good food & a concert at The Buttonball Barn in South Egremont MA. I had recently taken a shine to singer-songwriter Chris Trapper via WUMB outta Boston & then via listening to several of his albums on Spotify. I decided I was due for a road trip despite the cost of gas... my pals Roan & Mari joined me for dinner in Great Barrington & then we grabbed a front row table at the barn for the show. It was a fabulous show, up close & personal, just the way I like it.
Chris Trapper, Buttonball Barn, S Egremont MA, 5/28/26
I woke the next morning to sunshine & bird song... so I embraced the opportunity to don my tick proofed clothing & make the climb up Monument Mountain about 2 miles up the road from my motel & on the way home toward Maine. It was a perfect May day for such a climb & I was the first one up to soak in the view from the cliffs at the peak of the mountain. In the picture below, the mountain in the distance is Mt Greylock, the highest point in MA. The Appalachian Trail goes right over that bad boy & continues south... from this viewpoint, the AT is on the other side of the Housatonic River below. Standing here brought so many memories of my thru hike ME to GA 51 years ago!
Atop Monument Mtn, Great Barrington MA, 5/29/26
So now that I've tasted some 2026 bike rides, a couple hikes & numerous beach walks, I am pumped for more outdoor adventures in my near future. I am also totally pumped for some stellar gigs on my list of summer adventures. My dreams include seeing many of you at some (or all) of these shows... I will watch for you along the way... maybe I'll see you on the trail or at the beach as well. Thanks much for your support now & over the years... this means more to me than y'all can ever know.
Peace,
