victoria zande ~ artist/author ~ writer/songwriter/musician August 2010 30 August, 2010 It’s hard to believe that summer is almost gone - it’s a sunny & hot 93 degree’s in the “D” today... Full AC was going by 12:00pm (not AC/DC just AC)... My next update is later than sooner due to some date changes & times that I had to confirm today... My Redford Farmer’s Market date has been changed from 5 September (Labor Day Weekend) to the 12 September as they will not be holding a market for the Labor Day Weekend... I will be there the following Sunday 12 September from 10:00am - 12:00pm & may stay until 1:00pm... This will be my 5th time at the Redford Farmer’s Market this season... Thank you again to Shirley Moore from Wayne Metro - I am fortunate to work with many great people at the Markets...  I did upload my video of the Detroit River in Downtown Wyandotte that I took on 19 August on my You Tube Channel - www.youtube.com/user/zandeartistryllc ... I will be back at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley four day’s after that for my Guest Author & Open Mic Spot on Thursday 16 September from 7:00-9:00pm... I was working on music this morning & will work on a bit more later tonight... The shipment for my Housing Works Donation went out on Friday & should arrive by the end of this week... The copies of ~ pages ~ that I donated are signed as is the bookmark handout that comes with them... Please let me know if you buy a copy - leave me a guestbook comment or email me... www.housingworks.org ... Next update will be sooner... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:46pm ~ 26 August, 2010 It’s Thursday & there is only another week to official summer left before Labor Day Weekend... It was a beautiful sunny summer day in Motown... I worked on the Housing Works Shipment this afternoon and that will be going out tommorrow... It should be in New York by the middle of next week... This is my third donation to Housing Works - www.housingworks.org ... I will be back at the Redford Farmer’s Market for the Labor Day Weekend on Sunday 5 September - I will have more details on that next week... My handouts for the Coffee Beanery event will be there the weekend of 10 September through the Open Mic date - stop in and pick one up... I will be checking in with Raquel & Edith at Downtown Book Center, Inc. in Miami tommorrow... Thank you so much to all of you from the Miami & Coral Gables area that have started following me on Twitter ... Natalie from the Wyandotte Farmer’s Market has done a great job on their website & posted the photo’s that she took from my 19 August event. - there is one of me, although 95 degreess and alot of sun that day makes me and my fair skin wear sunscreen & a hat... I had alot of fun at the Market.. Thank you so much to Natalie - http://www.wyandottefarmersmarket.com/PHOTO_GALLERY.php ... I did try to load my video that I took along the Detroit River in Downtown Wyandotte last night, although You Tube was doing maintenance, so I will try again this weekend... It’s a beautiful night also tonight - skies are clear & it’s about 65 degree’s... Working on some music & writing... Next update soon... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:04pm ~   23 August, 2010 It was great day at the Redford Farmer’s Market yesterday morning & afternoon... An exceptionally busy day I met & talked to alot of nice people & performed from ~ window preview ~ on & off for two hours... Unfortunately, I forgot my camera - fortunately I had my flute... A cloudy & breezy day made for a nice change at the Market on the Marquee... Thank you so much to everyone who stayed & listened to my music, took my bookmark handouts & extended event invitiations to me - it was nice to talk to all of you... Thank you so much again to Shirley Moore of Wayne Metro for inviting me back... I will be going back one more time before the end of the season... The date for the Coffee Beanery was moved back a few weeks to Thursday 16 September from 7:00-9:00pm due to the Woodward Dream Cruise....  I will be doing two peices of my music as the Guest Artist at their Open Mic & will be signing copies of ~ pages ~ - www.coffeebeanery.com ... Thank you so much to Greg the Owner for inviting me back.... Housing Works copies will ship out this week & I will let you know what day they shipped...  I will be doing a check-in with Downtown Book Center in Miami this week... Taking the night off from music... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:14pm ~ 20 August, 2010 It’s an August summer night in Motown with the Crickets giving another free concert outside my window... photo’s taken by: victoria zande 19 august Another beautiful summer day for my second event at the Wyandotte Farmer’s Market... More of a breeze was coming off of the Detroit River, which made the 91 degree heat a nicer place to sit... Played on & off for two hours while talking to some very nice people including the All Sisters Bakery in the above photo who do not like to have their picture taken ( gee that sounds familar - sounds like me :)... The Sister’s paid me for my music with an amazing bag of their Chocolate Chip Cookies... If you visit the Wyandotte Market, be sure to make a stop by the All Sisters Bakery Tent & buy some... I also stopped down by the Park and sat next or should I say stood next to the Detroit River, and took “at the river” photo’s and video... I will be hosting those photo’s on my MySpace & Facebook Pages... You will be able to find the video on my You Tube Channel - www.youtube.com/users/zandeartistryllc ... An invitation at the Wyandotte Farmer’s Market to return to the Redford Farmer’s Market this Sunday 22 August will have me there from 10:00am-12:00pm... It is supposed to be a nice sunny day & about 83 degree’s, although the morning should be slightly cooler... Please come out & join me... Thank you so much to Shirley Moore from Wayne Metro for inviting me back... More on the Coffee Beaney in next weeks update... Hello Miami - I hope you are getting some great August weather in the Atlantic... I am curious to know if anyone will stop in this weekend at Downtown Book Center??? Let me know on my Guestbook or just let me know how the weekend in Miami is... Working on music tonight... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... I would say next update on Monday, although if I have something sooner, I will update before... Have a great night... ~ 9:50pm ~ 17 August, 2010 I will be back again this Thursday 19 August from 3:00 - 5:00pm at Wyandotte Farmer’s Market for a two hour music performance & booksigning... Please join me - hope to see you there... The date for my Open Mic Guest Artist/Author spot is being moved forward a few weeks due to the Woodward Dream Cruise being this weekend which makes it a busy week, there fore - I will be moving the date to Thursday 16 September from 7:00-9:00pm ... I will give more details next week... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:53pm ~ 16 August, 2010 It’s a beautiful summer day in Motown 75 degrees & breezy... Spread the word about ~ pages ~ in Miami by purchasing a copy & referring a friend & receive a signed bonus copy of either version in the mail... If you live in the Miami area - stop in and buy a copy of ~ pages ~ - let me know by leaving a comment in my Guestbook or sending me an email... ~ pages ~ is on front display... http://realpages.com/sites/downtownbooks/ I will be back at the Wyandotte Farmer’s Market this Thursday 19 August from 3:00-5:00pm for a two hour solo acoustic music performance - booksigning & reading... Please come out & join me just a few blocks from the waterfront & enjoy the off shore breeze... ~ pages ~ will sell for $5.00 per copy or two for $7.50... Hope to see you there... Working on music tonight... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:58 ~ 13 August, 2010 It’s Friday the 13th - Friday the 13th’s can sometimes be special days... photo’s taken by: victoria zande It was an extremely hot & humid day yesterday downriver, although the breeze off of the river gave you just enough to make it okay... In the above photo’s are the vendor tents at the Wyandotte Farmer’s Market & in the second photo from left to right is Shirley Moore - Director for Wayne Metro & Creator of the this newly formed Wyandotte Farmer’s Market, a lady who works with Hospice Patent’s that braved the heat to come in full work costume & one of the ladies that also helps run the Wyandotte Farmer’s Market & I promise to get her name next week when I return for my second event... I played for over 60 minutes and talked to & met some nice Farmer’s & the people of Wyandotte... Downriver is a beautiful community as I stopped on my way out to enjoy the water along river - see my Facebook & Tumblr Pages for more photos... I played some of my music off of ~ window preview ~ & some music not on window preview... It was so hot the sweat was coming out of my flute... Next week’s weather is calling for 10 degree’s cooler... If you decide to travel out to the Wyandotte Farmer’s Market - I will tell you the best way is to take Telegraph to Eurkea as 275 just before the Eureka exit they are rebuilding the Bridge & I am not a fan of concrete boulders on my car...  I look forward to returning next week... Thank you to Shirley & Natalie for inviting me to be a part of the new market... I spoke with Edith this afternoon at Downtown Book Center, Inc. in Miami & she was having a great day, said that ~ pages ~ looks really nice out on a front display counter... I hope that Miami has a great weekend... Please let me know if you stop in & by a copy or pick up one of the Bookmark Handouts - you can leave a comment in the Guestbook - send me an email or leave a comment on any of the other pages that I have... You can also order a copy from their website or by phone... I am working on more music this weekend & also on finally putting together the Housing Works Donation that has been put on delay for a few weeks now... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, MySpace & Detroit City... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:43pm ~ 9 August, 2010 It’s a cloudy day in Detroit ... Countdown to the day’s left in summer - I love summer - it’s so nice to hear the cricket’s sing at night... I am a fan of heat & humidity... I have been working on this Thursday’s Event for the Farmer’s Market in Wyandotte... I will be there this Thursday 12 August & next Thursday 19 August from 3:00-5:00pm both days... This is a new market & I am happy to be helping the Downriver Community... I also have the Coffee Beanery in Berkley in just a few weeks on their Open Mic Night... I worked on music & writing Saturday night & will be working all week... Have you been to my Tumblr Page??? I am still trying to figure out how everything works - kind of like the Faebook Page - I still do not know all of the features, although I will be adding more to that page soon... Next update on Friday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, Detroit City in between if you are online... Get outside and enjoy the rest of summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... Muchas Gracias... ~ 4:21pm ~   6 August, 2010 It is an overcast summer afternoon in Motown & I will be working no music in about hour... This is the first full week for ~ pages ~ to be in Miami at Downtown Book Center, Inc... Stop in and pick up a copy if you are in the Maimi area... I can see the ocean just around the corner from ~ pages  ~ - it would be nice to be able to go stand on the beach & sign copies... $1.00 from every copy sold in Miami will be donated to help the people of the hurricanes... I have to correct the dates for the Wyandotte Farmer’s Market’s - it will be next Thursday 12 August from 3:00-5:00pm instead of Monday and the following Thursday 19 August from 3:00-5:00pm... This is a new Farmer’s Market just started this year in downtown Wyandotte - it should be fun, so please stop by - support local Farmer’s & pick up a signed copy of ~ pages ~... I will have both the handwritten & printed version of ~ pages ~ available... I posted a feature about ~ pages ~ yesterday on my Twitter Page that ~ pages ~ is printed on “green seal certified” recycled paper... I hope to see some of you there... It’s August so I know it’s hot & will only be performing just a few peices of my music between  3:30-4:00pm & then will be meeting & signing copies for the rest of my time there... All copies will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... I will be working on Bookmark Handouts this weekend for both Farmer’s Markets & my upcoming Coffee Beanery Open Mic & Booksigning Event as well... The Coffee Beanery Berkley, Michigan date has been moved due to the Farmer’s Market Events, so the new date for the Coffee Beanery will be Thursday 26 August from 7:00-9:00pm... More details next week... Off to work on music... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook (join my page), MySpace, Tumblr, Detroit City... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:39pm ~ 3 August, 2010 It’s August already - the summer is only a short step away... It’s a Hot August in the Motorcity... Interminent Internet Connections have kept me from updating until now... Technology has advantages & distadvantages at times... The first full week for ~ pages ~ to be in Miami at Downtown Book Center... Please stop in - pick up a copy & one of my Bookmark Handouts... Hopefully, I can get down to Florida at some point & see it for myself.... I will be Downriver at the Wyandotte Farmer’s Market this upcoming Monday 9 August and the following Monday 16 August from 3-5pm for a small acoustic music performance & booksigning... In between I will back at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley on 12 August as a Guest Artist for their Open Mic Night to sign copies of ~ pages ~ and perform two peices of my music... I worked on music last night & will be working again tonight... I will update again on Friday - apologize for the delayed update this week... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, Detroit City in between if you are online... Get out and enjoy the last six weeks of summer... I love summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:50pm ~ July 2010 30 July, 2010 ~ pages ~ printed version is now available at Downtown Book Center, Inc. in Miami, Florida... It arrived on Wednesday afternoon into the bookstore & Racquel the Owner put it out on display Thursday morning... I am excited that it is finally in Miami... Also available are my Bookmark Handouts... Thank you so much to Racquel & Edith for hosting my work at Downtown Book Center, Inc. ... Please let me know Miami if you buy a copy - leave me a comment in the Guestbook, by Email or any of the internet pages I have... I now have ~ pages ~ in Florida, North Carolina, & Mississippi... Thank you to my second home state Florida... Thank you Miami for welcoming my work... I will be working on music this weekend... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, Tumblr, Detroit City in between... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:06pm ~ 28 July, 2010 I am finally able to post my website update for this week... Had to wait an extra two days due to an upgrade and some internet issues... It has been a stormy day today in the Motorcity... photo’s taken by: victoria zande (in the above photo’s - i art festival vendors & aritsts - photo 2 capoeira afro brazilian art - www.themichigancenterforcapoeira.com ...) Sunday’s I Art Festival was alot of fun & I got to meet some exceptional artist’s who brought their creativity to Redford... It was a rainy & stormy start to the early morning, which made me wonder if I would be able perform & then the skies cleared & the sun came out about 10:00am... I was slightly nervous,although everyone working the festival was very friendly & helpful... I did an acoustic solo performance on the Second Stage Patio - just outside the Marquee & talked to people who took my Bookmark Handouts...Thank you so much agian to Diana Schroeder for inviting me to be a part of the I Art Festival... I am exceptionally excited... I shipped copies of the printed version for ~ pages ~ and my Bookmark Handouts on Friday & it arrived this morning in Miami and should be available at the Downtown Book Center in downtown Miami Friday...  Thank you so much agian to Edith at Downtown Book Center, Inc. for requesting them... I will let you know when they are out on display... I wish I could be in Miami to see them in the store... Working on music tonight instead of watching it... I will still be posting an update on Friday... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, Detroit City in between... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 6:10pm ~ 23 July, 2010 It’s a sunny & stormy day in Motown... The printed version of ~ pages ~ & Bookmark Handout’s is shipping out today for Downtown Book Center, Inc. in Miami, Florida & it should be available by the end of next week... I have been working for the last few days on the Bookmark Handouts & Flyers and just got finished last night... Thank you again to Edith at Downtown Book Center, Inc. for requesting them... I will let you know when they are officially out in the store... I am exceptionally excited to finally have a bookstore in my second home state...  Miami also has a bookfair every November...Thank you to Miami for welcoming my work... I am working more tonight and tommorrow on my music & rehearsing for the I Art Festival in Redford, Michigan... Please come out & join me on Sunday from 12:30-1:30pm. - it is supposed to be sunny & 83... The festival is open from 10:00am-4:00pm on Sunday.... For more information & location - please visit my appearances pages... Next update on Monday... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr in between if you are online & not out at a summer festival... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:15pm ~ 19 July, 2010 It’ s a partly cloudy morning in the Motorcity... I am working on music & my set list for the I Art Festival in Redford, Michigan for this Sunday - it should be a nice day & there will be alot of different area’s of art & music... They will have three stages along with local and regional artist drawings & local films & film makers... Please come out & join me from 12:30-1:30pm... The I Art Festival is this Saturday & Sunday from 10:00am-6:00pm... see appearance page for location details... Thank you again to the I Art Festival for inviting me... I will also be working on the ~pages ~ copies and bookmark handouts to ship out for the Downtown Book Center in Miami this Friday...  