I am making a new album with Joseph Bamber! It will be released this December! Want to help us get it out? You can pledge at http://kck.st/uCv58m

http://kck.st/uCv58m Thanks for your support!!! 

A Swiss Weekend with 6 shows! Goodness!

Greetings! This weekend has been busy, wonderful, relaxing and lots of hard work!  Joseph and I took the train 7 hours to Heiden, Switzerland and played in the evening. We then drove with the ever so thoughtful, Hans Duerr, to Lohn, Switzerland after the concert.  Hans organized a few shows for us-one Saturday morning and two Saturday evening. Then we played in a church service on Sunday morning and since the sermon was centered around Noah and the Ark, we sang "The Lord Told Noah to Build Him and Arky Arky".  That, my friends, is a funny children's song. It seemed fitting, though. 

Tonight we had a proper concert in Kirche Lohn with a beautiful audience. Here are two photos from tonight's show in Lohn.  We got the audience to sing along with us on a few tunes, too!

It has been a great weekend, thanks to Hans Duerr! 

Thanks for reading!

Love,

Tammy*

How to Pick up a Guy at the Airport!

You ready?  This is how I picked up a man at the Frankfurt, Germany Airport today!

Little sun dress, red painted nails, a love note and a broken computer...yep.

Our date once he arrived? ...To the Mac/Apple Store...oh, yes, very romantic.  I know the way to this man's heart.  We got my computer fixed, had a nice lunch, headed back to Friedberg on the train and cooked up some good food.

Oh yes, my man, Joseph, came over to hang and play some music with me in Europe :o) ...and for that, I am really thankful!

We head to Switzerland in the morning to meet up with the fabulous Hans Duerr and to play a few songs in Heiden.

To all the swiss folks that would like to come and hear us play...
Friday-Heiden
Saturday-Lohn and in Schaffhausen
Sunday-Lohn

You can see the info and tour dates on my website http://www.tammyrochelle.com/tour

Thanks for reading,

Love,

Tammy*

Out in the Country with Horses

Greetings!

Today I was out in the country near Friedberg with my friend Marion.  She takes care of a few horses and so she invited me to go along.  There was this sweet white pony named Ernie and several beautiful horses.  We hung out and I sang Swing Low, Sweet Chariot to them...and tried to talk with them.  If you pet their nose they smile. It is the cutest thing!  Here is Marion with her horse, too.

In the morning I will head to pick up my man from the airport! He's pretty awesome.  Yep, I am excited about that!

Love,

Tammy*

2 Love birds at train station

Yesterday I had breakfast and a radio interview with the lovely Anika Wiesbeck in Baden-Baden.  We rushed to the train, snapped this photo and said our goodbyes.

I took the train to Friedberg and waited for a friend.  I was there for a few hours so I bought an ice cream and soaked in a little sun outside in the front of the station.  After a while I got a little bored so I pulled out my guitar and started playing.

About 30 minutes later these two sweet folks (love birds) approached me and started listening to the tunes.  They were both blind but knew their way around the city.  They were so cute...so in love and exchanging sweet little kisses with each other the whole time.

They told me about how they love country music and would love to go to Nashville someday..maybe for their wedding when they "win the lottery", they said. They asked me to play a few tunes and I did.  The woman has such a love for music and such a soft heart that she started crying while I was singing. They were both so precious and encouraging.

At the end of it, they insisted on buying me a water, buying my new album and they even invited me to dinner with them. I let the guy play my guitar and he played "Country Road" and I sang a little harmony.

They want to come to my show in September :o)  It was a cool day! Such nice folks.  In traveling one can encounter all kinds of beautiful people.

Thanks for reading,

Tammy*

ERF Radio Interview auf Deutsch

 ERF's Ramona Eibach's Interview with Tammy Rochelle -Liberty Spoke to Me

I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Ramona Eibach at ERF Radio in Wetzlar, Germany.  She asked such great questions during our interview.  Today ERF posted the German translation of the interview.  You can hear it here. http://bit.ly/qkZipA

For the extended version in English you can hear it here.
English Interview and here http://bit.ly/pQFSR6

Thanks for reading!

Love,

Tammy*

Mental Massage? Yes please.

