I am back from a wild ride spanning from NYC to Chicago to Columbus to Canada to NYC back to Columbus. The details rest in my heart and mind at this point. I am supposed to be working today, but they called me off. So now i’m catching up on the internet and watching Betty clean up the house. We are having guests this week. The sisters will reunite for a mid year picnic otherwise known as ComFEST. Of course if you are from Columbus you know this festival. It has the potential to be the greatest weekend of the year here. This will be my 13th year. I have participated in most of the last 13 years, although I skipped playing in 2000 and 2001 for reasons I just realized…’the life you save may be your own’ (Flannery O’connor)… loving thru the madness, picking up the pieces, finding places to put all these things; and my heart, though opened, still experiences fear… and the fear of losing something you just found, can be paralyzing.  So I’ll ride out the mayhem and remember that ‘clarity is freedom’ (St. Teresa of Avila)…

snapshots of time-frames, moving around, shifting into more comfortable spaces, trying to be helpful along the way;  who helps the helper, who teaches the teacher? it is a constant give and take and of course the more we give the more we get back. I read my journal from about a year ago : ’sometimes I don’t know what kind of rest I need.’ very telling. still there. but still hopeful, still having dreams, still loving the energy exchange of music, still loving the ones who face it, dripping with humanity, still inspired, in love with being in love.

hearing everyday sounds as music… in the field. we keep working.

peace and abundance to you, m

A quick post to say hello… I am in Columbus for a little bit… this constant shifting has an interesting effect on me. I can’t say I’m in a rut. It feels like I am always re-adjusting, re-connecting, and then letting go. I am in touch with the idea of transcendence and its impact on humanity. My daily humanity, it seems, is affected by everyone and everything around me. The impact of these things is deeper than I can imagine. Sometimes it takes the loss of someone to realize the actual meaning of all this. Being in touch with my own humanity, and also my own mortality, feels so shaky sometimes.  I take it all for granted. I don’t know my own impact because I don’t realize the impact others have on me. Then, when the rug gets pulled out, all of a sudden, it comes as clear as  a thunderstorm. And I have to thank the ones who sacrificed so much, just for me to realize the simplicity of what it means to take care of each other in each moment. Keeping that spirit alive is the best way to remember and honor the ones we can only still know in our hearts.

A lot of people come to NY to really work it. For some reason, I seem to come here to relax, re-evaluate, re-organize, meditate, etc. I recorded the sounds of chimes and birds outstide my window on Bergen Street yesterday. Spring is finally here. The trees are thankful, so am I. I’m reading about how when some things end, others begin; i’m grateful for so much. I have good people around me. I feel a lot of pressure, I’m making friends with it. I have some fun performances on the horizon. I hope you can make it. I’m interested in keeping up with what you are doing  just as much.

here in Neenah, Wisconsin; taking a break to say helllllo… it just started snowing… traveling with Eric Nassau has been really fun so far; we were in Ashland last night at Northland College - a wonderful place, I even met a few Columbus-ites… was sad to miss the release of Paul Abbott’s Pocket full of Sunshine… I am on two tracks - an original I wrote with Paul called ‘Tumbleweed Rover’ and a version of Melanie’s ‘Brand New Key.’ The record is really cool, featuring an all-star lineup of Columbus musicians. Paul really got it together for the occasion. I heard the show was great. Try to find the record; I will be looking for my copy when I get back to Columbus in a couple weeks… oh gosh, they just opened the doors to the club I am playing at and an entire bar of people is staring at me typing on my laptop. I feel like a monkey. Gotta go. see you soon. xoxo megan

This has been fun. I popped back to Columbus this weekend for a couple Spikedrivers shows and also a Hopefuls gig at Dick’s Den. Jen Sygit came down from Michigan and played as well, and she was dynamite… followed by a Sunday of music at Lost Weekend Records, a house concert, and more recording, it was a packed weekend… not to mention still reveling in the loveliness of last weekend in Chicago with Karl Mullen!! And NYC’s Living Room mid-week… ok, enough gushing…

Next week Eric Nassau and I hit the road.  This is where we are going:

