In this episode, Dave and Effie Cummings interview Vermont musician Jeremiah McLane, accordion and keyboard player for Nightingale. The show features live performance footage of Nightingale at the Lebanon Opera House in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
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Happy Mother’s Day to my mom and to my sister, both among the best moms in the business. Their example of unconditional love encourages me to believe the world isn’t such a bad place.
My sister in particular further inspires me with her preparedness in the face of all situations. Her car, for example, is better stocked with the necessities of life than my house. The only items you might reliably find in my car at any given moment are some old cassette tapes my brother recorded for me in the 80s and a dog leash.
Once when my niece was still small enough to be confined to a car seat, I was driving her somewhere in my car. As we were driving along, my niece suddenly looked around the bare, dusty car and said to me in her clear, sweet voice “Helen, where is the water?” It took a moment before I realized her mom’s car always carries an ample supply of bottled water for drinking.
I haven’t blogged in roughly forever, but we did get away for a few days to Ocracoke Island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. This photo was taken during an early evening walk on the beach after an amazing dinner at the Cafe Atlantic. If you go there, all I have to say is “Shrimp Tomatillo.”