I think it would be amazing to get a mental massage on days where your head was full of tension, confusion and stress.  Is there such a thing? ... Where all of the peices would fit back into place and you would feel renewed? Ah! That would be lovely.

Maybe..therapists, counselors, social workers, or friends that are good listeners perform this...

Strange thoughts tonight.  All is well. 

Love,

Tammy*

Busking on the streets of Baden-Baden...well, sort of...

After 3 1/2 days on my own at my friend's place (she is awesome to let me have her place, by the way :o) I was bored out of my mind and thought that I would take my guitar to the center of town and play a few tunes.  I ended up meeting a busker under a tree and we played some Johnny Cash tunes and gospel tunes together.  

He told me of his life and struggles in the past couple years and instead of playing lots of songs, we had a conversation about life, perspective and being right-brained.  You never know what you'll come across in traveling. 

Tomorrow I head out to Friedberg (Hessen), Germany to play a show at a girls home with my friend Tess. I will get to see my friend Marion again which makes me smile.  Next week starts the Swiss part of the tour and I am really looking forward to those shows. 

Many blessings to you!

Love,

Tammy*

I should be sleeping...but...

I can't sleep tonight...

There are sometimes where there are just too many things on your mind and sleep doesn't come.  Tonight that is the way that it is going for me...actually, it is already the morning and I am just heading to sleep.

Tonight I worked on a new song and on a few unfinished ones from a few months ago.  I can't wait to have them in a listenable form so that you can hear them.  Sometimes I think that sleeplessness/restlessness is there because you need to get some things out...I am thankful for songwriting at that point...it preserves my sanity.

This weekend I am heading to Mannheim to see some long-time dear friends.  I've got some plans for the US in fall...so, let me know if you want me to play in your city :o)

Goodnight. Good Morning.

Love,

Tammy*

www.tammyrochelle.com

www.youtube.com/tammyrochelle

www.twitter.com/tammyrochelle

Thoughts from the 1st month of tour

I have been on tour in Europe now for one month.  My thoughts and things I've realized:

1.  Europe is beautiful and I love it
2.  I miss my friends, family and my love
3.  It is a fabulous thing to be paid for something you love to do
4.  It is difficult when you have a week and half with no shows and don't know what to do with yourself
5.  Enjoying where you are is good, and being reminded of those you love back home is also good.
6.  Meeting people and being surrounded by a new culture is good for the brain (it teaches/challenges)
7.  Learning new words in a language can make you feel very young, and that's not a bad thing
8.  God truly provides

Today I am working on the upcoming tour and also getting some inspiration for another video to make :o)

If you missed the German video, you can see it here http://youtu.be/V6sLUp0eZTA

Thanks for reading.

Love,

Tammy*

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This is possibly the most ridiculous video I've made...on tour in Germany

Happy Birthday Mom! I hope that this makes you smile!!

Thanks to Tine and Ela and family for your assistance!

Love,

Tammy*

College Booking and a House Concert Tour

Today was a little vacation hanging with friends, walking down train tracks, taking some photos and then having lunch and dinner with my friend, Anika.

I've been editing a video today to put online...almost finished.

So, tomorrow starts a working week of booking and finalizing some details for upcoming shows.  The plan is to start with fall shows at colleges/universities in the US and start booking a house concert tour in the US and then in Europe.  It will be quiet a big project and a lot of work, but so worth it.

More to come...

Love,

Tammy*

A Palace, Rastatt, Friends and a Very German moment

Greetings to you! Here is proof that I was in Bad Urach...

Today two new friends took me around Rastatt! We had a homemade lunch with their parents, saw two palaces, had coffee, talked in crazy random accents and took silly pictures.  What a fabulous day! 

Here are a few photos

My First German Wedding!

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attening and playing music for a friend's wedding here in Germany.  The reception was a massive barbeque.  Amazing food and lovely people.  I played a little concert in the end of the evening and got the folks up and out of their chairs to do the Hokey Pokey. Ha!

Today I am spending time with a fabulous family in Rastatt and we are about to go and see a beautiful castle! I will take some pictures!

