Monday, July 21st: I'm going to be doing a fund raiser for Sequoia Forestkeeper at Mama Hillybeans in Tehachapi. 6 to 9 PM. Suggested donation of $25.00 includes dinner. Also appearing is Hammered Dulcimer player, Jon Hammond. Mama Hillybeans Coffe And Community 426 E. Tehachapi Blvd. Tehachapi, CA 93561 www.mamahillybeans.com _____________________________________________ July 25th: I'm going to be playing a two hour set of my originals at Eastside Book Cafe in Big Bear. 7 to 9 PM. http://www.eastsidebookcafe.com August 10th: I'll be doing my originals at Linnaea's Cafe in San Luis Obispo from 7 to 9 PM. http://www.linnaeas.com August 25th: I'll be performing at a local music festival at Mama Hillybeans in Tehachapi. Time to be announced. http://www.mamahillybeans.com ~

Yesterday I saw two vultures Fighting over a dead snake in the road. Hurtling down this mountain Into the setting sun They rose before me and marked my passing; My time has not yet come. ~ This morning I saw a chain of bones Testifying in the sun That all bonds of the flesh must be broken. In the end we all belong to trhe vultures And if we truly have a home up in the sky We must go there alone... ~ Out on this road a steel guitat is always playing Mournfully upon the wind. The miles are marked by abandoned ranches, The rusting hulls of old cars; The lifeless eyes of roadkilled creatures questionong The reasonsfor our passing... ~ Fence posts and rusty wire Won't keep Coyote from his supper. His next meal is anything that crosses his path. He is the eternal optimist. He never sings in protest; he sings for life, And to give meaning to the night. ~ In the cool light of another morning I pass through this country, never to return. The hushed creatures emerge from hiding. The coyote picks up a chain of bones And trots down the road with his head held high In defiance of his inevitable fate. ... Lost Hills