One thing that I love about our Waking Up In America show is that it combines a lot of different genres of music to tell one story - of experiencing something beautiful together. Each song, regardless of the musical style, has the power to move us deeply and even...

I was sitting in a charming (and very clean) breakfast room of a Super 8 hotel in Butte, MT. Through the blinds of the small window I can see the mountains splashed by the golden color of Aspen trees. It’s breathtaking and I wonder why they would pull the blinds down....

Recently, my oldest son, Dante, turned 21. At 5 am on a Friday, he texted me saying that he had left Savannah. We had planned for him to come home, renew his driver’s license, and have a nice dinner with us. I worked late on Thursday so I could have the morning to go...

How do you feel today? What are you noticing in your surroundings? How is the slow transition of seasons reflected in your inner-self?   Since last spring, I have been tending my garden, observing it, and letting the plants teach me about growth without resistance....

Recently, I asked a friend if she had plans to travel to Nashville sometime soon. She replied with "I’m tending my roots... It’s the season of staying here right now.”  Her words paused my next thought. And then they painted a Mary Engelbreit-like picture of ‘staying...

My house is quiet. Blais started school and my two older boys are away at college. One morning, I was going down the stairway of my house and noticed the silence. It brought up a memory of a routine I had before the summer began - a routine set around a predictable...

On my flight back from Croatia I sat next to a young girl. She said she was coming back from Scotland where she was doing research as a part of her college class. I asked her what she was studying. “Most people think it’s totally weird,” she said, and added in a bit...

I’m writing this post from the back seat of my friend’s car. We are driving from Zadar to Peljesac (the peninsula near Dubrovnik). The road is winding. The mountains we pass by, the fields and rivers, the sun setting on the Adriatic sea, vineyards, stone buildings,...

When was the last time you wrote your intentions and desires down? Or drew them with colored pencils?  Children do it all the time. They get crayons and draw their wishes in big bright colors: a bright yellow sun shining on a smiling child; holding mommy and daddy’s...

Recently, I heard this story:  Billy and Bobby are camping in the mountains. They lay awake in the middle of the night. Billy asks: “Bobby, what are you thinking about?” Bobby says: “I’m looking at the stars and thinking how vast the universe is, how many stars,...