Love,

Tammy

On top of a mountain with a few thousand Germans

For the last two days I have been on top of a mountain with about 5,000 Germans at the Zeltstadt (TentCity).  I played two concerts there and met some really warm-hearted people.  There wasn`t wireless internet or any mobile network service to speak of, but it was nice to be in this big community away from all of the stresses of life.

Today I spent some time editing a very special video that should make you smile :o) I will post it on Monday.

Tonight I had a late night drive to Rastatt and in the morning I will head to Gernsbach to play at a good friend of mine´s wedding :o)

Well, more photos and a silly video to come.

Love,

Tammy*

Open Skys, A Glockenspiel, and Exhaustion

Today consisted of a meeting with Teenstreet, 3 trains, good friends, playing a set at the Open Skys festival in Neuffen (with a cool Glockenspiel player, I might add....Martin or "egee"sp?), and coming home with my good friends that always make me feel at home here in Bad Urach!  The night was ended with a delicious German beer-Ulrichsbier!

Today, I dropped my suitcase on my other foot...just a side note for those who read what happened yesterday...oh and I dropped a guitar stand on my toe, too....So, prayers for my feet and toes are much appreciated! Geez!

I am exhausted, but so thankful. I am thankful that I have a nice bed to sleep in tonight and that I am in the house of a family whose hearts are so warm and inviting!  I am thankful that my man is coming over to Europe to hang.  I am thankful that my parents will come over to Europe soon, too!

Tomorrow I have big plans, I tell ya....BIG...I am making a new video just for you. Seriously!  It's going to be wery special. Trust me. (wery is not an accident) :o)

Exhaustion is kicking in now.

Love,

Tammy*

OUCH!

Today was a long day and tomorrow will be, too...right now I am sitting in a hotel lobby in Offenburg, Germany catching up on email.  It's pretty late, but I just wanted to tell you a little about my day.

It started off great...breakfast, packing, emailing, working a little, lunch...then a sunny, but exhausting walk to the train station with all of my crazy heavy stuff.  While waiting for the train I changed my shirt right on the train platform...put one over the other and then somehow wiggled out of the original one. Skills, oh yeah. Everyone has to be good at something.

(Caution:Don't read the following paragraph if you are easily grossed out) I boarded the train and then pulled my extremely heavy suitcase up into the train.  Suddenly I felt an excruciating pain!!! OUCH! My second toenail had caught on my suitcase somehow and when I jerked the suitcase up and into the train, it ripped my toenail halfway off and took the top few layers of skin off!! I started bleeding like crazy.  I focused, put my bags away got to the nearest empty seat and tried to hold back my tears.  Yea, that didn't work so well. The trip was made better, though, since the ticket taker brought my a bandaid and my seat neighbor across the way offered me some water. Lesson learned...don't wear flipflops while managing heavy baggage. The doctors at the Teenstreet festival where I played today took great care of me.

Finally once the tears stopped and I could try to relax my neighbor, Jerome from Sri Lanka, started talking with me.  Small talk didn't last long...this guy has an AMAZING story.  He is 23 now and he works in Germany with a Christian organization.  When he was 16 he stopped talking and went completely blank mentally.  He was violent, wandered off and got lost a lot, slept on the streets where his parents couldn't find him and had severe depression.  There were local people involved in witchcraft that the family suspected had been praying curses over their family.  His parents tried to get him help locally and eventually sent him to India for intensive treatments.  This still didn't help and his parents thought about hospitalizing him, but his mother wouldn't have it.

One night as he was in bed at 4am, he woke up and felt what seemed like electric currents running through his body.  He felt like something was leaving him.  He sat up, sobered, and went to the room where his mother was crying and, as he discovered, praying for him.  He asked, "Mom, why are you crying?" At the sound of her son saying "Mom", after he had been mute for a year, she started sobbing and was thanking God for answering her prayers. From that moment on Jerome, was restored completely!  He is now 23.  I started sobbing while he told me his story. It was beautiful to see the freedom and light in his eyes giving full representation of God' healing power.

Tonight I played the Teenstreet festival and met lots of new folks.  I played on a stage high up from the ground and above a drink bar for the festival.  I climbed up an actual ladder to get onto the stage...with my bandaged toe.  I got the teens to do the Hokey Pokey and to echo some bluegrass tunes with me.  Alexander from South Africa joined me on his blues harmonica!

