Well, as usual. Best laid plans. I was gonna hit the ground running when I came home from tour but New England decided to play host to almost two feet of snow and school is canceled for the second day in a row here…so I’m jus...
I have so much to tell you about the last few weeks, it’s been a great whirlwind of friends, work, writing and travel. But meanwhile: a question and word about the state of the political storm.
Reading comments. (Feel free to talk about the shows that just happened, and if you got photos, the embargo is OVER!! Feel free to post them online or send them to the wide-open chat on the patreon).
I’m sending my love all around the world to every one of you today. My friends in America: it really isn’t a good scene, is it. It has felt like an ongoing case of the wheels falling off the bus ...
This morning had a rare free moment so I did a spontaneous little live from New Zealand that lasted about an hour! It was free to ALL patrons - including free members - and the archive is open!!
This morning, the first day of 2026, I left my family behind in the dawn hours and went down to the water to send off to sea the ash-pile of wishes and nightmares that the children had burned to a quiet crisp at midnight.
Greetings from Waiheke Island, Aotearoa. (There are venue updates coming for the NZ & Oz shows, all the dates have held but the locations have shifted slightly. Hold the phone, it’s the holidays…)
Not all of you patrons out there celebrate it, but nevertheless, from these strange parts down under: a happy festivus and merry christmas to all of you.
{Contains: rape, trauma, and hopefully instructions on how to deal with both}
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Maybe it was because the friend who gifted me the glove (I mean: the gloves, because they always come in pairs) meant so much to me.
2025-12-16 13:50:52 +0000 UTCView Post
Hey patrons of the globe, and especially the Oz and Aotearoa New Zealand people.
TL;DR: the whole world feels fucked, you're not alone, don't stop trying to be kind, and I'll see you Oz and Kiwi folks soon enough. You now have your own dedi...