This is great small independent bookstore with a large selection of books & art... Located in heart of downtown Miami on 1st Street - see locations page for details... ~ pages ~ will be available in store by next Friday 30 July... Thank you again to Edith for accepting them... $1.00 from every copy sold will be donated to help the people of Hurricanes.... I may attend one open mic this week to try out some music I will bring to the Festival on Sunday - will let you know on Twitter... Next update on Thursday... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, Detroit City in between... I have to go stand out in the Sun now - it’s Summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:48am ~ 16 July, 2010 It’s a beautiful sunny summer day in Motown... I am exceptionally excited to finally have a bookstore in Florida... Downtown Book Center in downtown Miami will be featuring the printed version of ~ pages ~ along with my bookmark handouts & flyers... I will be shipping out copies at the end of next week, and it will be available starting the week of 26 July... Downtown Book Center is located on 1st Street - http://realpages.com/sites/downtownbooks/ ... Thank you so much to Edith at Downtown Book Center for taking them... For location & more information - please visit my locations south page ... I will also be shipping out the donated copies to Housing Works on Monday instead of today...I will let you know when they are available... I have been working on music all week for the I Art Festival and working on the EP... I have starting posting postcard handouts at some of the local cafes & will be working on having them available in other states... Next update on Monday... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, Detroit City in between if you are not out in the summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:53pm ~ 12 July, 2010 photo’s taken by: victoria zande It was a beautiful summer day for yesterday’s Reford Farmer’s Market... In the above photo’s are some great Michigan Farmer’s - this was the lady’s table next to mine who sell’s Soy Candles - they are environmentally friendly & smell stronger and burner cleaner than regular candles is what she told me... There was alot of people who came out to the market and I got to talk to most of them... I had no handouts left when I was done... Thank you to everyone who stopped to talk to me and ask about my writing & music... This will be the same location for the I Art Festival in two weeks that I will be back at...I am excited & nervous to be performing at this event... I may read, although I am still working on a 30 minute music set list... I may sit in on an open mic before this event in Northville at Solid Ground Coffee House off of Main Street... I am working on the Housing Works Donation to ship out this week... It will be two signed handwritten copies & two signed printed copies of ~ pages ~ ... Working on more music & bookstores tommorrow... Next update on Friday... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, & Detroit City in between if you are online & indoors... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:18pm ~ 9 July, 2010 It’s about to rain in Motown this afternoon... The heatwave finally is gone although summer humidity is still out there... This Sunday I am back at the Redford Farmer’s Market from 11:00am-1:00pm for a small acoustic music performance & booksigning... I will have all copies of ~ pages ~ and handouts available... This will be different from the I Art Festival as the Festival will be more of a performance event than signing... Copies of ~ pages ~ will again sell for $5.00 with $1.00 per copy donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... Please come out & join me & support Michigan Farmer’s... The weather for Sunday - Sunny and 76... Thank you again to Shirley Moore at Wayne Metro for including me in this years markets...  I worked on ~ window preview ~ last night and music yesterday afternoon... I am getting ready for the 25 July’s I Art Festival in two weeks - I may include some vocal peices - was working on them yesterday - hoping they are good enough to share... I am fortunate to be invited - nervous as this will be my first full music feature performance... I will have copies of ~ pages ~ and handouts available after my performance... Thank you to the Redford Conservatory for inviting me to be part of the Festival... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Detroit City, MySpace, Tumblr in between if you are online - get outside and enjoy summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:29pm ~ 6 July, 2010 Happy Summer - having a summer heatwave in Detroit this week - it was 79 degrees at 7:30 this morning... I love summer - its nice & hot today :) - beach weather... I hope everyone had a safe & fun holiday - it’s now offically the middle of summer... I will be back at the Redford Farmer’s Market this Sunday 11 July - the market is open from 10:00am-3:00pm, so I will let you know the exact times I am there in Friday’s update... I will also post it on my other internet pages...  I will have both copies of ~ pages ~ and bookmark & postcard handouts & will perform a few peices of my music... I am scheduled from 1:00-3:00pm, although with the heatwave, I may be starting sooner in the day... Thank you so much again to Shirley Moore at Wayne Metro for inviting me to a second market of the season... Please stop by & meet the farmer’s - support Michigan Made Products... I am working on bookstores & music today... Next update on Friday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Detroit City, Tumblr in between if you are staying in & staying cool... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:12pm ~ 2 July, 2010 It’ s  a nice sunny day in Detroit this morning - a great start to the 4 th of July weekend... I would like to start off by apologizing to anyone who may have showed up at Kellogg Park on Wednesday between 1:15-2:00pm for what was supposed to be the seond half of the Read in the Park event... This was a last minute decision to cancel as it conflicted with their Noon Time Music in the Park....  I did perform three peices of music & read from ~ pages ~ under the Gazebo at Canton Freedom Park... set list for Canton Freedom Park “Read in the Park” -  12:00-1:10pm music from ~ window preview ~ spaces & lines - mozart on ice (1sy movement) - re~verb excertps from ~ pages ~ : shy brick wall - alone in the silent room - do you know my face - inspiration Thank you again to Nicole at As The Page Turns for inviting  me to both events... I will be back at the Redford Farmer’s Market next Sunday 11 July from 1:00-3:00pm & then on 25 July will be at I Art Festival in Redford for a 30 minute music performance... Festival information will be posted next week... I am working on music this afternoon... Next update on Tuesday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, Detroit City in between if you are online... Happy 4th of July to everyone - I hope that you have a safe & fun holiday weekend... Have a cheesburger - go see the beach & wear sunscreen if you do... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:29pm ~ 29 June, 2010 It’ s an exceptional summer day in Motown sunny and 74 degrees... A Tuesday update as I was having some technical difficulites last night... It is supposed to be a beautiful sunny cool summer day tommorrow for the Read in the Park Series... Please join me at  first in Canton Freedom Park from 12:00-1:00pm and then at Kellogg Park in Plymouth from 1:15-2:15pm - www.asthepageturns.biz for directions & further information... Thank you so much again to Nicole Jackson - the Owner of As The Page Turns... I hope to see some of you there... I have been invitied & confirmed for I Art Festival in Redford, Michigan on 25 July at 12:30pm for a 30 minute music performance - I will post more detailed information on this in my next update... Thank you so much to the Festival... I am off to work on the final set list for tommorrow and some music... Next update on Friday - please follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Detroit City, Tumblr in between if you are online... Get outside - go to the beach - it’s summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:23am ~ 25 June, 2010 Another beautiful sunny summer day in the Motorcity... No storms for the next 18 hours... I am working on my event for this Wednesday 30 June at both Canton & Downtown Plymouth Parks - it should be a nice day... I will be doing a reading and small music performance as well signing - Bookmark & Postcard Handouts will also be available & both versions of ~ pages ~ ... I will be in Canton from 12-12:45 & in Plymouth from 1:15-2:00pm... Please see my appearance page for location & details ... Sending out email updates this weekend...  I hope to see some of you there... Worked on bookstores this week and I am still working on a Florida bookstore - I will let you know when I have one... I was out this afternoon so my update is later than normal today - got to be out in sun :)... Working on more music tonight...   Have not gotten my mic clip that broke a few weeks ago and will be goung to get that this weekend - I will need it next week for my Read in the Park event... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, Tumblr (still new to this one), Facebook, MySpace, Detroit City in between if you are online, but you should be outside in the summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 5:29pm ~ 21 June, 2010 It’s a beautiful sunny first day of summer this morning... I started this update on Friday night until massive storms came through the Detroit area & took down powerlines, trees and houses... Lost power - cable and internet about 11:00pm as storms came up in a matter of minutes from the first warning - neighbors who braved the storm from a window view said they saw the sky turn red then blue and watched as trees bent backwards in winds about 60-65mph before heading to a safe place... Sorry, I was out the way at the first warning from the Weather Channel - never take a chance when it’s that massive - the side show isn’t worth the risk... I was fortunate in this area - some down trees for neighbors and only lost power for 24 hours... Thank you to everyone who left me comments on my internet pages on Friday & Saturday... Even though I never got a chance to finish Friday’s update - I am leaving the original entry below.... I will be reading at the “Read in the Park” Series sponsored by: As The Page Turns Bookstore on 30 June first in Canton from 12:00-1:00pm & then I travel to Kellogg Park in downtown Plymouth from 1:15-2:00pm... I may be reading from my own collection or from a selection by As The Page Turns - www.asthepageturns.biz ... Thank you so much to Nicole Jackson - the Owner for inviting me to be a part of her summer reading series... Thursday 12 August from 7:00-9:00pm will be the date for the Coffee Beanery Guest Author Booksigning & Guest Performance Open Mic Spot... I will again have both copies of ~ pages ~ available along with bookmark handouts, postcard handouts & a display copy of ~ window preview ~ ... All copies of ~ pages ~ will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 per copy donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... Thank you so much again to Greg the Owner for inviting me... www.coffeebeanery.com Working on music this afternoon... Next update on Friday... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, Detroit City in between if you are online... Get outside & enjoy the summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:28am ~ 18 June, 2010 It’s a stormy night in Motown & I am working on this update late... I confirmed the date at the Coffee Beanery.. Thursday 12 August from 7:00-9:00pm I will be the Guest Artist doing a booksigning & two song music performance at their Open Mic...Please come out & join me... Thank you so much to Greg the Owner for inviting me... More details later ~ pages ~ is still out on front display at Schuler Books & Music 28th Street location - you can also order by phone or contact them by email on their website - www.schulerbooks.com ... Thank you so much to Tim at Schuler’s... I will be working on music tonight... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Detroit City & Tumblr in between if you are online... Stay safe from the storms tonight... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:37pm ~ 14 June, 2010 It’s a cloudy humid night in Motown... The Flint Farmer’s Market is being re-scheduled from this last Saturday as I was not feeling well... I am working on another date... I did attend the Redford Farmer’s Market on Sunday for their first market of the season for two hours... I performed four of the six peices from ~ window preview ~ along with one peice I created titled “Chorded” not on ~ window preview ~ ... I did not perform any of my vocal peices... Thank you to everyone who stopped by my table to say hello & ask about my work & listen to my music.... Here is the set list - Spaces & Lines Mozart on Ice (in three movements) Pentatonic Captured (vocal peice in set list - not performed) Chorded (new music ) - written: 18 june, 2004 Re~verb I will be back at the Redford Farmer’s Market on Sunday 11 July & may be moving the time up from 12:00-2:00pm - will let you know... Thank you so much to Shirley at Wayne Metro again for inviting me to a part of the Markets this year... I am also currently working towards trying to get a performance at the DIA - Detroit Institute of Arts - wish me good thoughts... I will be heading back to the Coffee Beanery in August for a booksigning on their Open Mic & a guest peformance spot - will let you know the date soon... Working on more music tonight... Currently working on moving past years journal entries to the second page... Next update on Friday -follow me on Twitter - Tumblr - MySpace - Facebook - DetroitCity in between if you are online... Get outside & enjoy summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:12pm ~ 10 June, 2010 It is a beautiful almost summer day in the Motorcity - lots of sun and 75 degrees... I worked on the set list for my events this week outside - am still working - it helps when you love what you do... The Flint Farmer’s Market is this Saturday - I will be there from 10:00am-12:00pm, although the market opens at 8:00am and runs until 5:00pm... Hopefully it will not rain as rain is now in the forecast for Saturday & Sunday... I have been invited this week to be the Guest Artist for the Opening Day of the Redford Farmer’s Market on Sunday 13 June from 1:00-3:00pm... The Redford Farmer’s Market is located off of Five Mile Road just past Beech Daily Road... The Market is just behind the Redford Police Station - it is where the old Redford Library was... Please come out & join me if you are in the area...I will be doing a booksigning/bookreading/small music performance... I will have both versions of ~ pages ~ available for $5.00, as well as bookmark & postcard handouts - I will be signing everything... $1.00 from each copy sold will be donated to help dogs with neurological coniditions... Thank you so much to Shirley from Wayne Metro for inviting me back to this years markets... See my appearances page for details... Next update on Monday... Follow me on Twitter - Facebook - MySpace - Detroit City in between if you are online... Get out & enjoy the beautiful summer days... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:14pm ~ 7 June, 2010 Good Monday Morning... It’s a sunny & clear cool Monday morning in the Motorcity after storms & tornadoes visited the area on Satruday & Sunday... Saturday night was one storm warning after an other with tornadoes doing the most damage in Dundee, Michigan - I hope everyone in Dundee is safe... I worked on more music this weekend and on my event for the Flint Farmer’s Market for this Saturday... Thank you so much to Karianne at the Flint Farmers Market for inviting me - I look forward to meeting everyone... I am working on more music this afternoon and a followup to a bookstore lead I found in Florida today... If you are on Facebook - check out the studio where I record - Big Sky Recording in Ann Arbor, Michigan - they host Acoustic Cafe & have some great artists coming up for the summer... Follow me on Twitter - Facebook - MySpace - Detroit City in between if you are online... Get out & enjoy the almost summer days... Next update on Thursday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:34am ~ 4 June, 2010 It’s humid & cloudy today in Motown... I worked on music this afternoon & have been working on my event for next weeks Flint Farmers Market on Saturday, so a later than normal update is here... Working on some vocal peices this afternoon & will be working more on music this weekend... photo taken by: zande family - howard beach tarpon springs, florida I worked more on a Florida Bookstore this week... I am concerened for all of the wild life & environment that is affected by the current conditions... I hope that you stay safe along the Gulf Side of the water... My heart goes out to Florida - my second home state... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace & Detroit City in between if you are online... Get outside & enjoy Summer... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 5:00pm ~ 1 June, 2010 Today feels like Monday... Some sun & summer weather... It‘s already June & I will be at the Flint Farmer’s Market next Saturday 12 June from 10:00am-12:00pm for a booksigning - bookreading & small music performance... See my appearances page for details... I was out this weekend posting postcard handouts at few different locations in the Livonia/Northville area...  You will find them at Potbelly’s & Caribou Coffee on Haggerty Road between 6 Mile & 7 Mile... Thank you to both places for allowing me to post them... I am working on my event for the Flint Farmer’s Market this week - as well as a bookstore in Florida & music... I will be putting up a small excerpt from ~ back pages ~ tonight on MySpace - Facebook - Twitter... It was a Fred Flinstone day on the internet - therefore my update is running slightly later... My next update will be Friday... Follow me on MySpace - Facebook - Twitter - Detroit City in between if you are online... Get and enjoy the sunny day’s - Happy Summer... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:56pm ~ May 2010 27 May, 2010 It’s another sunny hot summer day in Motown - I know its only May - the tempreature says June... I worked on more of the vocal peices about 3:00 this afternoon & will work again tonight...  