Well, I hope that your toe doesn't hurt (like mine) and that you are able to get a good night sleep.

Much love to you and thanks for reading!

Tammy*

Pics from the Marburg Show

The fabulous Melanie Raab took some cool photos at the Marbug house show.  Here are a few.  More to come.

Love,

Tammy*

 Tess Wiley with the warm golden lights.

 Ramona and Dirk, some new friends of mine came out for the evening!

Me wiping a tear away at the end of my set...I am not sure if it was because I was cold or happy.

A day to do nothing

Today started very slowly, I must say.  I was tired out and found myself whining and in a bit of a crabby mood (don't worry, I was alone, so no one was subjected to that :o).  After making some eggs for breakfast I decided to really go all out with this day that I had to rest and to do nothing.

After my normal getting ready routine...shower, teeth brushing, etc, I gave myself a face mask, deep conditioned my hair and whitened my teeth. Now, you may be thinking "Who cares?"...well, fair enough...

I took a walk down to the train station and got some sun rays on the way. I stopped and had a döner which is like a gyro with slow roasted lamb, lettuce, tomatoes, yogurt sauce and banana peppers.  


The day was slow going, relaxing and just what I needed.  Sometimes I forget to stop and be thankful for days like this.


I hope that you find some time to do something relaxing this week.


Love,


Tammy*

House Concerts :o)

Tonight I had the pleasure of playing a house concert together with Tess Wiley in Marburg.  I've only done a few house concerts in my life (3 or 4 now) but I am really starting to love them.

It's usually 30-40 people in a living room or in the garden/yard...with a nice atmosphere...candles, lamps, cool lights...a relaxed environment and an intimate concert where the banter between the artist and the audience is welcomed.

Tonight before the concert, one of the hosts wanted me to play a song on the piano.  I played "Palm of Your Hand" which is a slower tune.  He started tearing-up and said, "I am almost crying".  He had me play the song again then and then he had me play it again after the concert. Wow! It is so rich and sweet when someone connects with a song like that.  He later bought a Cd and his son was astonished, saying "He doesn't normally buy CDs" :o)  When Tess and I were getting in the car he came over and gave us some extra pocket money.  I wanted to say, "aww, thanks dad!"

This evening, the house concert was on the stone porch with golden lights and the audience sat in the garden with long tables and little awnings overhead.  Tess and I did a few tunes together. She added melodica, some percussion and beautiful harmonies on a few of my tunes and I added a little harmony and shaker on a few of her tunes.  The audience sang with us on a few tunes which warmed the place right up!

By the end of the night we were freezing and I thought that hot apple cider which is normally for the winter time would have fit just perfectly.  We were bundled up with blankets and jackets.  Is this really summertime? I know that a lot of Germans are probably asking the same question.

It was a great night! What a sweet evening. I am thinking that a house concert tour should be in the works :o)

Thanks for reading!

Love,

Tammy*
www.tammyrochelle.com
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A fabulous evening in Wetzlar, Germany!

This evening was filled with homemade appetizers, candles, cool lamps, guitars, singing, conversation, and a wonderful audience of warm hearted folks :o)  My Gerglish (German/English mix) was well received! (I think :o)

Thanks to all of the lovely people that came out to the LivingRoom concert this evening in Wetzlar.  Tess Wiley sang and played so beautifully and she even joined me on a couple tunes.  She pulled out a melodica solo on one of my tunes!

Thanks to Sven Olaf who drove a few hours to get to the show! I hadn't seen him in 10 years!  Thanks to Conny and Arne for coming out to the show after only hearing me play 3 tunes at one of the Kandern outings!  Thank you to the wonderful hosts!

For anyone in the area that missed out on the show, Tess Wiley and I will be playing a Living Room Show in Marburg tonight, Saturday, July 30th, 19:30 for 10 Euro.  Email me at tammyrochellebooking (at) gmail.com for directions.

FACEBOOK INVITE TO THE SHOW-Click Here, pretty please  Hope to see you there!

Love,

Tammy*

Marburg, Germany this Saturday!!

Greetings to you!