3/25/09 Joliet, IL : Chicago St. Pub: Megan and Eric Nassau

3/26/09 Madison, WI : The Alchemy: Megan P and Eric Nassau

3/27/09 Ashland, WI : Northland College : Megan P and Eric Nassau

3/28/09 Neenah, WI : Cranky Pat’s : Megan and Eric Nassau

3/29/09 Sheboygan, WI : Paradigm Cafe : Megan and Eric Nassau

3/30/00 Skokie: IL : Residence Hall - MP & eric Nassau

3/31/09 Chicago, IL : Red Line Tap : Megan and E Nassau with SExFIST

more to come, and FYI, Spikedrivers record release is the weekend of May 15 &16… we will be at Rumba Cafe and also playing the Nelsonville Arts and Music Festival that weekend, sharing the bill with Mr. Willie Nelson and many other wonderful artists.

see you somewhere!

I used to give up something for lent when I was a kid. This year, I decided to take on meditation. I’ve always done some meditation but have always thought my practice could be much better. A week in has revealed to me that this is not for sissies. At the same time, by entering into this realm, I feel like my intention is strengthening in a subtle way… still a lot of work to do with this though.

I’m heading to Chicago this weekend to play with Karl Mullen at the Chicago Irish Film Fest. I’ve been diving into his music and am looking forward to visiting Chicago again. http://www.chicagoirishfilmfestival.net/home.html

It was great to reunite with Luther Wright again this past weekend. Jason Mercer and Benny Cha Cha Rubin and I were the ‘Wrongs’ and we did our best to live up to that notion…

I’m sending love and healing to many friends who have been recently laid off. It is challenging, and I’ve even had some challenges finding work this year, and working as a nurse is supposedly one of those which is not as affected. But I feel it, and it’s tough. Maybe one of these years rock and roll will work out… ‘out on the weekend, trying to make it pay, can’t relate to joy’ thanks Neil Young, you pretty much hit it on the head.
peace, friends!

Megan Palmer joins Canadian Luther Wright and some New York ‘Wrongs’
Jason Mercer and Ben Rubin for some fun in Manhattan and Brooklyn…

2/26/09 : NY, NY: Hill Country: Megan Palmer and Luther Wright with
Jack Grace www.hillcountryny.com 30 W. 26th St #1 NY,NY

2/27/09 Ny, NY: The Rodeo Bar : Luther Wright and friends
www.rodeobar.com 375 3rd Ave. at 27th, NY, NY

2/28/09 Brooklyn, NY: El Rauncho Grande Loft Party con LW, Julia
Hatigan & the Hooligans. 15 N. Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY, buzzer #2

3/1/09 : Brooklyn (DUMBO), NY : Superfine Brunch : Megan Palmer and
Luther Wright 126 Front St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

3/1/09 : NY, NY : Banjo Jim’s : Megan P and Luther Wright and Jan Bell
www.banjojims.com 700 E. 9th St. at Ave C, NY, NY

3/2/09: Brooklyn, NY : Jalopy : Megan and Luther open for Tony Scherr
www.jalopy.biz 315 Columbia St Brooklyn, NY 11231

Next weekend Megan is headed to Chicago to join Karl Mullen at the Chicago Irish Film Festival

Good Times!!
xo, megan

ps I’m on Twitter and Facebook now.

myspace is still there too! Cheers!
www.myspace.com/meganini
www.twitter.com/peganmalmer
www.sunkentreasure.org

‘to be fully human means to know myself first as an essence of divinity, and then as a player in this huge dream called life.’ - Intiana

‘all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.’ DH Lawrence

2 dreamy quotes, that’s all… I like ‘em… relearning some ropes here in my world, changing some pathways, paving roads, finding my way. namaste.

I am at a loss for words… here in Brooklyn NY with my sister… waking up in a beautiful sunny apartment! My heart is happy — so begins the tale of living in 2 cities. My work in Columbus continues to be important, and my work here in nyc has been an ongoing labor of love. This week provides a joyful noise of music with Luther Wright, of Luther Wright and the Wrongs. We are taking on NYC in style… and joining us will be several lovely NY musicians. See tour page for gig details.