I have also been working on getting a bookstore in Florida this week & with the holiday this weekend it may slow down my progress... I will let you know when I have one... The Flint Farmer’s Market is a little over two weeks away - it seems longer than that... I look forward to visiting & doing an event at this market... It will be my first time at the Flint Farmer’s Market... I will have both copies of ~ pages ~ - bookmark & postcard handout’s & a display copy of ~ window preview ~ to view... Thank you so much to the Market for inviting me... I will be out this weekend posting Postcard Handouts in Cafes & Music Venue boards... Follow me on Facebook & Twitter for locations... My Bookmark Handouts are still available from my Booksigning at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward in Berkley, Mi - www.coffeebeanery.com - stop in & pick one up... They are next to the coffee station... I will also be putting up an excerpt this weekend on MySpace - will let you know via Twitter & Facebook when it is posted... Next update on Tuesday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook, & MySpace in between if you are online... Get out enjoy this beautiful Start of Summer Holiday Weekend... Happy Memorial Day... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:06pm ~ 24 May, 2010 photo taken by: victoria zande 22 may, 2010 (camera date is off by one day) I had great day on Saturday for my booksigning at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan... It rained in the morning - just enough to bring people in... I met alot of very nice people who stopped by to ask me about my writing & music, take my bookmark handouts and buy copies of ~ pages ~ ... I was there from 10:00am - 3:00pm talking to everyone... I signed everything from copies of ~ pages ~ to bookmark handouts... Thank you so much to Greg the Owner of the Coffee Beanery and to all of the employees who helped make my event... I will be returning for their Open Mic again and another signing... I am currently working on the new date & will let you know... I will be Flint Farmer’s Market next on 12 June - please visit my Appeaances Page for more details... More information on this in next weeks update... I am working on some music tonight... Next update on Thursday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace & Detroit City in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:53pm ~   21 May, 2010 I went to the Open Mic last night at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley - alot good artists - unfortunately I did not get a chance to perform, so I will be going back at a later date ... Please join me tommorrow at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley from 10:00am-2:00pm for a booksigning... As I told you in the last few updates - there will be both versions of ~ pages ~ available for $5.00 per copy with $1.00 being donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... www.coffeebeanery.com ... It is supposed to be sunny & warm later in the morning... I am finishing up the handouts for tommorrow & hope to see you there... Working on music this weekend & I have been working on getting ~ pages ~ into a bookstore in Florida this week as well... I have some contacts out and I am wating to see... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, DetroitCity in between... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:45pm ~ 17 May, 2010 It’s almost warm in Detroit today - two more days until its sunny and 73... I worked on some music over the weekend and I am looking forward to my open mic on Thursday... I am working on all of the music on the EP & featuring two covers for in performance only as a thank to the artists that inspired me... I normally don’t perform covers, so if I can work this into a respectful version - it will make it to the chair I sit in... I also worked on bookstores in Florida - I am making progress & will let you know when I have one - hopefully it will be soon... The handouts for the Coffee Beanery in Berkley will be put out this week for my booksigning on Saturday... Thank you again to Greg the Owner for hosting my booksigning & inviting me back... Working on the booksigning for this Saturday 22 May from 10:00am-2:00pm this afternoon... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Detroit City in between - if you are online & not out enjoying the beautiful spring... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:59am ~ .  14 May, 2010 It’s finally a sunny day in Motown - rain & storms all week left me with limited travel time... I took the bookmark handouts & flyers over to the Coffee Beanery in Berkley this morning & they will be available starting this weekend for my booksigning next Saturday 22 May... Thank you so much to Greg the owner for inviting me back... I worked on more music this week and bookstores in the East... I am still working on Florida & will let you know when I have a bookstore... I will also be at the Flint Farmer’s Market on Saturday 12 June from 10:00am - 12:00pm for a book reading, signing, small music performance... I am working on ~ back pages ~ this weekend & music... Follow me on You Tube - Facebook (I promise to put up more photos’s & info soon) - Twitter - MySpace - Detroit City... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:53pm ~ 11 May, 2010 It’s a rainy, rainy cold Tuesday in Motown - is it May or October... The leaves are green so it must be May... I worked on music this afternoon and will work again in about an hour... Looking forward to next weeks open mic & booksigning... I will be dropping off bookmark handouts, postcard handouts & flyers to the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan this Friday - stop in and pick one up... The handouts and flyers for Dublin Coffee Houses should be there this week... If you are in Dublin and pick up one of my postcard handouts or find my website from the flyers, please leave me a comment on my guestbook page & let me know... A later than normal update time - next website update on Friday... Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:35pm ~ Friday ~ 7 May, 2010 It was a beautiful day yesterday in Motown, although today is slightly rainy & mostly stormy - can hear thunder outside my window... It’s an indoor day.... I worked on some music this week & I am working on more Farmer’s Market’s for the summer... I am looking forward to my first open mic & booksigning in two weeks.... I will be sending out an email update, so if you are on the email update list - look for it next week & if you would like to be on the list - please visit my contact page ... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Follow me on Facebook - MySpace - Twitter in between - if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:17pm ~ Tuesday ~ 4 May, 2010 It is a beautiful sunny May Day in Detroit today - there are leaves & robins in the Motorcity... It’s already May - May is a great month - it’s not too hot and everything is Kermit Green... The flyers & postcard handouts for the Dublin Cafes will be available next week... Thank you again to cafesora & Simons Place Coffee Shop for hosting them... * To everyone in Dublin & Brisbane, London, Toronto - if you wish to buy a copy of ~ pages ~ you may purchase it from my website by sending a check at the current exchange rate & international postal rates (please email me for shipping rates), or you can order it by phone from any of the bookstores it is available in & have it shipped to you - please see locations page... The printed copies of ~ pages ~ will be available at Housing Works Bookstore in two weeks... If this takes slightly longer - the bookstore has been closed for the last week because they are fliming a movie... When I spoke to the Bookstore today - they said they could not tell me what movie, so you just have to keep visiting their website for more details... This is a great bookstore with a cause... All proceeds help people in need from the homeless to the people who have been affected by illness & the hurricanes - www.housingworks.org ... Thank you again to Housing Works - it great to help a good cause... I will be working on music tonight - it was supposed to be this afternoon, although it is already 2:53pm & my business errands took me out in the sunny streets for a few hours today... Next update on Friday - Follow me on Faceboook (& add my page) - Twitter - MySpace in between if you are online, although get outside & enjoy the spring weather... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:56pm ~   April 2010 30 April, 2010 This is the last weekend of poetry month - my collection is being featured up front through this weekend at Schuler Books & Music 28th Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan... After that will be found in the poetry/local author section... Thank you so much to Tim the Manager at Schuler Books & Music on 28th Street for supporting my writing/music/artistry... photo taken by: victoria zande july 2009 My first Open Mic date will be Thursday 20 May from 7:00-9:00pm at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan... This will be followed by a booksigning on Saturday 22 May from 11:00am-2:00pm - where both copies of ~ pages ~ will be available for $5.00 per copy and a preview copy of ~ window preview ~ will be out to look at...  The Coffee Beanery is located on Woodward Avenue between 11 Mile & 12 Mile Roads on the south side of the street... Thank you so much to Greg - the Owner for his support in hosting my work... www.coffeebeanery.com ... I will be working on some music this weekend... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, Detroit City in between if you are online - if not you are probably out in the beautiful spring weather that is now being featured... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:27pm ~ 26 April, 2010 It’s getting sunny in Motown this afternoon - and supposed to be a sunny week... It’s almost May... I worked on music about 12:00 and over the weekend - if you followed me on Facebook & Twitter or MySpace I did a few posts about it... Will be getting more detailed in my next few internet posts about what I am working on... I broke my mic clip-holder on my mic stand Satruday night, so I am off this week to Guitar Center for my big purchase of a whole $5.00 to replace it... Yeah, I am sure that you know how much I just don’t want to visit Guitar Center and look at all of the latest technology... Not that I would use alot of it being acoustically driven, although it’s interesting to see it from the side of copper strings... I would like to say that I ascribe more to the Eddie Van Halen theory in my creation of music - that it should sit in its pure core first and level out from there...  I was sitting in a classical cover over the weekend - one version scored by Bach which I have been working on... I will be working on my liner notes and CD covers this week for ~ window preview ~ &  ~ back pages ~ ... Open Mic’s will definitely start next month - not that far off... Next update on Thursday or Friday - follow & join me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace in between if you are online... Please comment in my Guestbook... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:56pm ~ 23 April, 2010 It’s a cool spring evening in the Motorcity... Was out most of the day & then working, so my update is a day later than usual... I am being considered for & may be featured as one of the guest artists at Public Radio Station WYCE in Grand Rapids, Michigan on a program called Electric Poetry that aires on Tuesday evenings about 10:00pm... I told everyone on my MySpace Blog it was Sunday although it aires on Tuesday’s... Thank you so much to DJ Nina & Matt Jarrells the Program Director for their interest in my writing/music... I am excited to be considered for this... I have been working on music all week and will work tonight, although the open mics will not start until next month... I apologize for the delay... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook tonight if you are online... I am still working on my Facebook Fan Page, so please add me if you have a Facebook Page... Next update on Monday... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, Detroit City in between... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 6:39pm ~ 19 April, 2010 photo taken by: victoria zande 19 april, 2010 9:30am Good Morning... It’s a sunny & cold 38 (brrr) degree’s in the Motorcity this morning... My handouts shipped out to cafesora in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday & flyers to Simons Place Coffee House in Dublin... I am looking forward to having them available in two weeks in Dublin... Thank you again to Greg the owner at cafesora & Simon at Simons Place Coffee House for their kindness in hosting them... I am currently working on some radio interviews for the Grand Rapids area this month while ~ pages ~ is being featured for Poetry Month at Schuler Books & Music 28th Street... Thank you so much again to Tim at Schuler’s for featuring my work... I am working on music this morning... Get outside & enjoy the beautiful spring day... Next update on Thursday... Follow me on Twitter - MySpace - Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:57am ~ 15 April, 2010 It’s July in April in Motown today - 82 degrees this afternoon - sunny... It’s almost leaves... I am fortunate and honored to have ~ pages ~ printed version featured for April poetry month at the Schuler Books & Music 28th Street store in Grand Rapids, Michigan... Thank you so much to Tim the Manager for supporting my work... You can also order ~ pages ~ from this location by phone  - see locations page... Handouts for cafesora in Dublin will go out this weekend... Thank you again to Greg for hosting them... I have been working on music & writing this week, and continue to put together ~ back pages ~ ... I am still working on a few farmer’s markets for the summer and open mic dates will start in two weeks... The flyer’s for the cafes in New Port Richey, Florida (flying on Hwy 19) are offically up - thank you again Townground Expresso Cafe and to Grace at New Jersey’s Scully’s Asbury Cafe & Pizzeria... Just remember if you are driving on Hwy 19 - your green light is their green light... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, and Detroit City www.detroitcity.com/victoriazande in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:33pm ~ 12 April, 2010 It’s a beautful sunny spring day in the Detroit area... I am working on the handouts that will be sent to cafesora this week in Dublin, Ireland... I am excited and honored to have my flyers featured in two cafes in Dublin... Greg - the Owner said that maybe I would bring some luck his way when my handouts arrive in his cafe - isn’t that the other way around :)... Thank you again to Greg for his kindness in hosting my handouts... The flyers’ for Simons Place Coffee Shop will also go out this week, and I also thank Simon for his Irish Hospitality in accepting my flyers into his house of coffee and friends... I just spoke with David - the owner of Linux Cafe in Toronto this morning as he has just posted my flyer’s & may be taking some handouts - I will let you know... I would like to book some out of state dates this summer or fall, not sure at this point - although I am looking into it... Still working on bookstores... I am working on more music tonight for awhile... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 4:04pm ~ 9 April, 2010 Good Friday Afternoon - it’s April in Michigan - its cloudy, the tempreature is 38 degree’s and the Detroit Tigers just scored a three run lead against the Cleveland Indians in the 5th Inning... I am fortunate and excited to have two more cafe’s hosting my handouts and flyers... Available starting in two weeks - Simons Place Coffee Shop in Dublin, Ireland will be hosting my flyers  - www.myspace.com/simonsplacecoffeeshop and cafesora in dublin will host my postcard handouts - www.cafesora.com ... Thank you so much to Simon at Simons Place Coffee Shop & Gregg at cafesora... I have been working on music and ~ back pages ~ all week & open mics will start in a few weeks to introduce my music from the rest of ~ window preview ~ ...... I have a Farmer’s Market in Flint in June and I am working on setting up the other markets... The Flint Farmer’s Market will feature a small acoustic music performance, reading and booksigning... I am still working on photos & updates for my Facebook page... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, MySpace & Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:46pm ~ 5 April, 2010 It’s a sunny & warm day in the Motorcity today with soild sea blue sky’s...  I hope that everyone had a nice Easter Sunday... The Detroit Tiger’s have moved out of Florida again and back into Commerica Park this week for opening day... You know it’s officially spring... I will be starting open mics in the next few weeks, and will let you know the dates in my next few updates... I did work on music this weekend, although the holiday makes for limited time... I will be sending out more flyers this week and let you know when the copies of ~ pages ~ arrives into Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York... Not an exceptional amount for information in this post holiday update... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook in between... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:33pm ~ 2 April, 2010 Happy Good Friday & Happy Easter. - I was just out in the kitchen eating a chocolate peanutbutter egg - not really :).. My flyer’s for the New Jersey Cafes went out yesterday... My flyers for Chicago will be going out today... I am currently working on a few Farmer’s Market’s for the spring/summer... Open Mic’s will start in the next few weeks... I worked on more music this week - I am always working on music and writing... I was finally able to post some of my photo’s on Facebook, although it was not letting me add them to my Fan Page, so I am still working on that... Unfortunately, my music video is too large to post on there so you will still have to visit my You Tube Channel for all of my videos... I hope that everyone has a great holiday weekend... Happy Easter, Happy Passover, and Happy Good Friday... Next update on Monday... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:36pm ~ 29 March, 2010 photo taken by: victoria zande I took this about 9:00 this morning, still trying to figure out how to change the date on my digital camera - it seems to like to be one day behind... I worked on some music over the weekend and more of the flyers... I also sent out email updates last week, so I hope that you got your copy - if you are not on the list & would like to be - please send me an email from the contact page & type “subscribe to email update list” in the subject line, so that I may add you... I will have a flyer going out this week to The Bourgeois Pig Cafe in Chicago... This is an exceptionally special cafe, as I have performed there twice - Mason, The Owner is one of the nicest cafe owners in the Chicago area... The cafe is located on Fullerton Pkwy  just this exit of La Salle Drive off of the Lake Michigan Freeway... This cafe has been featured on Rachel Ray, and was used as a scene back drop for a movie... Rightfully, so - Mason serves some of the best coffee & sandwichs in the Windy City... My flyer will be flying there next week - thank you so much to my friend Mason for hosting my flyers again & supporting my work at The Bougeois Pig Cafe - www.bpigcafe.com ... The Housing Works donation for ~ pages ~ will go out tommorrow, and I will let you know when they will be out in the store... It probably will not be for a least a week or two after they receive them before they are out for sale... Rehearsed this morning... Working on more later... Next update on Thursday or Friday - follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:35pm ~ 26 March, 2010 It’s sunny & cold in the Detroit area today... I have been working on music this week & finishing the flyer’s in cafe’s... I am looking forward to the Open Mic’s starting next month... Worked on Mozart on Ice in all three movements & I am excited to bring this peice with me while I finish ~ window preview ~ ... I am also working on the production end of my liner notes for the EP - I created them a while ago... I am continuing to send out email updates this week - if you would like to be added to my email update list - email me at info@victoriazande.com , and type subscribe to email update list in the subject line... I am working on my Facebook Page - this is a “work in progress” for me at the moment... If you have a Facebook Page - please add my Fan Page to your Profile Page - www.facebook.com/pages/victoria-zande/109744948275 ...Please leave me comments and helpful hints as to how I can improve this Page, as I am still not 100% knowledgeable in all of the features... Working on more music this weekend & ~ back pages ~ ... Next update on Monday... Follow me on Twitter - Facebook - MySpace in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:49pm ~ 22 March, 2010 It’s rainy, cold, damp & windy in the Detroit area today - it’s March... I will be sending out signed copies of ~ pages ~ printed version this week to Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York ... I am excited & honored to have my third donation going out... www.housingworks.org Flyer’ s went out to the cafe’s in Toronto, Charlotte, and Rockford, Michigan on Saturday... The flyers for Florida & New Jersey will be going out on Wednesday... I worked on music over the weekend & again this afternoon - I am looking forward to finishing my EP and introducing you to the rest of my music & my work... Open mic’s will begin next month - I will let you know the dates soon... Next update on Friday... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace & Facebook in between if you are online - did not do much posting over this weekend, will be posting more this week... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 6:23pm ~ 19 March, 2010 It is a beautiful almost spring day in the Motorcity - sunny & 55 degree’s... Thank you so much to Scully’s Asbury Cafe & Pizzeria - www.schullysasbury.com & Who’s on First - www.whosonfirststreet.com in Ocean City, New Jersey for hositng my flyers that will be sent out next week... I am proud to have my flyers featured along the Jersey Shore... I have been working all week on music and took a rest yesterday, which was not easy... I am looking forward to completing ~ window preview ~ by May and sitting down in front of you at Open Mic’s starting next month... Mozart on Ice will be performed in all three movements - I am excited to be bringing you the full version of my original score... I will let you know when I have more cafes & I will be working more next week on bookstores... Next update on Monday - follow me in between on Twitter, Facebook, & MySpace if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:00pm ~ 15 March, 2010 It’s almost St. Patricks Day - just remember if you are going to drink - don’t drive & if you are going to drive - don’t drink... Maybe, you should drink - just nothing with alcolhol in it - it’s really not that great anyway :)... Over the weekend, I was fortunate to have my flyer’s accepted & hosted at Linux Caffe in Toronto - www.linuxcaffe.ca ... Thank you so much to David Patrick one of the Owners for hosting them ... They will be going out to Linux Caffe this week & should be up next week... I will also be sending another flyer out to Jacksons Java - www.myspace.com/jacksonsjava in Charlotte, NC - thank you so much to Rebecca... I am working on music this week & ~ back pages ~ ... I am working on bookstores in Florida & California this week also ... Next update on Friday - follow me on Twitter - MySpace - Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 5:25pm ~ 12 March, 2010 I am excited to get the first two of my flyers hosted internationally this week... On Monday night I spoke with Shane at Verve Cafe - an Italian Cafe in Brisbane, Australia who was exceptionally kind in accepting one of my flyer to host in his venue - www.vervecafe.com.au ... On Tuesday morning I spoke with David owner of LJ Coffee House in London’s Soho District who was also kind in hosting one of my flyer’s in his cafe - www.ljcoffeehouse.org.uk ... I also have two flyers going out to Florida cafes - Townground Expresso Cafe in New Port Richey - www.towngroundcafe.com & Insomniacs Coffee House in New Port Richey ... Thank you so much to Andrea at the Townground Cafe & Dave at Insomniacs Coffee House for hosting my flyers... In Michigan my flyers will be hosted at - Frenz Coffee House in Rockford, Michigan - www.frenzcoffeehouse.com ... Thank you so much to Rich - the Owner... Bitterend in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan... Thank you so much to John the Owner... Common Ground Coffee House in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan - www.commongroundgr.com ... Thank you so much to Emily... Thank you so much to all of the cafes & venue’s for their exceptional kindness & time in hosting my flyers... Next week I will be working on North Carolina & Canada... I am working on music & vocals this week... I also updated my Michigan Artist Page this morning - www.michiganartist.com/victoriazande ... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:10pm ~ 8 March, 2010 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 6 march, 2010 It was a beautiful sunny day on Saturday for the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market Thing Spring Event... I had a great table with nice Vendor Neighbors... I met alot of nice people & had a fun time... Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by... The Vendor across from me as seen in the above photo had an amazing St. Patricks & Easter Day display’s... I also uploaded some video I took on Saturday on my You Tube Channel - www.youtube.com/user/zandeartistryllc ... The ladies next to me had my favorite addiction - Raw Michigan Made Honey and the Vendor to my right was selling Organic Gluetin Free Cookies... This is a well travelled market supporting Michigan Farmer’s... Thank you so much again to Gwen for inviting me... I am back to working on music this week & finishing the ep...I will let you know my first open mic date soon... Still working on ~ back pages ~ also... Working on flyers for Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, Canada & Europe this week - I will let you know the locations when I have them... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:44am ~  5 March, 2010 Please come out & join me - I will be at the Royal Oak Farmers tomorrow from 7:00am-1:00pm for my booksigning... It is supposed to a beautiful spring like day with tempreatures in the 40’s... I will have both copies of ~ pages ~ available - they will sell for $5.00 per copy with $1.00 from every copy donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... Thank you so much again to Gwen The Market Master for inviting me back... I hope to see some of you there... Please visit my Appearances Page for location & information... I have been working on my vocal peices this week for ~ window preview ~ - somewhat of a challenge for me as I always say vocals are the one part that I have work at... Not that I dont have to work at everything else, I just don’t consider vocal’s my strong pointe... All vocalists no matter how great they are gifted still have to work at their craft, & I have always had the highest respect for them... It’s a gift to be able to create & present your voice to the world... I am finishing up last minute items for my booksigning tommorrow... Next update on Monday - I may do an update tommorrow - follow me on Twitter, Facebook & MySpace in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:51am ~ 1 March, 2010 I am looking forward to my booksigning this Saturday at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market... I may be there from 9:00am-1:00pm instead of the 7:00am start time - I will let you know on Thursday... Hopefully the weather will be nicer - as of right now it is supposed to be warmer and sunny, although the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market is an indoor market year round market, which makes it nice for shopping... Please come out and join me if you are out... They have some of the best produce in the metro area... Thank you so much to Gwen the Market Master for inviting me back... I am working on more flyers into the Tampa & Clearwater cities this week... Last week I additionally started looking for cities in Canada and Europe that would host my flyers & I will let you know... I worked more on music this morning... First open mic date in four weeks & I would like to bring something different and one of my peices on the side that is not a part of ~ window preview ~ with me to perform...  Next update on Thursday or Friday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:08pm ~ February, 2010 26 February, 2010 A later than normal update today... I have been out in the weather trying to get things done before being snowed in agian... Is it still February??? Tommorrow I will be hosting my sled and some Husky’s to the market... A note about next Saturday’s booksigning at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market - I may be attending from 9:00am-1:00pm if weather conditions are not good & I will let you know... Both versions of ~ pages ~ will be available and will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 being donated to assist dogs with neurological conditions... I will also have bookmark handouts & I will be signing everything... I worked on music this & continue to as I would like to have ~ window preview ~ completed by the first week in April... Open mics will be forthcoming over the next four to six weeks... I am still working on getting more flyers into Florida Cafes & a bookstore... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, MySpace, & Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 6:03pm ~ 22 February, 2010 More snow... I like green trees and open windows... I am permantely inside today among six inches of new snow and can hear the snowblowers working... It’s almost March... Worked on some music this weekend & I am getting ready for the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on 6 March... I will be working on ~ back pages ~ this week and checking in with bookstores while I continue to look for a bookstore & more cafes in the Tampa/Clearwater area that will host ~ pages ~ & my music... If I have an update in between for this I will post on Facebook, MySpace & Twitter... I am working on some side peices I wrote as well to bring them to the Open Mics & maybe do another video... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:20pm ~ 19 February, 2010 It’s sunny and 32 degrees in the Motorcity - spring is not too far away... I confirmed my event time for the Flint Farmer’s Market in June -  10:00am-12:00pm... Thank you to Karianne at the Flint Farmer’s Market for inviting me... In two weeks I will be back at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on Saturday 6 March from 7:00am-1:00pm for another booksigning - both versions of ~ pages ~ will be available and will sell for $5.00 per copy... Thank you so much to Gwen for inviting me back... Please visit my appearances page for location & information... I will be working more this weekend on flyer locations in Florida.... Working on music this weekend... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, or Facebook if you are online... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:21pm ~ 15 February, 2010 It’s Monday - the day after my sister’s Valentine Birthday... Happy 30th... I hope that everyone had a nice weekend - it’s one weekend closer to spring... I am looking forward to returning to the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on Saturday 6 March & I just added the first summer date to my caldendar of 12 June at the Flint Farmer’s Market - where I will be doing a reading & performance... More flyer’s will go this week & I will let you know where... Just working on music this week - follow me on Twitter - Facebook - MySpace if you are online... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:49pm ~ 12 February, 2010 I am sending out the copies to Housing Works Used Book Cafe today & I will let you know when they will be available in their bookstore to buy... Housing Works is also currently working to help the people of Haiti and I am proud to be making a donation at this time... Worked more on my vocals this week and music - it make more than two weeks out that I start Open Mic’s... I will let you know... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:30am ~ 8 February, 2010 It’s a sunny and warmer Monday, although tommorrow is supposed to be back to Winter with 6-10 inches of snow... I worked on some of the music over the weekend and I am getting ready for the first of my Open Mics and the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market... More flyer’s will be going out this week along with the printed copies of ~ pages ~ to Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York... I will let you know when they receive them and when they will be out for sale... I will also let you know if I get a cafe that would like to host my bookmark handouts... No cafe in the Bay Area yet - still working on it... Not much in this update - I will be updating again on Thursday or Friday... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook in between when you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:01pm ~ 5 February, 2010 The first Open Mic date will be Thursday 25 Februrary - this may be moved up a week depending upon where I am - I will let you know if it does... My next Open Mic will be in March... Four weeks from now I am at the Royal Oak Farmers Market on Saturday 6 March from 7:00am-1:00pm for a booksigning... Come out and help support Michigan Farmer’s... Copies of ~ pages ~ will again sell for $5.00 with $1.00 being donated to help dogs with neurlogical conditions... The flyers for The Wildflower Cafe & Cafe Milano went out on Tuesday, so look for them this weekend or next week... I will continue to work on a cafe & bookstore in the Clearwater & Tampa area’s that will host my flyers, bookmarks and ~ pages ~ ... Wondering??? Can you still buy “sunshine in a can” down at the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs??? Also, worked on cafe’s in the San Francisco Bay Area this week - will let you know... Working on music & writing this weekend... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:58am ~ 1 February, 2010 Good Monday Morning... It’s already February, although still exceptionally cold out at 7 degree’s this morning - I do enjoy the clear sky’s and lots of sun... The flyer’s for The Wildflower Cafe & Cafe Milano should be posted by the end of this week - thank you so much again to both cafe’s for hosting my flyers... There was also a Flute Convention in Flordia last week - The Florida Flute Assoications 34th Annual State Convention - www.floridaflute.org that featured Gemeindhardt Flute’s - www.gemeinhardt.com and Flute World from Farmington Hills, MI - www.fluteworld.com ... I will be working on more music & vocal’s this week... I am looking forward to bringing you Mozart on Ice in all three movements... I will also be back at The Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on 6 March for another booksigning... Next website update on Friday - in between follow me on Twitter, MySpace, & Facebook... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:23am ~ January 2010 29 January, 2010 It’s sunny and 15 degrees in Detroit this morning - I rented some Huskey’s last night to pull my sled - I know it’s January... I continue to work on my music and ~ back pages ~ this week.... Flyer’ s will be going out this weekend to The Wildflower Cafe - www.wildflowercafe.net & Cafe Milano - www.bestcafemilano.com in Clearwater, Florida ... Thank you so much to both cafe’s... In November I was invitied by Karen at Sacred Ground Cafe if I was going to be in the area to be a featured artist in her cafe for a booksigning - thank you to Karen for extending me the invitation... I am continung to work on a bookstore in the Tampa/Clearwater area, and I will let you know when I find one that will host ~ pages ~ and my music... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:36am ~    26 January, 2010 Not much snow this morning, although they were expecting a big storm to come through last night... It is just cloudy and 25 degrees this morning... Maybe I should just stay with my Tuesday updates, as most Monday’s seem to be busy... Worked on more ~ back pages ~ over the weekend - did not put up an excerpt and I will be doing that tonight on myspace... I was not sure which one I wanted to post... If you are online I will be posting a link on my Twitter & Facebook Pages also... I am moving my Open Mic date by two weeks - the peices that I am bringing with me to the chair need another week or so - just me - I don’t like to sit in front of people unless I know I can put this out there in a finished form.... I am still working on a bookstore in the Bay Area and the Tampa/Clearwater area in addition to the flyer’s that are being sent out... I will let you know... Looking forward to having my work in the Tampa/Clearwater area as this is a special place for me... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:43am ~  22 January , 2010 I am sad to say that the Book Mark Bookstore/Cafe on Mission Street in Mount Pleasant, Michigan will be closing in two weeks - due to the economy & the competition of internet stores... This is the fourth independent bookstore that I have had ~ pages ~ in that has been affected by online sales and the economy... This was the first bookstore that took ~ pages ~ in and gave it a front row seat next to Maya Angelou on the front row of their poetry shelves... They are also the first store I was inivited to for a booksigning and invited back again and again... Kris the maager is the ncest person with a great knowledge of written material in books, magazines, and all other media from well known author’s to independent and hard to find great reads... Everyone at the Book Mark could help you with anything you were looking for or suggest something you would not normally find in the mainstream ... The Book Mark has three locations, and unfortunately - all three locations will be closing... Thank you to Kris and everyone at the Book Mark for supporting my work... www.bookmarkmp.com ... I will be attending the Open Mic next week at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave. in Berkely, Michigan as the first of a series of Open Mics - www.coffeebeanery.com ... An excerpt from ~ back pages ~ will be up this weekend on my MySpace Page... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:05am ~ 18 January, 2010 It’s the middle of January and the day’s are getting longer... A cloudy 30 something day... I worked on some music over the weekend, although did not post the excerpt - that will be posted this week... The Open Mic will be next week and I will give you more information next Monday... I will be sending out another flyer in the Tampa/Clearwater area this week... I am also looking to send some bookmark handouts down... I know it’s warmer than 30 something degrees in the “Sunshine State”... Next update on Friday - follow me in between on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:00pm ~ 15 January, 2010  I am honored to be listed on the alumni page of Bunny Sanfords School of Dance - www.bunnysanfordschoolofdance.com ... More flyer’s will be going out to Florida cafes next week in the Tampa Bay/Clearwater area, and I will be starting to send flyers into the Bay Area next month... I can tell you that I will have one bonus track on ~ window preview ~ ... Still working on ~ back pages ~ and will post another excerpt this weekend... It’s cloudy and grey in the Detroit Area today... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter & Facebook if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 4:38pm ~ 11 January, 2010 Starting my Monday update slightly later than normal today... It’s another snowy and cold January day in the Motorcity - about 19 degress this morning with slippery roads... Just a note about events for the winter... I will be attending some open mic’s this month and next month weather permitting... Given the winter that everyone had last year, I am going to wait until March or April to start any major events on my schedule... As I stated last year, if I would not want to drive in it - I would never expect you too... My Open Mic date for the Coffee Beanery in Berkley has been moved to 28 January from 7:00-9:00pm... I will be putting up an excerpt on my MySpoce Page when I am done with this update... Working on music this week and ~ back pages ~ ... If you are online - follow me on Facebook or Twitter... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:57 pm ~  8 January, 2010 My first Open Mic for the year will be Thursday 21 January from 7:00-9:00pm at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward in Berkley, Michigan - www.coffeebeanery.com ...Please come out and join me if the weather is good... I put the first of two excerpts up on my myspace page this week, as I continue to work on ~ back pages ~ and ~ window preview ~ ... The second excerpt from ~ back pages ~ or ~ pages ~ will be up this weekend on my myspace page & also posted on Facebook and Twitter... Look for more flyers in Florida cafe’s this month... Will let you know the exact date the printed version of ~ pages ~ is at Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York... I will also be attending the North American International Auto Show - 11 January - 24 January www.nais.com ... I will let you know which day... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:02am ~ 4 January, 2010 Happy 2010!!! It’s 2010 already, just yesterday it seemed like it was 1985 - has anyone seen my Delorean - I think DOC left it parked at the mall... I hope that everyone had a safe and Happy New Year and many wishes for a great year to come... I am putting up excerpts from ~ pages ~ and ~ back pages ~ on myspace... I will be attending the first of three open mics in the next two weeks at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan... This is an exceptionally run open mic with a good audience, and where I did two booksignings last year... I will let you know the date in my next update... Still working on ~ back pages ~ and looking at a March release date for my bonus collection... Working on music this week & working on finishing ~ window preview ~ in the next two months... Still have my Christmas decorations up - refuse to take them down until after the bowl games are done... Orange Bowl tommorrow night - they always have an amazing half time show... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:43pm ~ December, 2009 28 December, 2008 It is somewhere in between Christmas and New Years on a Snowy & Cold Day in Detroit... The Coffee Beanery in Berkley will not be having an Open Mic this Thursday due to New Years Eve - I will let you know which Thursday in January I will be attending... I will also be posting a Park Bar date soon... I finally got all of my holiday cards out to eveyone who has and is featuring my writing/music this year... I am fortunate for each and every one... I will be putting up an excerpt from ~ pages ~ this week on my My Space Page... I may do another update on Wenesday or Saturday - in between you can follow me on Faebook, My Space and Twitter if you are online... I hope that everyone has a safe and Happy New Year... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting this year... ~ 1:50pm ~ 21 December, 2009 It is offficially the first day of winter, and we have SNOW!!! It’s a cloudy 29 degree’s in the Motorcity with snow on the ground and only four days until Christmas... Please let me know if you buy a copy of ~ pages ~ from any of the bookstore’s - if you bought it in store - by phone & if you got as a holiday gift for someone... I may do an update on Saturday... Christmas Eve is Thursday and Christmas if Friday :) - although I will still be updating on my other pages over the weekend... I hope that everyone has a safe and Happy Christmas... Dress warm - go outside and enjoy winter for a few minutes... Buon Natalie... Next update this weekend... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:06am ~ 18 December, 2009 It is cloudy & cold in Detroit this morning - no snow on the ground yet - hopefully it will be a white Christmas next week... Unfortunately I was unable to attend last night’s open mic at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, although I will try for the following week, which will be New Years Eve, so I will have to let you know if there will be an open mic that night... Working on ~ backpages ~ and making sure that all of the bookstores have enough bookmark handouts and copies of ~ pages ~... Thank you to all of the bookstores this year for featuring ~ pages ~, my bookmark handouts and supporting my work... Thank you to all of the Cafe’s and Farmer’s Market’s for allowing me to showcase my work and posting my flyers... Thank you to WLNZ in Lansing,MI and WCFX in Mount Pleasant, MI for my air time... I will be working on more music this weekend and continuing to send out my holiday card’s to the bookstores & cafes... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:04am ~  14 December, 2009 It’s cloudy & 32 degress in the Motorcity today... I will be starting to attend open mic’s over the holiday - Thursday 17 December from 7:00-9:00pm (weather permitting - it’s winter) The Coffee Beanery on Woodward in Berkley - www.coffeebeanery.com .... Monday 21 December, 2009 from 7:00-11:00pm (will let you know what time I will be there) The Plymouth Coffee Bean on Penniman in Plymouth, MI - www.plymouthcoffeebean.com ... More date’s up soon... Please know, that if you would like to buy a copy of ~ pages ~ and you are not located near one of the independent bookstores that it is available at - you can order by calling the store and charging it to have it shipped to you... You should still be able to receive it in time for the holiday’s... Please see my location’s page for store information... I am still working on ~ backpages ~ although that will not done until late spring... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:59am ~ 11 December, 2009 It’s cold and 16 degree’s this morning in Detroit... I will be working on more flyer’s this weekend and sending out my holiday card’s to all of the bookstores and cafe’s that hosted my work this year... Still working on new bookstores in the Tampa/Clearwater area and the San Francisco Bay Area... Working on more music this weekend... That’s about it for now - next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:19am ~ 7 December, 2009 holiday card handrawn logo designed by victoria zande It is cloudy, cold & flurrying in the Motorcity today... Winter is offically here... I step outside to wake up ... I spent the weekend puttting together my holiday cards for the bookstores & cafe’s and working on some music... As The Page Turns in downtown Northville is currently closed and will be moving to a new location after the first of the year... If you are interested in getting a printed copy of my collection you may email the bookstore at their website or order one through my website until the new location opens... It looks like an open mic will be next Thursday when I will visit the Coffee Beanery in Berkley... I will let you know next Tuesday... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:42pm ~ 4 December, 2009 photos’s taken by: victoria zande It was a fun evening at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Holiday Magic Market last night... I got meet alot of nice people and talk to them about my writing/music, even got to meet Santa Claus at the end of the evening... In the second photo above is a nice lady that hand makes beautiful bears and krafts... Krafts by Kelly - she is featured every Sunday at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market... If you are interested in her work and not able to attend the market - you can contact the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market... Thank you so much again to Gwen the Marketing Manager for inviting me back - I will be back again next year, and I am currently working on the new date with Gwen... I will be attending an open mic next week, and I will let you know on Monday’s update where the location is as I am still deciding which one to attend first... If you have not had a chance to view my Mozart on Ice video - please visit my You Tube Channel... It’s 25 degrees in the Motor City this morning - winter is officially here... It is a sunny 25 degree’s - so bundle up and step outside for a few minutes and enjoy the day... Have a great weekend - if you are online this weekend - catch me on Twitter or Facebook... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:38am ~ 01 December, 2009 “mozart on ice” video shoot - photo taken by: victoria zande My video for Mozart on Ice in the first movement is now hosted on my You Tube Channel - www.youtube.com/user/zandeartistryllc ... It  was delayed over the weekend... I uploaded it yesterday afternoon, and I had to make sure it fully loaded with the video quality complete before I listed it on here... Please let me know what you think... It is hosted in four segements, so please view all four... Thank you again to my cousin Jeff (DOC Fletcher) for taking the video footage of me... I wanted to get all three trees in this shoot, therefore, you don’t see a closer video of myself... My favorite part to the performance video was to be able to hear the birds in the background as I played... This is a completely unedited version and a true live performance... I had to wear winter gloves with the finger’s cut out as the tempreature was 46 degrees at 9:00am on 18 November... Please join me on Thursday from 4:00-8:00pm for my booksigning at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Holiday Market... The Royal Oak Farmer’s Market is located on 11 Mile Road just East of Woodward... I will have both version of ~ pages ~ available and bookmark handouts...  Working on more music today... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:00pm ~ November 2009 27 November, 2009 I hope you had a good Thanksgiving... It’s a cold and somewhat cloudy day... I will be hosting my video this weekend on You Tube... As I told you in my last update, it will be hosted in four to five sections, and I will post on Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook when it is done... Next Thursday is the Royal Oak Holiday Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm... Please come out - join me & see all of the holiday items that will be out... Starting the second week in December I may attend the Coffee Beanery in Berkley’s Open Mic... I will be working on music next week... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:06am ~ 23 November, 2009 I was out this morning meeting with the people who had to view the footage I took on Wednesday for my Mozart on Ice video... I have been given the final approval, and will be hosting the three segment’s on You Tube this week... More information about the video after it’s up... I may do one open mic this week, although with Thanksgiving being Thursday - it makes for a short week... It’s Thanksgiving week (poor turkey’s... i will be out tommorrow buying nike’s for them:)... I will be checking in with all of  the bookstores this week, and I will let you knows which stores will have the bookmark handouts, although they will all have copies of ~ pages ~... If you would like a signed copy as a holiday gift - let the bookstore know and they can contact me... Working on some music this afternoon... Next update on Friday - follow me on Twitter - My Space - Facebook in between if you are online... It’ s a cloudy and nice fall day - get out and enjoy it... Have a safe & Happy Thanksgiving... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:35pm ~ 20 November, 2009 I did my video shoot for “Mozart on Ice” on Wednesday morning... I was up at 5:00am after being up until 1:00am to get ready for the shoot... I was out on the site a few day’s before that marking the spots for the shoot... This is a completely unedited video and live performance that was done in one take... What you will see is three seperate segments on You Tube...  I was amazed I got it right on the first take - it was a great Birthday gift as Wednesday was my Birthday... It was about 46 degress and sunny at 9:00am when my cousin DOC Fletcher and I shot the video... My cousin DOC is also an author-former Marketing Salesperson for Duracell and did a great job... Thank you so much DOC for coming out and assisitng me... I will have more details after it’s up on You Tube next week... I just got approved for another cafe in Florida this morning... New Harmony Coffee & Tea in Clearwater - www.newharmonycoffeeandtea.com ... I will be sending one out to them this weekend - thank you so much to Hailey for accepting it... Working on more music this weekend and will be starting open mic’s soon... Booksigning on 3 December at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Holiday Market... Follow me on Twitter & My Space this weekend... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:43am ~ 16 November, 2009 Good Monday Morning - it’s cloudy and 42 degress in Detroit this morning... I got final approval late Friday afternoon for my video shoot for this week... I am excited to be able to take my small peice of work on the ground that I requested... I do not know if I will be performing Mozart on Ice in all three movements for this video, as I want to be able to produce a video with a complete peice of music... As I said on Friday, I am not fan of watching myself on video so I don’t do alot of visual peices with me in it... I will tell you that the place I chose for this is exceptionally special to me, and I am honored to have permission to use the site... It will be a somewhat colder day, so I will have to dress warmer for the occasion... I will be checking back in with all of the cafe’s I did booksignings & performances this year to see if they will be interested in carrying my booksmark handouts for the holidays... I will let you know which ones next week.... I do know that the Schuler Books & Music on 28th Street in Grand Rapids & Downtown Grand Rapids still have handouts available... This week - my flyers will be hosted in two Tampa, Florida cafe’s - Nola Cafe and Sacred Grounds... Thank you again to both of these cafes for taking them in... Open mic’s starting next week... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so muchfor reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:37am ~ 13 November, 2009 It’s Friday the 13tht - they are always special day’s when they fall on a Friday... So, it’s a special November Friday the 13th... I mailed out the flyer’s to two cafes in Tampa... Nola Cafe on Platt Street that I told you about in my last update & Sacred Grounds on Bush Blvd - www.sacredgroundstampa.com - I was also invited to do a booksigning when I am in the area... Thank you to Karen at Sacred Grounds for the booksigning invitation & hosting my flyer... I have been working on the music all week, although music for me is an ongoing process... I am almost sure I got the approval for my video site - although I am going to have to shoot the video in the next week before the weather gets too cold to do an outside shoot...  My goal is to present this video of Mozart on Ice in all three movements... I have go to on record as saying - I am not a fan of video for myself... It’s hard enough to have to listen to yourself sing on play back - although, I don’t really like to have to watch myself after the video taping... I have my booksigning on 3 December coming up at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Holiday Market... This is a special market on Thursday 3 December from 4-8pm...  