This Saturday, July 30th @ 19:30 I am playing a folk-rockin show with the fabulous Tess Wiley in Marburg, Germany.  There are only 35 seats total for this Living Room concert and we would LOVE to have you there.

If you would like to come to this fine evening, then RSVP to:

tammyrochellebooking@gmail.com

you can check out the event on facebook, as well.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=252159731478090

I hope to see you there!

Love,

Tammy*
www.tammyrochelle.com

Summer Tour Dates

Well, I just wanted to say hello and to let you know about the upcoming shows on my current summer tour, Liberty Spoke to Me.  It would be lovely to see you along the way! I am adding new shows each week, so you can also check the "Tour" section of my website for updates. Thanks!

Love,

Tammy Rochelle*

Jul 16 (Saturday) Herne Bay Music Night-w/Nigel Hobbins, Herne Bay, England 7:30

Jul 17 (Sunday) Whitstable Baptist Church-Whitstable, Kent, England 10:45am

Jul 19 (Tuesday) BBC Birmingham-Radio Interview-Birmingham, England

Jul 20 (Wednesday) BBC Cambridge-Radio Interview-Cambridge, England 7:15pm

Jul 21 (Thursday) The Blue Ball- 57 Broadway, Grantchester-Cambridge, England 8:30pm

Jul 22 (Friday)    Black Forest Academy Auditorium "SMI in Concert" -Kandern, Germany 7:30pm

Jul 23 (Saturday) SchallWerkStadt-Kandern, Germany 9pm 

Jul 28 (Thursday) ERF Radio Interview-Wetzlar, Germany 2pm

Jul 29 (Friday) House Concert- Wetzlar, Germany (with Tess Wiley)

Jul 30 (Saturday) House Concert- Marburg, Germany (with Tess Wiley)

Aug 2 (Tuesday) Teenstreet-Offenburg, Germany

Aug 3 (Wednesday) "Open Skys" Festival- Burg Hohen Neuffen, Germany 6pm

Aug 4 (Thursday)   Zeltstadt- Nordalb, Germany 10pm and Nachtcafé at Zeltstadt 11:30pm

Aug 6 (Saturday) Private Event-Gernsbach, Germany

Aug 19 (Friday) Hotel Pension Nord Heiden-Heiden, Switzerland-8 pm

Aug 20 (Saturday) Pfarrhaus Lohn-Lohn, Switzerland-10:30am


Aug 20 (Saturday) ICF MoserGARTENparty-Mosergarten, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Aug 21 (Sunday) Kirche Lohn, 8235 Lohn, Switzerland-10:40am (service) 7:30pm (Concert)

Aug 28 (Sunday) LKG -Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Sept 1 (Thursday) Schloss Beilstein, Germany

Sept 2 (Friday) Die Luke-Ludwigsburg, Germany-8:30 pm

Here is a little peek of the SMI Concert in the Black Forest Academy Auditorium.  I was honored to play that night alongside some great musicians.  Here are Marc and Silvi! They are the sweet couple that organized the shows in Kandern.  At the end of my stay the great Toby and Ilo gave me a ride up to Friedberg in the back of their car.  My massive suitcase was hugging me the whole way! :o)

Some photos from the Kandern, Germany show

Had so much fun in Kandern, Germany

Some Videos from Whitstable England

Here is a little video of one of my favorite folk bands in England.  I always have a smile on my face when they play.  Here is Nigel Hobbins and band in Herne Bay, England.

Back in Germany!

After one taxi, 2 buses, one plane, and then a car ride, I arrived safely into the Basel, Switzerland airport, went out on the French side and ended up in Germany. Perfect.

Tonight I got to re-connect with Mark and Silvie Egles and Anja Lehmann and play a few songs at the SMI night in Kandern, Germany.

It's been a long day and I am excited to post some photos tomorrow.

Love,

Tammy*

On a Harley and playing at the Blue Ball

Here is a pic of the fabulous Malcolm Guite and his Harley. He took me to my BBC Cambridge Radio Interview on it. Classy :o)

Man! Tonight at the Blue Ball was just so wonderful! The people, the atmosphere, Mystery Train and Malcolm were stunning.  I will have to come back to Cambridge on my way back out to the states and play a night there again.  Thanks to Malcolm for the invite to play and to all who came out!

