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Island Time Caribbean: Saint Lucia

May 14, 2012 in travel

I visited my dad in St. Lucia where he runs a little organic farm that supplies a local resort with their fruits and flowers and veggies. This was my second time on this island. I love the wildness of this place, and the people. At one point, I heard George Jones wafting through the jungle. Apparently country music (the real stuff, not what’s on the radio) is really popular here. I pay attention to signs like that.

 

 

My friend Suki, a professional mermaid, came down too and we had a couple weeks of beach time together. She had these amazing watercolors and we did a lot of painting. I taught her how to make woven dream catchers and we did a lot of dreaming together about how to offer the services of Deep Dream Diving to other mermaids…stay tuned.

Jade Mountain infinity pool

Jade Mountain infinity pool

driving around in the back of my dad's pickup truck is how we got around

farm goodies

learned more ukulele on this trip...this is pretty much what i did the whole time.

some watercolor paintings i did

RR at the mineral baths

me at the mineral baths at the botanical gardens

my dad and his neighbor at the Green Store

making dream catchers on the beach all day!

cafe in Soufriere

cafe in Soufriere

Piton

West.

August 10, 2011 in photography, travel

In July we sold nearly all we owned and packed up the rest out of a three bedroom farmhouse in Montpelier, Vermont and put it in a tiny U-Haul trailer which we hauled across the United States with our dog to start a new life in Portland, Oregon. Where it isn’t winter for six months out of the year. And the gigs are more plentiful.

I’ve lived in Vermont off and on since 1991, with some travels elsewhere, but for lots of reasons, I stayed long after I knew I was ready to move on. But that’s another story for another time.

My man Dan Haley was a fixture in PDX back in the day, so it was a natural place to head off to, as I wanted to be somewhere on the best – I mean west – coast. Here is a little snapshot of the travels.

U-Haul

Everything we own fits in a 10' trailer.

Monty the dog wearing sunglasses

WE'RE READY!!

Goodbye Montpelier!

Goodbye Montpelier!

Hittin' the road

On the road...

A diner in Pennsylvania...or was it Ohio?

A diner in Pennsylvania...or was it Ohio?

Blissfield, Michigan Barn

Michigan barn

flat land

entering the flat lands...

Vote for America -- Vote Republican

roadside lolz

Montross Pharmacy with flag and truck

America: it still exists!

Iowa

Iowa

big sky

Nebraska

Boulder, Colorado

Boulder, Colorado

 

Windmills

Windmills

Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming

A storm in Idaho

A storm in Idaho

Great Salt Lake

Great Salt Lake

on the beach at The Great Salt Lake

on the beach at The Great Salt Lake

Boise, Idaho

Boise, Idaho

two favorite men

two favorite men

Boise record store

Boise record store

entering Oregon

entering Oregon

Columbia River

Columbia River

Multnomah Falls

Multnomah Falls

Me at the falls

Me at the falls

The Beak at the falls!

The Beak at the falls!

Here’s a video on Facebook of us entering Portland:


Portland, Oregon tour!

November 8, 2009 in music, travel

So Dan Haley, Noah Hahn and I are out in PDX playing some shows as a trio…mostly as “Mister Casual” at the Laurelthirst Public House but also some Cosmic American stuff thrown in here and there.  We’re packed in a VW bus which just today ran out of gas, so we got in a different VW bus to get to the gig.  The schedule is here:

http://www.myspace.com/mistercasualsings

Dan Haley is Mister Casual

Dan Haley is Mister Casual