First open mic date in the next two weeks... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:22am ~ 9 November, 2009 It’s an ecxeptionally warm 70 degree’s and cloudy in Motown today... The first of my flyer’s will be in a cafe in Florida... Nola Cafe on Platt Street in Tampa will host one of my flyers by the end of this week - www.nolacafe.com ... Thank you so much to Chad for accepting my flyer at Nola Cafe... Worked this weekend on more music and the layout for ~ back pages ~ ... Orginally I wanted to shoot the Mozart on Ice video outside, and if it stay’s warm, then I will still be able to do this, although I will have to wait and see in the next two weeks - if not it will be an indoor concept... This is not a big video shoot, just an independent effort to showxase a peice of my work... Open mic next week sometime, and I will let you know... I did blog on myspace over the weekend, and was going to do a second one, so I will probably be doing another one in the next few day’s as I continue to work... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much visiting... ~ 4:20pm ~ 6 November, 2009 It’s a sunny but cool day in the Motorcity...  I have been working all week on my music, although not as much on ~back pages ~ , I traded one for the other this week... The artwork and liner notes for ~ window preview ~ were completed a while ago...  I am currently working on getting my flyer’s into cafe’s in Tampa and Clearwater while I continue to work on getting ~ pages ~ into an independent bookstore in that area... I am excited at the possibility of having my work in one of my second home states... I will let you know which cafes I send them too... I may also send bookmark handouts... If you are not located in a city (domestic or international) close to one of the bookstore’s that ~ pages ~ is in - you can call any of the bookstores - order by phone, and they will be happy to ship it to you... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:25am ~ 2 November, 2009 It’s only the second day in November & the leaves on the tree’s are already half gone... The cold tempreature’s & wind storm in the Detroit area on Saturday took alot of them down, and unfortunately made me unable to attend the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market... I did work more over the weekend on Mozart on Ice, and I am working on Perspective Rainbow - which is a vocal & instrumental peice that I wrote back in 2004... This peice  is a side of being inspired after hearing another artist’s work... I will be putting the lyrics up... It took me only 20 minutes to the write the lyrics & one hour to score out the music, alhtough it is the next to most lengthy peice aside from Mozart on Ice... More details on how I arrived at this peice of music later... Rehearsing tonight and continuing to work on the layout for ~ back pages ~ tommorrow... I am starting to send out flyer’s to cafe’s & music venues throughout the coutry, so look for them in your area... Some cities that are already out there - Grand Rapids, Lansing, & Charlotte... I will start to look at some open mic’s in the next week & will update here and all of my other pages when I do... If you have a Facebook Page - please go to my artist page and add me... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 4:10pm ~ October, 2009 30 October, 2009 Happy Halloween - I decided that for Halloween I will be going as a writer & musician - there’s a stretch... Unfortunately due to the weather - I will not be performing at the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market... Being an uncovered outdoor event - tommorrow’s forecast is supposed to be the same as today’s with rain & wind - witch does make good conditions for a flute player... As this is their last market for the season - I will be one of the first artists on schedule for next season, and I will bring with me a full music set list... My preview for next years event’s will be my EP “projection in artistry” ~ window preview ~ ... Thank you so much to Heather the Marketing Director for the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market for inviting me... I may show up without my music - will not know until the morning... I will begin open mics next month & I am looking to shoot video sometime next week... I am continuing to work on ~ back pages ~ ... I hope that everyone has a safe & fun Halloween... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:14am ~ 27 October, 2009 It’s a cloudy cool day in the Metro area this morning... I was working more on Mozart on Ice last night in all three movements... Getting ready to shoot some video for this peice... I will keep you up to date... More myspace in between updates... I am still working on ~ back pages ~ & apologize for the slow process, although it’s a benefit of being independent - to make sure I have everything the way “I” want it in the end product... The one thing that I am priviliged & love about being a professional independent artist, is that I can sit in front of people and get to know every person that walks up to me, and that when I get an email, I can personally answer you at anytime... I love that my writing can reach out, and I will know every person it reaches... The East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market is still up in the air, & I will not know until the day before, so I will include this in my next update... E’ tu en tonto beni oggi... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:33am ~ 22 October, 2009 It’s a cloudy but warmer morning in the Motorcity today... I did a blog last night on myspace - you can start to look for them more often in between my website updates... I like to write in complete sentences - excusing the 140 character allowance on Twitter which sometimes feels like your $15.00 that your parents gave you at the end of the week for house chores and yard work... I spent Tuesday at Webster Elementary School & was honored to be their Guest Artist for National Writer’s Day... What an amazing group of children they were - I was so excited to be there to perform for them & listen to them read their writing... They had alot of questions that I wish I could have answered all of them, although I will be returning for a future event... Thank you again to Sue for inviting me & to the students for being such an outstanding audience... I am working still working on the bookstores for Florida & California & want to make sure that the store I choose will carry ~ pages ~ & my handouts for at least a year to give everyone in the area a chance to visit the bookstore & get a copy... I am rehearsing this afternoon & enjoying the last few days of warmer weather... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:23am ~ 19 October, 2009 It’s a sunny but cold morning in Detroit today - a high of 59 is the warmest it’s been in the last two weeks... At least its not snow... I went out to Vendor Appreciation Day at the Milford Farmer’s Market on Thursday, although the cloudy-cold-damp-rainy day did not make for a good occasion and only the selling Farmer’s were there... I did buy some great cinnamon bread and rasberry preserves, but did not last long in the weather... The Milford Farmer’s Markets last day is next Thursday the 22 October...  The Farmer’s Market’s at this time of year are a day to day wait & see event... I am booked into the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market next Saturday 31 October from 11:00am-1:00pm, and will have to wait & see if it will be warm enough to perform - I will let you know... I am rehearsing this week, and working on new bookstores for Florida & California... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:40am ~ 14 October, 2009 Was over at the New Webster School/Program today,and I will be going back on Tuesday for National Writer’s Day to perform a peice of music and reading some of my writing... Thank you so much to Sue and all of the Faculty at Webster for inviting me... Working on more music this week and bookstores... I will be out at the Milford Farmer’s Market tommorrow for a short time as part of their Vendor Appreciation Day... Weather permitting - I will also be at the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market on Saturday the 31 October... It feels more like winter than fall right, so hopefully that will change... Open mic’s start in a few weeks... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:32pm ~ 12 October, 2009 It’s a partly cloudy Monday already and I am working on my music today and email updates... I am honored to be heading over to the New Webster School on Wednesday for a tour and meeting to set up an appearance as a guest artist... The original Webster Elementary is the school that put an instrument in my hand at age 11, and now it hosts a program for gifted & challenged children... I am looking forward to the chance to go back and say thank you...  I spoke with Tim the manager of the Schuler Books & Music  28th Street store - he told me that the Bookmark Handouts and copies of ~ pages ~ are available in the local author section on very nice front display... If you are in the area stop in - see Tim and pick one up... Schuler 28th Street is their largest bookstore in the Grand Rapids area... I am going to go Twitter & have lunch... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:15pm ~  08 October, 2009 It is supposed to be a rainy weekend in the Motorcity, so much for Cider Mill Trips until next week... The tree’s are just starting to turn... I have been working the week on my music and I will be attending some open mic’s in the next few weeks... My first open mic will be the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave. in Berkley, Michigan and at some point before the holiday’s I will head down to the Park Bar for my much needed promise to attend their open mic... The Park Bar hosted my flyer’s & handouts a while ago, and I wanted to get back their sooner than I have, but wanted to make sure the music was right... Have you gotten a copy of ~ pages ~ yet??? Please let me know when you do... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:43pm ~ 06 October, 2009 I worked on more pieces from ~ window preview ~ and ~ backpages ~ this weekend ... My last Farmer’s Market for the season will be on Saturday - 31 October from 11:00am-1:00pm at the Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market in East Detroit... Hopefully it will be a nice Halloween Day - I may dress-up...  I will have Bookmark Handouts, Postcard Handouts,  and both versions of ~ pages ~ ... All copies will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 per copy being donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... Thank you so much to Heather for inviting me... Please visit my appearances page for details... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:56pm ~ 01 October, 2009 It’s October already, and everything is coming up Autumn... I am updating a day early with a few different items... I was working on my music last night from ~ window preview ~ , and continue to do so... With most of the Farmer’s Markets out of the way for the season, I am putting in more time to complete the EP... Working in the third movement of Mozart on Ice last night and Pentatonic... I am continuing to look for an independent bookstore in Florida, and the California Bay Area... I will let you know when I have one that will feature ~ pages ~ in their store... I will be sending out the Postcard Handouts to the Schuler Books & Music on 28th Street this weekend... On Monday - I entered the Photo Contest for the Farmer’s Market Publication Magazine out of  MSU - I will know later this month if it is chosen... My photo entered was the one I took of the Vandalia Garden Urban Farmer’s... If you scroll down to the 01 June entry - you can see the picture... If my photo is chosen, it will appear in media and publication magazines for Farmer’s... Thank you so much to the Vandalia Farmer’s for showing me the ropes of how to set-up at my first event - The Redford Farmer’s Market, and thank you again to Shirley Moore - the Marketing Manager for inviting me... I will be working more on my music this weekend - follow me on twitter - www.twitter.com/victoriazande ... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:01am ~  September, 2009 29 September, 2009 It is exceptionally autumn today in the MotorCity - wearting a sweatshirt and wondering who turned the heat off... It is supposed to get warmer again next week... I am continuing to work on all of the music from my EP and still waiting to see about the second date for the Milford Farmers Market - will let you know when I have it... This is a great market - if you are in the area on a Thursdays between 3-8pm - stop by and look around... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:36am ~ 25 September, 2009 Have been working on three of the five peices of music for ~ window preview ~ this week, and one peice that I will bring to open mics and a cover ... I will be at a second Milford Farmer’s Market next month- will let you know the date in the next few updates... It’s definintely Autumn - mornings are darker and evenings are cooler... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:06pm ~ 22 September, 2009 It’s a rainy humid day in the MotorCity and some Canadian Geese are visting... They always look so odd when are landing... Today is the first day of Autumn, and working once again on music this afternoon... I am continuing to work on a store in the California Bay Area, and will let you know when I have one... If you are in the Tampa area next week, and visit Inkwood Books, you can tell them about ~ pages ~ to request it in their store... It was delayed - so I will be sending out the review copies to them this week, and also sending Postcard Handouts to the Schuler Books & Music on 28th Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan... Both versions are now in the Grand Rapids area  - 28th Street and Downtown... That’s about all for this update - next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:15am ~ 18 September, 2009 My date for the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market in East Detroit has been moved to 31 October from 11:00am-1:00pm... The market is located on the NE Corner of Bishop & E. Warren. Ave.... Thank you so much to Heather - the Marketing Manager for inviting me... See my appearances page for more information... Come on out this weekend to the Victorian Festival in downtown Northville, Michigan... It started yesterday and runs through Sunday... Stop in at As The Page Turns - the bookstore that features my printed version of ~ pages ~... Have been rehearsing all this week, and also working on Perspective Rainbow from my EP... Additionally working on a cover instrumental peice, which I don’t really perform - will be making an exception for this one... It is a beautiful sunny day in the Detroit Area today, and should be a nice weekend - get outside and enjoy it... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:58pm ~ 14 September, 2009 I will be sending out my review copies to Inkwood Books in Tampa, Florida this week... Doing some more night work on my music.... It’s a warm week in the Detroit area this week - my kind of summer in September - The Crickets are In Concert nightly for at least two more weeks... If you are in the area stop by the Schuler Books & Music stores this week and pick up a handout or a copy of ~ pages ~ , and let me know if you do...  The Victorian Festival is this weekend in Northville, Michigan and As The Page Turns will be a part of it -  they have my printed version of ~ pages ~ ... This is a nice small independent bookstore that has some great events coming up... If you are intown for the Festival - stop in and say hi to Nicole - the owner... See my location page for details... Visit my Random Page as I have put up some vintage Joe Perry Project photo’s that I took from his show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in 1980... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:54pm ~ 11 September, 2009 I have been working on music all week and getting out the review copies for the Tampa Independent Bookstore - Inkwood Books... I will be sending out both versions and some bookmark handouts to the store owner next week for her review and to try in the bookstore... If you stop there and would like to see ~ pages ~ on their bookshelves - request them to carry it... Please let me know if any of you have been to any of the Schuler Books & Music stores... More music rehearsing this weekend and ~ back pages ~ work... It’s definitely getting to be fall - I may go for some cider with the bee’s this weekend :)... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:46am ~ 8 September, 2009 I hope everyone had a nice Labor Day Weekend for those of you visiting in the States and I hope that everyone from the rest of the world had a great weekend... If you travel the other side of the hemisphere it is almost summer... If you are a visitor on my website from Australia or the United Kingdom, and know of a good independent bookstore that     ~ pages ~ would fit well in - please send me an email from my contact page, and let me know... I am fortunate to have both versions of my writing/poetry preview collection ~ pages ~ at every Schuler Books & Music location in Michigan... The printed version just went out on shelves at the 28th Street location in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Friday and the handwittern version is available in downtown Grand Rapids... Both locations also have my bookmark handouts... You can visit my location’s pages for more details on each of the Schuler Books & Music Stores... Thank you so much to Tim, Neil, Rhoda, and Kim at all of the Shculer’s locations for featuring my work... Please let me know if you visit one of the locations - you can sign my guestbook or email me on my contact page... It is damp and rainy in the Detroit area today with more of the same tommorrow, but then looks like some summer for the Motorcity... I am off to rehearse more music this afternoon... I am currently putting all three movements of Mozart on Ice together, and I am excited to be putting this track down for you to listen too...  ~ back pages ~ excerpt on myspace is still forthcoming... More information in my next update... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:36pm ~ 3 September, 2009 Yesterday, I went looking for the Ground Hog to see if he saw his shadow, and the remembered it was September... It looks like most of us in the Midwest will be getting some summer weather this weekend... It’s the last unofficial weekend of the summer, so go out and enjoy it... I will be working more on my music and ~ back pages ~ this weekend, and will finally put up an excerpt that I have been talking about ...  