I rode into the BBC Cambridge radio interview on a Harley

Well, you see, my friend Malcolm has a Harley.  He gave me a lift to the BBC Cambridge Radio interview with the guitar on my back.

You can hear it here :o)

http://tinyurl.com/tammybbcradio

It is the July 20th show.

Love,

Tammy*

Why?

I wrote a long blog about the lovely and surprising events of the day and sadly it disappeared :o( I will write about it tomorrow...so...

Here are some photos from today...lunch with Mike and Pippa Rimmer and the radio interview with Mike.

I arrived safely in Cambridge with a day full of surprising events...I will re-write about them tomorrow.

Love,

Tammy*

Birmingham with Mike & Pippa Rimmer

Most of today was spent asleep on the National Express Coach...5 hours of travel. sheesh! Canterbury to London, London to Birmingham.

I was greeted at the coach station by the wonderful Mike Rimmer.  He is a radio broadcaster and journalist that I met in Nashville 2 years ago.  You can check his blog out here http://www.mikerimmer.co.uk/ He and his wife, Pippa, had a small group from their church at their house tonight and asked me to play a few tunes. It was a good time.  After that we went out for Indian food, met up with a friend, Joel, and headed back to the house.

In the morning we are doing a radio interview and then taking a look around Birmingham and then it is off to Cambridge in the evening.

There are two special towers in Birmingham that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien to write "Two Towers". Here is a photo of one of them.


Love,

Tammy*

An Irish man and a Scottish lady

Why are Irish and Scottish accents so beautiful and yet so hard to mimic?

Today I played a few songs at Whistable Baptist Church in Kent...I even played " This Little Light of Mine".  Lovely people.  I would like to tell you some beautiful stories but jet-lag is winning this evening. Have a great start to your week.

Heading to Birmingham tomorrow to hang with Mike and Pippa Rimmer.

Love,

Tammy*

Official Tour Poster

To start the tour off right, Heidi Frank, a very talented singer/songwriter and graphics designer created a fabulous tour poster for this summer's tour. Please take a look and let me know what you think.

This morning started off with breakfast and lunch all at once with my friends, Terry and Vicki,  in Sevenoaks. Then I caught the National Express (England's version of the Greyhound..but much nicer) from Dartford over to Whistable which is right outside of Canterbury on the coast (where I wrote the song from my new album 'Coast of Kent').  There was tons of traffic on the way and we were a little nervous about missing the bus.  Well, the bus ended up being late due to the traffic, too.  So I made it!... Just in time with my two suitcases and guitar (I am hiring a massage therapist after lugging around these bags...not really...but wouldn't that be nice? :o).  The bus was nice but smelled like bathroom air freshener.  It was quiet on the bus for the most part.  There was a man in the back near the bathroom that I am sure has played a pirate in a movie at some point in life...just had the pirate look....hard to explain.

My sweet friend Dixie was there to meet me in Whistable. It was raining today, a bit dreary, but Dixie had good news.  Nigel Hobbins, one of my favorite English folk singers, was playing a gig in Herne Bay and wanted me to play a few songs this evening. So, after 'tea', Dixie and I drove 4 miles to an old nice and pretty conservative church.  I will post a video soon so you can hear Nigel Hobbins and the Backroom Boys. I hope that you love it.  It's the  kind of jolly music with a deep message that makes you smile the whole time, but you don't know why. My favorite part of the whole show was in the middle, right before I played, one of the singers from the other band went into the backroom of the church where I was tuning up the guitar.  She said 'It's a little nerve-racking out there' I turned around and she whipped out a flask and took a few good swigs of whiskey.  I had to crack up. She was lovely.

Today I was thinking about how thankful I am ..for friends...and for friends that have amazing hospitality who really make you feel loved when you are hanging out with them.  Thanks to Terry & Vicki and Howard & Dixie for the warm meals, hugs, rides and great conversations.  Friendship makes the tour so much richer!

In the a.m. I will be playing some tunes at Whistable Baptist Church on Middlewall in Whitstable...some for the kiddos and some for everyone.  Any suggestions on the children's songs? Maybe 'This Little Light of Mine'.

Goodnight all.

Love,

Tammy*

It's the little things...

Well, I promised hedge photos.  No hedge photos, yet.  My apologies :o)

Today I spent time outdoors in SevenOaks working on booking buses, trying to book a flight and answering emails.  There was a funny convo with two workman that were fixing a few things around the house today.  One of the guys was telling me how to do a British accent by substituting the "th" sounds with and "f" sound. Like fings or somefing.  It was good fun.  Practice and let me know how that goes for ya.  In the end he asked for a song and he ended up buying a Cd and recommending that I should get up with BBC Radio 1. Will do.

Do you want to see some photos? Here is what I have so far--The plane ride (beautiful sky) and the first dinner that I had in England this time around (ham, carrots, peas, and mashed potatoes.

Today I was thinking about how expensive things in England can be...but, I was also thinking about how I love the English toffee here and I can't wait to buy some.  Have you tried it before? Trader Joe's has a chocolate covered version of English toffee which is quite good...but the toffee here is incredible. It's the little things that make me smile.

Any good suggestions of things that I MUST try while I am over here?

Well, goodnight.

Love,

Tammy*

Nashville to Atlanta to London

Hey! I hope that you've had a good day.

Well, to get started...I arrived safely in London. The flight was ok...The dinner was pretty delicious, I have to say. It was chicken breast, with garlic butter/cream sauce, orzo, and mixed veggies with red wine. Yum. I did struggle through static-filled headphones to hear the film, Jane Eyre and sleep was a bit impossible.

I had the privilege of sitting next to Crystal, a Wisconsin born daughter-of-Dairy-Farmers who brought me up-to-speed on how cows are milked (with machines), how often they should be milked (often...well, daily?), what happens to them when they aren't milked (their udders get infected and they die), the average life-span of a cow.  She is doing a 6-credit grad course abroad in England for her studies in Library Science.

I was "fetched" at the airport by my friend Terry (who, by the way, has one of the largest vinyl collections I've seen). My first day in Sevenoaks (outside of London) included making breakfast, drinking espresso with Vicki and Terry, showering, sleeping 5 hours, having a wonderful dinner that Vicki made of ham, carrots, peas, cauliflower, mashed potatoes, finished with a "pudding" (aka- dessert) of cake, custard, strawberry preserves and fresh strawberries!!!  We went for a walk in a beautiful park and around the neighborhood until I got freaked out by the bats circling overhead. Talking with my man via Skype made the evening end so sweetly.

Jet-lag isn't going to win tonight.  I am falling asleep now.  Tomorrow, I will post some photos...I want to you see the hedges in the neighborhood. (shrubbery..now thinking of Monty Python).

Thanks for reading.  Goodnight all.

Love,

Tammy*

Liberty Spoke to Me-Summer Tour 2011-Europe

The "Liberty Spoke to Me" Summer Tour 2011 begins now.  First stop-London to begin the 2 month tour.  I will post everyday from the road.  Just check my blog, facebook, or my website to see what's going on.

I am little tired from packing, washing clothes, paying bills, and finishing up some details for the tour.  Where am I heading on this 2 month adventure, you ask? England.Germany. Switzerland.France (and perhaps Poland).  

Finally I get to tour and to share these songs with you live! Want to hear or buy the new tunes?

Just click here

Click here to see the tour dates :o)

Thanks for reading!  Now, a special little video (below) that proves that I need to sleep more.

Love,

Tammy*

Nicaraguan Dinner last night

So, this February, I went to Nicaragua (Central America) for the first time. It is such a cool place..beautiful, tropical places, volcanos, nice folks, beautiful sunsets and amazing food! Last night I cooked and created a close-to-authentic Nicaraguan food experience for me and my BF Katy. I cooked rice and black beans (with garlic, onions, cilantro, saffron flowers, and dill), sweet ripe plantains cooked in butter to golden goodness, garlic chicken broiled with chilli peppers, pan fried queso seco (white hard cheese) and queso fresco (white soft cheese) with tomatoes on the side, and crepes with cinnamon and queso fresco with a touch of brown sugar.

I love love love to cook. Thank you Nicaragua for adding some delicious new food to my menu :o)

Blessings!

Tammy*

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