bookface

I made a real facebook page for this music nonsense I keep perpetuating...here is the link to it!

Be my fan or whatever...most of the info is the same as here but in a different layout! Exciting times we live in.

Got outside today in the cold sunshine. Bill sawed up about one million spruce logs that will become next year's firewood...we've gotten three very generous wood donations from two very generous friends, thus insuring another winter of warmth (and songs about warmth - I've got a song about the woodstove!) We tuckered Claude out by walking/running through Mullin's Head Park while Bill BMXed it up and took some funny videos of jumps, and then took him for a ride to the store. And I invented a more or less successful butternut squash and asparagus tart. Well, probably I didn't invent it but anyway it was tasty. Bill made the crust using the olive oil tart crust recipe from chocolate and zucchini.

All in all a good March day. I slept until 9 (minus waking up to feed the dachshund) and then took a nap immediately after breakfast. Goodness me.

Love,
Courtney & Her Ukulele

back in the saddle

Had a great recording session with Andrew yesterday!  If anyone can tell me if it's possible to upload music to a blog, I'd love to know...I see how to do video but not audio.  We did a radio-ready version of "Almanac" (the song not the whole album) to get ready for promoting the Rock City show!  Exciting times.

Before we recorded I made dinner for him and Betsy (my bakery partner in crime) - a big hippie mush of quinoa, lentils and vegetables.  It was hearty but greatly improved by the addition of condiments, especially sriracha.  A lot of sriracha.

Other good things - went to visit Mom and her four tiny dogs this weekend with our tiny dog.  Ate a lot of cupcakes, went for a nice walk to see some sheep and cows, watched the Temple Grandin movie (excellent and everyone should watch it, especially educators), watched Cake Boss, and ate some more cupcakes.  Also, I've now taught two pilates classes with actual students in them!  They are working very hard and improving already.  Love it.

Love,

Courtney & Her Ukulele

Rainy Sunday

Got a lot accomplished today despite the nasty weather. Reminds me of Providence actually, and makes me want to go to Tealuxe which is kind of silly since I have tea in my house. But there's a specific kind of cold, wet and light that really makes me think of being in college.

Taught two piano lessons and a clarinet lesson this morning, went to a yoga class led by my friend Susan (an author and painter of some renown who might be doing album art for me!) Bill and I decided to have some folks over for dinner and so put on some black beans and Bill made tortillas while I went to the gym, hoping for some Pilates students - nobody showed today, but Thursday is when I was sort of counting on starting anyway.

Since nobody came, I got to start cooking a little early, which meant that I just finished putting things in the oven before the last guest arrived! We made squash and red pepper enchiladas, black beans, Spanish rice and flan. I'm nervous about the flan. I'll letcha know.

Have a chorus for song number 8 but not much as far as verses go. It'll come.

UPDATE: Flan was perfect. Looked and tasted like flan! I used the recipe from mexicanfood.about.com and the trick is to bake it for about twice as long as they say, and at 50 degrees higher. Anyway. Flan.

Love,
Courtney & Her Ukulele