Name Index
Friends Part I
Friends Part II
Friends Part III
Friends Part V
Friends Part VI
Ferry Photos * Kids on the Ferry
Robin
Spielberg, Larry and Valerie Kosson
Pianist Robin
Spielberg [link to my bn.com interview with Robin] came to play a concert
at The Living Room and brought along husband Larry Kosson and daughter
Valerie, who almost didn't make it into the world. She was born weighing
17 oz. and spent four month in neo-natal ICU, enduring a few operations.
Robin wrote Beautiful
Dreamer, an album of lullabies, in honor of the little survivor.
How is Valerie doing at 22 months? Just look! We could hardly keep up with
her. Robin said she only started walking 3 weeks before, and now Robin
(who is a bundle of energy herself) could hardly keep up.
Ready . . .
Set . . .
GO!!
Below, another great escape...foiled!
Steven Halpern
December, 2000, I had dinner
with Steven Halpern while I visited Suzanne Ciani (see below) in Marin
County, CA. Steven was basking in the recent success of his albums Deja-Blues
and Chants to Awaken the Buddhist Heart. Read my barnes & noble.com
interview
with him to find out why he's all smiles. Reviews will link from there.
Suzanne
Ciani
You don't feel like being
photographed "after a trip to the dentist." Below, Suzanne's shot
of me by the channel to the Bolinas Lagoon. Like the hat? We were out hunting
alligators.
Iasos
Susanne and I visited Iasos,
another New Age music pioneer. He was nearing completion of his new album
and treated us to a tour of his unique studio (decked out with Christmas
lights and all manner of antique and new electronic instruments) AND outfitted
us in headphones to sample of several of his new pieces. He delighted us
with stories about the inspiration for each track, from UFOs to an angel
committee to guide him. WOW! The music was spiritually mindbending, and
we left Iasos's studio all grins. His album should be out Spring of 2001.
I clicked this snapshot at the entrance to his house.
Tony
Lee, Ringmaster of "Night of 1000 Stars"
The Orcas Center is raising funds for much-needed expansion.
How to raise funds? "Let's put on a show!" To celebrate the center's 15
year history, cast members sang songs and acted in brief scenes from past
productions. Tony Lee, a talented actor (played Tevya in Fiddler
on the Roof), did a grand job of MCing the affair and getting everything
and everyone organized. (To be honest, it was like herding cats!). The
revue was a smash. Caught this shot at the last (ha! ONLY) dress rehearsal
after I was chastised to not take pictures on the stage. I didn't listen.
Had this shot enlarged and framed for Tony as a thank you. And he liked
it, he really liked it. What did I do? Turn pages for Mary Meyer, what
else? How do I get into these things??