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We are in Salmon Arm! What a gorgeous drive up here… the mountains, the river, the lakes… British Columbia’s natural beauty simply takes my breath away. All the way here, I was reflecting on my summers growing up, driving up to Osoyoos with my family. All of us kids in the back seat, so excited…

We are in Tennessee right now and I am thoroughly enjoying the Southern culture once again… folks here are so friendly! Whether I am grocery shopping, or at the post office, or something, people stop and say hello and share a moment with you… sometimes it catches me by surprise. While I love my hometown…

I love meeting new artists – musicians, visual artists, writers, dancers, it really doesn’t matter – I love getting to know these passionate people…I am always inspired by who they are and what they do…this weekend I was at my friend’s art show… she and two of her friends have been showcasing their work regularly…

We have a rising star at home… she coos and sighs and smiles and loves Armenian folk songs as much as her mother does… she is familiar with all the songs I have been singing all these months: after all, she was with me during my tour this past fall….but she made her official entrance…

I met her in 2004 right after I had finished recording my first CD. I had just completed Far From Home and was not very sure what I was going to do next. And in an otherwise unlikely turn of events, I decided to accept a temporary position working as a financial assistant – quite…