Glad to see the long days and beautiful nights of summer here in the desert mountains. It's a hot and dry one and I'm hoping the folks affected by wild fires can get through this as smoothly as possible. I'm taking an expanded lineup of my band to The Woody Guthrie Festival in mid July in addition to doing a preview show at Uncle Calvin's in Dallas and a Living Room Concert for High Plains Public Radio (HPPR) in Amarillo. Also in late July/early August I'm playing Linus in the Dixon Players production of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown. Then I get to return to the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest in mid August to be on the faculty of the Song School and also to do a set in the Wildflower Pavilion. There are various other shows sprinkled in and around Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma this summer. It's a bit more than I can handle, but if I can pull it all off I might get a little ribbon or a trophy or something special like that... and maybe a day off in September. Thank you to everyone who has helped me get busy and stay busy. I'm extremely grateful to be back to work again. All the best to all of you from Taos NM