"Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it." -Mark Twain
"They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." -Andy Warhol
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Greetings, Tonight live at 10pm EST I'll be on WSHU Public Radio, Profiles in Folk hosted by Steve Winters, alongside my good friend and Connecticut State Troubefore (or Troubanomore?) Pierce Campbell, who is also 1/3 of The Kerry Boys. We'll be talking about next weekend's Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo, details below. Listen on the left side of the FM dial if you're in the northeast, otherwise online,
http://www.wshu.org. Sing along to the radio tonight or under the stars next weekend! cheers, lara
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -Albert Einstein
"A Rhode Island second-grader violated his school's no-weapons policy by gluing toy soldiers to his hat... school officials objected to the tiny guns carried by the soldiers. 'The issue for us,' said a school official, 'was the zero-tolerance for weapons.'" -The Week, July 2, 2010
"The less we know, the longer our explanations." -Ezra Pound
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A quick note, the final advance ticket discount for the 2010 Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo is happening August 16, 17 and 18, from 11am to 3pm each day. It's through artists only, so mention my name when you call.
Purchases must be via phone (203-392-6154) or in person (box office is at 501 Crescent St, New Haven). Mention my name and code ABOGO (no idea what that stands for... Absolutely Beautiful Octagonal Gargantuan Opportunity... hm, maybe not...)
Hope to see you Sept 11 at 5pm in Edgerton Park! Also Nanci Grffith, Gandalf Murphy, Susan Werner, [...]
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"Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning; that there is always another dawn risen on the mid-moon, and under every deep a lower deep opens." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Try not to forget your dreams." -Cynthia Copeland Lewis, in Really important stuff my kids have taught me
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My song Charlie Brown Christmas Tree was inspired by time spent on my grandfather's Christmas tree farm in Kennebunkport Maine. Friday I'm playing the song (among others) at the 50th anniversary of the CT Christmas Tree Growers' Association, on the same farm, as it turns out, that inspired him 55 years ago to quit what he was doing and move north to start his own farm. Full circle. Coming up in CT and MD (DC area this time), hope to see you there! cheers, lara
"In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity." -Abraham Lincoln
"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." Gertrude Stein
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If LeBron can do it, so can I... he signed up yesterday too, so far he has 300,000 followers. It's on. Join me at twitter.com , @laraherscovitch . I don't totally get it yet, but one of these days I plan to. Late adopters unite. Ok moving on... Thank you sincerely for your time in Lillith Voting - on the one hand, we made it to the top 10 and May and June were historic highs for my website hits - planting seeds for the future, an undoubtedly good thing... on the other hand, they picked a rock band from Rhode Island for the Connecticut show. There you have it. Hope to see you soon, fun summer shows coming up (save the date 9/11 for the Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo)! cheers, lara
"In a survey of 22 countries, 20% of respondents said they believe aliens walk among us, disguised as earthlings. The Chinese and Indians are the most likely to believe aliens lurk in our midst, while Belgians, Swedes, and the Dutch are the least likely." -Reuters
"A man is what he thinks about all day long." -Ralph Waldo Emerson