There is an emerg­ing sci­ence of get­ting hap­py. Researchers are study­ing what brings hap­pi­ness, and they’re find­ing pat­terns and sim­i­lar­i­ties in the behav­iors of hap­py peo­ple that can be repro­duced in depressed peo­ple with pos­i­tive results that are bet­ter than anti­de­pres­sants, and with no expense or side effects. The old say­ing “Stop and smell the  Con­tin­ue Reading

It’s always good to hear live music…here’s a chance for July 6th (that’s a cor­rec­tion — I had orig­i­nal­ly put  June 6th!): My name is Joe Miller and I will be giv­ing a con­cert of solo clas­si­cal gui­tar music at The Grange, July 6 at 7:30pm. I am in col­lab­o­ra­tion with my grand­fa­ther Joe Miller  Con­tin­ue Reading

Remem­ber last year ’round this time when Cyn­thia Burke got XYZ Move­ment Arts under­way with a hand­ful of yoga, zum­ba, and move­ment class­es? (You can check the web­site for upcom­ing class­es & events here.) Well, now she and her teach­ers are cruis­ing into their sec­ond year full speed, and they invite you over to an  Con­tin­ue Reading

One of the songs I almost always sing each new year is Both Sides, Now by Joni Mitchell…seems like a good time to share it, now, as you & I move into the won­der­ful chances for lov­ing, shar­ing, and heal­ing that are ours to embrace & make hap­pen in the days ahead. Dreams & schemes…let’s go!  Con­tin­ue Reading

Thanks to Jes­si­ca Nagy, Indexed.

This lit­tle video that Devon Schwinge shot of me singing my favorite song on my favorite island is clos­ing in on 10,000 views (and lis­tens)… it hum­bles me to think that Kate Wolf’s beau­ti­ful song has touched that many more hearts. Thanks for lis­ten­ing! And…give your­self to love.…

I heard there were over 18 peo­ple entered & ready to go late last week (so, at least 19, hey), so it looks like peo­ple are get­ting ready for this year’s show! It’ll be Wednes­day night at the San Juan Coun­ty Fair — see you there! To get you in the mood, here’s the port­fo­lio of  Con­tin­ue Reading

Just played this at a wed­ding, so I reck­on it’s run­ning ’round in my head a bit.…let’s share that, hey — here’s Car­ole King’s song, by James Taylor…and you have a friend, you know:

Sweet Hon­ey in the Rock has been singing for over three decades, and when they sing “Let There Be Peace” you know you have a great day ahead:

Have you heard these guys? Here’s a song you might like called “Temaz­cal”.…

You know, this is their first sum­mer, but the good folks at Zip San Juan make it look and feel like they’re are old pros at this stuff. Pat and Stel­la are two of the most cheer­ful folks you’ll ever meet, and they make a fun expe­ri­ence exhil­a­rat­ing. I love hang­ing around them (which takes  Con­tin­ue Reading

I know you’ve heard it before, but after you hear it this morn­ing, you’ll be singing it all day, today — here’s Chad & Jere­my with “Sum­mer Song” from the six­ties, and from this morning.…

You have a super chance to see this tonight at the Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre — it’s the Fri­day Har­bor pre­miere show­ing of Rob Michaan’s doc­u­men­tary ‘Cut Poi­son Burn.’ If can­cer has touched your life, then this will help fill in some of the gaps in under­stand­ing you may have.… The show is at 7pm, with dona­tions to  Con­tin­ue Reading

If you’ve hung around just a lit­tle bit, you know that Give Your­self to Love is Kate Wolf’s beau­ti­ful ode to the the way love works… I love this song, and hope you like this ver­sion by Kathy Mat­tea in a record­ing she made for the Seva Foundation.…

Always loved this song, and there are enough of us on the island who would rather be out on the water than anything…sing along with Cros­by, Stills, and Nash:

This is one of those vids you’re gonna watch & then for­ward to your friend who has 650 Face­book friends, all of whom will think you’re the cool one for find­ing it for them. There, I did that for you. Check it out.