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: