Writing Workshop

[caption id="attachment_4383" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Lloyd reading at The Secret Spot following writer\'s workshop"][/caption] March 20,2010 - Key West, FL While in Key West I decided to participate in a writer's workshop sponsored by The Studios of Key West. We had two great instructors Hallie Ephron, sister of Nora Ephron, the writer of many great screenplays like When Harry Meet Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, Julie and Julia, and You've Got Mail. Hallie is book reviewer for the Boston Globe and successful novelist. Our other instructor was Roberta Isleib, a writer with several successful mystery series and President of Sisters in Crime and chairs the selection committee for the Edgar Award.

We had a small group of fiction and memoir writers that critiqued each others works. At the end of the two day workshop we met at The Secret Spot a local night club and had a series of reading over cocktails. -L

Bryan Lee and The Blues at the Green Parrot

Sound check is 5-7 pm and we are here again to hear who Eric Clapton called, "the one of the best bluesman," Bryan Lee. -L

Braille Blues Daddy

Sat, March 13, 2010 - Key West, FL Bryan Lee, a blind blues player from New Orleans called the "Braille Blues Daddy" played his 95 Gibson Les Paul Special and rocked the house at the Green Parrot Bar with his band . We stayed through two sets from 10 pm to 1 am. Brent Johnson played two custom-made Telecasters and slide on a Gibson SG. We danced and watched them play through a history of blues.

He has played the last fourteen years as a regular at the Old Absinthe Bar in the French Quarter, New Orleans, LA. -L

Second Anniversary

March 1, 2010 - Key West, FL Two years ago today we bought the bus and started full-time traveling around North America. We met many interesting, unusual, and friendly people. We saw some of the greatest natural wonders that exist. We have listened to great music, viewed wonderful art, drank rich coffee, eaten extraordinary meals, and we are still not finished. After wintering this month in Key West, we  take a Trans-Atlantic cruise to Spain and Italy then fly back after spending time with our talented friend, Dennis Cigler in Rome. After flying back from Rome we will head to Canada and look forward to seeing all our Lunenburg friends for the Folk Harbour Festival the first week of August.

Eric, Debbie, and Jay Faires are going to join us on a tour of Nova Scotia in their new Prevost bus; it is a beautiful Liberty conversion. We'll tour around Cape Breton for the rest of August with them  then head west through Canada and winter in Southern California next year.

Then we don't know, maybe go home for a while. We will let that decision come in its own time. Until then we are enjoying our trip and hope you who are following along as arm chair travelers are enjoying the trip also. Our best to everyone. - L