On this day, Sydney, my Australian Shepherd, and I became a social therapy team for PALS in Sonoma County. It was a happy and proud day...

Doug Harman added cello to songs on my CD “Comfort of My Wilderness” and my newer songs: “Litany,” “Lamento,” “Like a Watered Garden,”...

Michael is a wonderful photographer who lives in Sonoma County. He has provided all the cover photos for my new songs, as well as the...

Michael Ecton took this photo of the four of us who played on the CD “My Whole House.” We are in Armstrong Woods in Guerneville. Photo is...

Laura Comyns and I played together in high school. She was always a tad better than I was on guitar, so I learned a lot from her. Six...

Piotr, Cindy, Johna, and Helen at the Village Inn Restaurant in Monte Rio. Photo is by Michael Ecton.

Laura and I began to call ourselves “Women with Strings Attached,” offering songs and instrumentals for occasions. This is one of our...

I was deeply moved in Assisi, Italy, when I visited the small side chapel in the Basilica di Santa Clara and saw the cross of San Damiano...

Suzanne Toolan RSM, musical mentor and longtime friend, and Johna. Suzanne and I have been friends for many years. It was from watching...

My friend, Piotr, originally from Poland. He added beautiful flute parts to “My Whole House.”

Some of the instruments that Laura and I play.

Phil McDonel, who created the cover art so beautifully for “Lamento.”

Laura, doing what she does best, writing out her magical guitar part.

Blair Hardman, recording engineer at Zone Music. We have worked together since 2005; I am deeply grateful for his work.

Chapel at Redwoods Monastery, Whitethorn, California, where many songs emerged in the silence. I love the Cistercian simplicity of this...

Mercy Center Chapel after a morning prayer service

The Engawa of the Zendo of the Zen Temple in Felsentor, Switzerland, where I spent some time in the summer of 2016. It was a gift to be...

The beautiful rock entrance to the Zen Temple in Felsentor, Switzerland. I do not know if this is considered the “entrance to the...

Johna and Ursula Richards, a friendship steeped in love and support, in Tassajara.