There's always a nice tune [on radio] - helps you get the dishes done . I like to get the news from time to time - not too often. I don't feel deprived.

Love is the only engine of survival

Undertow" "I set out one night When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know I'd be caught in the grip Of the undertow Ditched on a beach Where the sea hates to go With a child in my arms And a chill in my soul And my heart the shape Of a begging bowl

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.

I would like to work with Pat [ Leonard] in any capacity. I would love to hear his versions.

And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photographs there and the moths.