Stop in at Schuler Books & Music -  both version’s are available in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area... The printed version is now at the 28th Street location, and the handwrittern version is available at the downtown location - www.schulerbooks.com ... Please join me on Facebook, and add me to your page ... Have a safe and fun holiday... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:09am ~ 1 September, 2009 It’s September already??? I did see one tree yesterday with two red leaves on it... The printed version for ~ pages ~ is now at Schuler Books & Music 28th Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan... It should be out and available by the end of this week... Thank you again to Tim the manager for requesting it... I am off to rehearse after updating today... Still not sure about the East Farmer’s Market and will know more at the end of this week by Friday’s update... I will still be sitting in on the Coffee Beanery Open Mic in Berkley, Michigan next month... My review copy for the Tampa bookstore will be going out this week - I will be offering them both the handwrittern & printed versions for their store... I hope that everyone in the Los Angeles area is staying safe with all of the mountain fires around... The mountains can be cold and windy in the winter and extremely dry and dusty in the summer - as a former Caifornia resident - I know that all too well... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:00am ~ August, 2009 28 August, 2009 It’s a cloudy, rainy and cold Michigan morning for August - looking forward to the sun coming back out tommorrow hopefully and warmer weather... Not much of a summer in the midwest, so maybe the fall will be slightly warmer... Going to the Cider Milll and involuntarly sharing your cider with the bees - I guess they helped make it... That’s okay - they cook really good honey, so I will “bee” happy to share mine... Cider Mills open today... I am sending out the printed version copies of ~ pages ~ to the Schuler Books & Music 28th Street location in Grand Rapids, Michigan today... ~ pages ~  will be available in the poetry & michigan author sections next week, along with bookmark handouts... Thank you so much to Tim the new Manager of the 28th Street store for requesting them... I will definitely be putting up a writing excerpt this weekend on myspace - and working more on my music and ~ back pages ~ ... Looking forward to being back in the studio in October, and I will be sharing some of the tracks with you and taking some video... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:01am ~ 25 August, 2009 Rehearsing today and working on two cover peices for “in performance only” - the only thing I will tell you is I want to make sure I can respectfully cover them to honor the guitarists who wrote them... I am also working on some new/existing peices that I wrote, and finishing the peices that I will take into the studio with me - I am looking to go back into the studio in October... I will also head back to the Coffee Beanery in Berkley in October for one of their Open Mic’s Nights - I will let you know next month... and - The Park Bar in downtown Detroit just down the street from Commerica Park... I am not sure if I will be doing the East Detroit Farmer’s Market - I will let you know next week... The best part is when I shut off the wall & fly... victoria zande  23 august, 2009 ~ 11:10pm ~ Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:31am ~ 21 August, 2009 photo’s taken by victoria zande Pictured above in the first photo is some of the vendors and the second the photo is La Zandra White - the Director of the Milford Farmer’s Market... An extremely windy and stormy day yesterday for the Milford Farmer’s Market... It started out in uncertainy with alot weather - the afternoon allowed the market to take place, but not without alot wind that made for a challenging two peice music performance which stopped me a couple of times... A very quiet few hours, as some people were not sure if the weather would hold out on a busy storm day... Beautiful church bells rang at 6:00pm that you will be able to hear when you go to my You Tube Channel for the video I took - www.youtube.com/user/zandeartistryllc ... I will be returning to the market before the end of the season as the weather kept alot of people away, so La Zandra invited me back... The return date will be set sometime in the next week ... Thank you so much to LaZandra and the Milford Farmer’s Market for having me yesterday, and inviting me back... Sending out copies of ~ pages ~ to a bookstore in Tampa, Florida next week for review - will let you know if it’s accepted...  The Schuler Books & Music 28th Street location in Grand Rapids, Michigan will be carrying the printed version of ~ pages ~ starting in two weeks... Thank you so much to Tim Smith - the new Manager of the 28th Street store for requesting them... My space excerpt up tonight... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much visiting... ~ 11:59am ~ 17 August, 2009 Please come out and join me this Thursday at the Milford Farmer’s Market from 4:00-7:00pm for my small music performance - reading - booksigning... The Farmer’s Markets always have alot of great fresh foods, too bad I can’t shop and work at the same time... The Milford Farmer’s Market in located on East Liberty Street between South Main and Union Street - www.milfordfarmersmarket.org ... I will putting up the ~back pages ~ excerpt on myspace this week - I apologize for not putting one up this weekend, although I was inconsistent in my decision as to which one to feature, or just go with one completely random - will let you know soon... Next update on Friday or Saturday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:10pm ~ 14 August, 2009 I will be featuring ~ back pages ~ and other writing excerpts this weekend on my myspace page... The Milford Farmers Market is Thursday 20 August from 4:00-7:00pm... I have been working on expanding my music set, although this will be a combination of music and excerpts from ~ pages ~ and ~ back pages ~ that will last about 30-40 minutes... I will have bookmark and postcard handouts and again all copies of ~ pages ~ will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 per copy sold donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... I will be doing some reheasing with weekend... It supposed to be a very nice weekend in the Detroit area, just my kind of weather for August - hot and sunny before the fall and winter find their way back around... If it nice where you are - get outside and enjoy the summer day... Next update Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:04am ~ 11 August, 2009 I am currently working with a bookstore in Tampa, Florida to be considered for having ~pages ~ featured in their store & possibly a bookstore in Miami - I will let you know if they decide to take it... I partly grew up along the Gulf side, so my favorite spots are Carvel’s - Howard Park and the Winn Dixie (okay Flordian’s - it’s the Publix or Winn Dixie debate - guess who wins in my book)... The other excerpt for ~ back pages ~ will go up this weekend on myspace... I was not able to change my profile picture on Twitter until yesterday... You can now join me on Facebook - www.facebook.com/people/victoriazande/1546905379 .... My disclaimer to this page is that I am still a “work in progress”, yeah I know - for a tech major, I am a bit slow to master the page configurations... Once I understand the parameter’s - I can list the page address, so that you can access it directly... My Milford Farmers Market performance is next week and I have working my way back towards a larger music set... If you checked my Twitter Page this weekend - I posted a good Jeff Beck You Tube Video in three parts... I also just booked one more Farmers Market for this year - The East Warren Avenue Farmers Market - located at the corner of Bishop & East Warren Avenue... Thank you so much to Kathryn for inviting me... I am working on ~ back pages ~ and putting together some video that will be out later... It’s finally summer :)... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:28pm ~ 7 August, 2009 I will be putting up some excerpts from ~ backpages ~ on my Twitter & MySpace Pages this weekend... Twitter is still experiencing some problems after being down yesterday, so I am not able to change my profile picture - hopefully, it will be fixed soon... I have been rehearsing all week to build my set-list and finish ~ window preview ~... I am still working a bookstore in the Bay Area (where I lived for a brief period), and I am also working on a bookstore in Florida... I partly grew-up in Florida as my Grandparents lived on the Gulf Coast, so I would like to place ~ pages ~ in a store along the Gulf side...  I just added 98 Rock to my Twitter and Facebook Pages, as that was my favorite radio station... Speaking of Facebook - I am still working on my Musician Page, and will have a Facebook address for you soon... If it’s a nice sunny summer day where you are - get out and enjoy the day... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:12am ~ 3 August, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande - 1 august, 2009 I am still trying to figure out how to change the photo date’s on the digital camera, so I apologize for it being incorrect... It was a beautiful summer day on Saturday - partly cloudy and about 84 degrees... Berkley is a nice city with some nice people... I talked to alot of people gave away some of my handouts, and had a great salad - this cafe has good food if you are looking for a Woodward Aveune eating place... They also have their live stage on Thursday night’s from 7:30-9:00pm, which I will be attending and sitting in as the featured artist in October - I will let you know the date next month.... I am looking forward to the Milford Farmer’s Market on Thursday - 20 August from 4-7pm - see my appearance’s page for location and details... This week I am working on ~ backpages ~ and rehearsing... Follow me on twitter - www.twitter.com/victoriazande - still working on my facebook...  Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:47am ~ July, 2009 30 July, 2009 Come out and join me this Saturday 1 August from 10:00am-2:00pm at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan... It is supposed to be a nice day with finally - some summer tempreatures... The Coffee Beaney is located on Woodward Avenue between 11 Mile and 12 Mile Roads on the South Side of Woodward in Berkley... I would advise you take one of the Mile Road’s to Woodward as there is alot of Freeway Construction on the weekends - 12 Mile is one of the best roads if travelling from either the East or West side’s... You can get more information on my Appearances Page... I will have both version’s of ~ pages ~ available, as well as my Bookmark & Postcard Handouts, and I will be signing everything... Copies will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 per copy sold donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... Thank you again to Greg the owner for inviting me back to the Coffee Beanery for another booksigning... I  was finally able to put back up some of the pictures on my Random page, and will be adding more entry’s next week... I am still working on the Bay Area booktore - will let you know when I have one... I am currently looking in the city or somewhere on the East Bay... Rehearsing this afternoon... I hope to see some of you on Saturday... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:20am ~ 28 July, 2009 It’s almost August - can I please have four more month’s of summer, so I can get May and June back at a warmer sun... This weekend I will be back at the Coffee Beanery on Saturday for another visit to sign copies of ~ pages ~... I will have everything available - copies will sell for $5.00 and I will also sign any bookmark or postcard handouts... Please come out and join me ... This cafe sell’s the stainless steel coffee travel mugs that are great for anything you take with you - they are slightly expensive, but a good investment... They also have nice ceramnic coffee mugs from artist’s... I hope that you have had a chance to listen to the WCFX Interview I uploaded on Friday on my Press & Interview Page - can you tell I was “ummm” nervious - I don’t think I said that enough during the interview... Angie Evan’s was very nice in allowing me some air time for my work... Reheasing this afternoon, and working on getting a bookstore in the California Bay Area to sell ~pages~ today... If you have a twitter  page - please come over and follow me at www.twitter.com/victoriazande ... I just created a facebook - for some reason I ended up with a personal facebook page and I am still working on getting that changed... I am still trying to figure out how everything works, and the address where you can find me - I will let you know when I do... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:37am ~   23 July, 2009 I finally figured out how to load the WCFX Mount Pleasant, Michigan Interview, and it is now up - please visit my press & interview’s page to listen... I had a list of influences such as Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck for the Triple Play Take Over, although you had to pick from their in rotation hit list, so I chose artist’s who had similar guitar influences with mine... Thank you again to Angie Evans for sending me a copy to share... The Bookmark Handouts are now available at Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan - stop in and pick one up if you are in the area... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:27pm ~ 21 July, 2009 I wish it would be a warmer summer... Yesterday started at 63 degrees, and this morning I wore a summer sweatshirt - sorry but if it’s going to be summer, let’s have some heat... A Michigan summer is about 2.5 weeks long :)... This afternoon should be 78 degree’s - the sun is out so that’s a good thing... Worked on the Bookmark Handouts for Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan yesterday - they will be available at the end of this week in their store... Thank you so much to Neil & Tyler the manager’s at the Schuler downtown store for featuring them... I am currently rehearsing to complete my EP and will be attending some open mic’s ... I am still working on how to upload the interview that Angie Evans sent me from WCFX - once I know - I will post it... My next event will be going back to the Coffee Beanery in Berkley for a Satuday booksigning on 1 August from 10:00am-2:00pm... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... 17 July, 2009 I will be travelling out to Berkley, Michigan today to drop off bookmark handouts for my 01 August booksigning at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Avenue near 12 Mile Road...They will be available over the next two weeks - stop in and pick one up... They have a great cafe with a well run open mic every Wednesday of which I will be attending some time in the next two months... Thank you to Gregg one of the owner’s for inviting me back... I am currently working on getting a new independent bookstore in the California Bay Area - I will keep you up to date... Next update Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:00pm ~  13 July, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 11 july, 2009 (camera date on photo’s is off) It was a busy four hours at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market - took a while to find a parking spot, and after some early morning thunder storms it was a nice sunny day... This is a very nice year round indoor market with some of the best produce in Michigan... I will be going back to shop as I did not get a chance to buy anything when I  was there...  I was seated in an entrance way where alot of traffic passes by, and I had alot of very nice people stop to visit, and ask me about my writing/music - took handouts and sold some copies of my collection... Thank you so much to Gwen Ross the Marketing Manager for inviting me to be a featured artist for the day... I just uploaded a short video that I took of my booksigning from Saturday on my You Tube Channel - www.youtube.com/user/zandeartistryllc ... Thank you again to everyone at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market - I enjoyed being there... I wil be gong back to the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan on 01 August - for an additional booksigning before my Milford Farmer’s Market Performance event - more details on that later... Next update soon... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:18pm ~ 10 July, 2009 I will be at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market tommorrow morning from 9:00am-1:00pm signing copies of both versions of ~pages~... Copies will sell for $5.00 at this event with $1.00 per copy sold being donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... The weather is supposed to be rainy in the morning, although this is an indoor market... This is a nice market with alot of Michigan made products... The Royal Oak Farmer’s Market is located at 311 East 11 Mile Road - 2 blocks east of Main Street... See my appearances page for their website and directions... Hope to see some of you there... Thank you so much to Angie Evans at WCFX in Mount Pleasant, Michigan for sending me a copy of my Tirple Play Takeover interview from January when I did a booksigning and reading at the Book Mark - I will be putting up part of that interview... Next update soon... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:30am ~ 07 July, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande I hope everyone had a safe and good 4th of July weekend... It was a sunny day yesterday for travelling out to Brighton for my Bookclub Booksigning with the Lee Ann Book Club... Lee Ann owns the Yoga Center for Healthly Living Book Club - www.yogahealth.org next door and is the Creator of her BookClub... You can see her sign in my previous entry from May’s photo of the Coffee Beanery... It was nice to speak with and get know everyone in the BookClub... Thank you so much to the Lee Ann Book Club...Thank you so much again to Molly for inviting me back to the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan for a special event in supoort of Lee Ann’s Bookclub... I will be at the Royal Oak Farmer’ s Market this Saturday from 9:00am-1:00pm for another Booksigning... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:29am ~ 03 July, 2009 I hope that everyone has a Safe & Happy 4th of July - I hope to see some of you on Monday with the BookClub at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:33am ~ June, 2009 30 June, 2009 Okay, so it went from 97 degrees to 67 degrees - Michigan weather... There is a 4th of July weekend and then I will be at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan on Monday from 10:30am-12:00pm... I am there to support the bookclub, and will be signing copies of ~ pages ~ and may read a few excerpts... They will sell for $5.00 at this event and $1.00 will be donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... I will also have bookmark handouts - postcard handouts available and will be signing everything... Please come out and join me... If you are still looking for a bookmark handout in the Warren, Michigan area the Coffee Beanery on Hoover still has them out - stop in and pick one up... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:35pm ~ 26 June, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 26 June, 2009 Maybe I should have put my duffle bag away before I took a picture of my table display??? It was a hot 97 degrees on Wednesday, as I wore a big hat a 30spf sunscreen and a big pair of sunglasses... .My fingers actually stuck to the keys when I first started to play, which did not make for a constant flow of sound... I spoke with alot of shoppers, and met some very nice farmer’s and merchant’s that travel all summer for their businesses...  I was fortunate to be sharing a tent with Wayne Metro who is the official sponsor of the Taylor Farmer’s Market... This was their kick-off event - in the photo’s above are the ribbon cutting ceremony with the Mayor of Taylor who came over and introduced himself to me and shook my hand - a nice man who was excited to see a Farmer’s Market in his city... The last picture is Janet Hoffman - one of the Farmer’s and a BeeKeeper for her business Hoffman’s Honey ~ Beeswax... I liked her Bee Headband and her Honeybear as I am a huge Honey fan and buy only locally grown honey... Her and her Husband George handmake all of their own honey, wax candles and things that they bring to every Farmer’s Market - look for them if you visit one of the markets...  Thank you again to Shirley Moore - the Director of Wayne Metro who headed the concept for the Taylor Farmer’s Market... I am back to Brighton on the 6 July for another booksigning at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan in support of a bookclub from 10:30am-12:00pm... More details next week... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:09pm ~ 23 June, 2009 Please come out and join me tommorrow from 12:00-2:00pm at the Taylor Farmer’s Market... I will be under the Wayne Metro Tent performing a few peice of my music, and signing both handwritten and printed verisons of ~pages ~ as well as my bookmark handouts... All copies will sell for $5.00 at this event... The Taylor Farmers Market is located in Heritage Park at 12111 Pardee off of Goddard and Telegraph - visit my appearances page for details... Wear a good sunscreen and hat as the weather is going to be sunny with a high of 90 degree’s according to the Weather Channel - www.weather.com ... I was recently listed , and I am honored to be in the Artist’s Directory section of the Arts & Science Council website for ~pages ~ being at Park Road Books in Charlotte, North Carolina - www.artsandscience.org ... Next update with pictures from the market event on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visitng... ~ 9:48am ~   19 June, 2009 I will be at the Taylor Farmer’s Market this Wednesday 24 June from 12:00-2:00pm to help kick-off the opening for their market season in Taylor, Michigan... I will be doing a small acoustic music performance, reading, and booksigning... Again all copies will sell for $5.00, and I will be signing copies as well as my bookmark handouts... If you are downriver, please stop in - see the market - visit me... I will be sharing the Wayne Metro Booth... Thank you again to Shirley Moore for inviting me... For more information and location, please visit my appearance page... Summer is here ... I am now on Facebook, although I am still working with how to put my information into their pages - stop by and join me... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:23am ~ 16 June, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande Thank you to Michelle and the people at the Coffee Beanery in Warren on Sunday for my event... It was a very nice day out, and I stayed for two hours to perform a few peices of my music and sign my collection and any handouts... My handouts are still available if you would like to stop in and pick one up... I will be at the Taylor Farmer’s Market next on Wednesday 24 June from 12:00-2:00pm... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:20am ~ 11 June, 2009 The bookmark handouts at the Coffee Beanery in Warren are a mix of the general hanouts and the new ones with Sunday’s event date on them, if you do not see a current handout date, just ask for one... The Coffee Beanery has been featuring my handouts since my March booksigning - thank you to Michelle for inviting me back... My blog spot is now up on my press page from REVUE Magazine - it’s a very nice peice of press... Thank you so much to Mary Pritchard for interviewing me and featuring my work...  See you Sunday from 1:00-3:00pm at the Coffee Beanery in Warren - www.coffeebeanery-warren.com ... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 5:37pkm ~ 09 June, 2009 I will be featured via a blog in Revue Magazine - a Grand Rapids based press... Thank you so much Mary at Revue for her interview questions... I will let you know what edition it will be in ... I will be adding two more Farmer’s Market’s to my summer event schedule - the Milford Farmer’s Market in August, and the East Detroit Farmer’s Market in September... Thank you to the Farmer’s Market;’s for your support and interest in featuring my work... Stop in this week at either of the Coffee Beanery’s and pick-up a Bookmark Handout if you do not already have one...  The Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan this Sunday... I am working on Backpages and the EP... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:56am ~ 05 June, 2009 Bookmark Handouts are now available at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan and the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan... I will be at the Coffee Beanery in Warren next Sunday from 1:00-3:00pm for my small acoustic music performance, reading, booksigining - please come out and join me - for location details - visit my appearance’s page... Thank you to Michelle for inviting me back to a really nice cafe on Hoover’s East Side... I just added 6 July back out at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan for a booksigning - more information on that later... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:02pm ~ 01 June, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande I had a busy two hours on Sunday at the Redford Farmer’s Market... In the second photo above are the Vandalia Gardens Urban Farmer’s, LLC company - just one of the many Farmer’s in attendance... What a nice family - they helped me move my table twice as it was a cold day despite the sun you see behind you... I was literally freezing and had a hard time getting my fingers around the notes when playing... This family has some great plants and vegtables, and they will be following me to the Taylor Farmer’s Market on 24 June... If you want to reach them as they do not have a website you can phone them at 616-302-0319... Thank you again to Shirley Moore from Wayne Metro for inviting me to be a part of the Farmer’s Market’s this year... I met alot of nice people - got a few invitations to other Art Festivals - will let you know... My bookmark handouts will be available this week at the Coffee Beanery’s in Brighton and Warren... Next event - the Coffee Beanery 14 June in Warren, Michigan... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:49pm ~ May 2009 31 May, 2009 I will be at the Redford Farmer’s Market on Sunday from 10:00am-12:00pm - please come out and join me... Bookmark Handouts will be available on Monday at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton and on Thursday at the Coffee Beanery in Warren... My 24 June event at the Coffee Beanery in Warren is coming up soon... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:47am ~ 27 May, 2009 I hope that everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend... This Sunday I will be at the Redford Farmer’s Market (Market on the Marquee) on 15145 Beech Daily Road in Redford, Michigan from 10:00am-12:00pm weather permitting - please see my appearances page for location details... Please come out and join me... I will be signing and have bookmark handouts... I will also be doing the Milford Farmer’s Market in August - the date has not been set yet... It will be a Thrusday evening from 4-7pm...  I will post the details when I have them... Thank you so much to LaZandra for inviting me... I am now on Twitter - follow me at www.twiiter.com/victoriazande ... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:07pm ~ 22 May, 2009 I have added another Farmer’s Market - I will be at the Redford Farmer’s Market next Sunday 31 May from 10:00am-12:00pm for a two peice acoustic music performance, reading and book signing... Thank you so much to Shirley Moore at Wayne Metro for booking me into the Farmer’s Market’s... I will have more information and directions to the Redford Farmer’s Market on Tuesday’s update or you can visit the Wayne Metro site by going to my appearances page... More Bookmark Handouts will be available in two weeks at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan... I am looking for more independent bookstores across the country to sell my writing/poetry preview collection as well as my EP when it is completed, so if you know of a bookstore in your area that would be interested in featuring my work - send me an email and tell the bookstore about my website... Have a great holiday... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:07am ~  19 May, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 16 may, 2009 This is a nice cafe on the corner of U.S. 23 with a drive-through for rainy days... Pictured above are some of the crew that work for Molly and Molly in the mustard cafe t-shirt... Thank you so much to Molly for inviting me into her cafe to do a booksigning... I got meet alot of great people.... She even had a nice billboard sign for me along the road, of which I am sorry I did not get a photo... I look forward to visiting there again... Brighton is a nice city - close to Kensington Metro Parks and the summer beaches... I am heading back to the Coffee Beanery on 14 June for a full event from 1:00-3:00pm... Bookmark Handouts will be available in two weeks... I will be booking more studio time next month to finally finish the EP - I am sorry this has taken so long... I look foward to having more music to share with you including vocal peices - I always say I have to work hardner that some people who are naturally gifted... That’s not to say that gifted vocalist’s do not work at their craft - I just consider myself a writer first, instrumentalist second, and then a vocalist, so I always say I have to work at it more... I am hoping to bring you Captured from the studio - which is a short vocal peice... There are two vocal peices on the EP... I will tell you later where Captured was inspired from... Starting next month I will be back to attending some mic’s, and will let you know where and when... I will be uploading my promo spot from WCFX with DJ Angie Evans on my You Tube Channel next month... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:08pm ~ 15 May, 2009 Please come out and join me tommorrow at the Coffee Beanery on Old U.S. 23 in Brighton, Michigan - see my appearance page for location and details... I will be there from 11:30am-1:30pm signing copies of the handwriiten & printed versions along with my bookmark handouts... The copies will sell for $5.00 at tommorrows signing and for this event only a portion of the proceeds will be dontaed to the CREATE Fund at North Carolina State University to assist in further discoveries for Dog Encephalitis - http://cvm.ncsu.edu ... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visting... ~ 11:37am ~ 12 May, 2009 Booksigning this Saturday from 11:30am-1:30pm at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... Molly the owner has a great cafe in a nice location - Brighton is not too far from Kensington Park... Starting tommorrow flyers for my 14 June event will be posted at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan - they still have bookmark handouts - stop in and pick one up... Thank you again to Michelle for inviting me back... It’s spring and days are getting nicer - hopefully Saturday will be a great day to be out... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:34am ~ 08 May, 2009 Bookmark Handouts and Postcard Handouts are now available at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan... Thank you so much to Molly - the owner for taking in my handouts, and hosting my booksigning next Satruday from 11:30am-1:30pm... This is a very nice cafe located on Old U.S. Highway 23, with a drive-through... If you visit the drive-through you will receive a Postcard Hanout - if you go in you will be able to pick-up a Bookmark Handout... I will again be signing & selling copies of both my handwritten & printed versions for $5.00... I will be doing a small acoustic performance - reading - booksigning on the 24 June at the Taylor Farmers Market in downtown Taylor, Michigan between 12:00-7:00pm... I will be there for the opening at 12:00pm and will be staying at the market a few hours... Please see my appearances page for their website... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:30pm ~ 05 May, 2009 I will be taking the Bookmark Handouts and Postcard Handouts over to the Coffee Beanery in Brighton on Thursday instead of today, so they will be available starting this weekend... I am still working with Tim at Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids on an event date... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... The Humane Society - www.hsus.org ... ~ 2:23pm ~ 01 May, 2009 Bookmark and Postcard Handouts will be available starting Tuesday at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan for my 16 May booksigning... If you use the drive thorugh you will recieve a postcard handout, and the Bookmark Handouts will be available at the inside counters... I will be booking more Farmer’s Markets in the Detroit Area soon - Taylor and the East Detroit Markets will possibly be performance events... I will let you know... On Wednesday night - my dog Lucy passed away from treatment complications... I found out after her passing that she had Encephailitis of the Brain... Lucy was a 7 year old blonde Lasho Apso.... A very special dog - she was a rescue dog from the Michigan Humane Society... She loved to sit next ot me when I would rehearse... I love you Lucy - miss you very much... Next update on Tuesday.... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:02pm ~ April 2009 28 April, 2009 photo taken by: victoria zande 25 apirl, 2009 Thank you so much to everyone who came up - talked to me - took my bookmark handouts - bought copies of ~ pages~ on Saturday at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley (for some reason my digital camera’s date is off) .. Thank you again to Gregg the owner for having me, and inviting me back for a future event... It was a mostly sunny day, until about 3:00 - I had to wait to leave as a brief spring storm came in for about 15 minutes... This is a very nice cafe located off of Woodard Ave. that hosts a vast amount of art and performance events... They have live music on Friday’s - a well run Open Stage on Wednesday’s that I will be attending again over the summer... My bookmark handouts are still available at this location - please stop in and pick one up if you are in the area... Everyone at the Coffee Beanery is friendly - helpful, and they have good food and coffee... My next booksigning is in three weeks on Saturday 16 May at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:39am ~ 26 April, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 23 april, 2009 Summit on the Park - “Turn The TV Off Week” ~ Meet The Authors sponsored by: As The Page Turns - Northville, Michigan Thank you so much to Nicole for inviting me to be a guest author... ~ 1:22pm ~ 24 April, 2009 Tommorrow I will be at the Coffee Beanery on Woodard Ave (between 11 Mile & 12 Mile) in Berkley, Michigan for a three hour booksigning from 11:00am-2:00pm (see my appearances page for location details)... Both versions of ~ pages ~ will sell for $5.00 at this event...  I will also have bookmark handouts available, and will be signing those... Please come out and join me if you are in the area - tommorrow’s weather - sunny and 81 degrees - is this April or July??? I think it’s spring in Michigan... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:15am ~ 21 April, 2009 More bookmark handouts are now available at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave. in Berkley, Michigan - I will also be taking more bookmark handouts over to the Coffee Beanery in Warren this afternoon... I will be the Summit on the Park in Canton, Michigan tommorrow from 1:00-2:00pm for “Turn the Tv Off Weel” - “Meet the Authors” event... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... I will have an authors table after... More on my booksigning on Saturday in Friday’s update... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:56am ~ 16 April, 2009 Wednesday 22 April from 1:00-2:00pm I will be at The Summit on The Park in Canton, Michigan for “Turn the TV Off Week” - “Meet the Authors” sponsored by: As the Page Turns bookstore... Please see my appearances page for details.... Saturday 25 April from 11:00am - 2:00pm I will be at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan for my booksigning - please come out and join me if you are in the area... For both events -  I will have bookmark handouts available and will be signing... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:06am ~ 14 April, 2009 I will be taking more bookmark handouts over to the Coffee Beanery in Warren next Tuesday (there are still a few left at this location)... Thank you so much to everyone who stopped in and picked one up... Thank you again to Michelle for hosting them in her cafe...  I dropped off bookmark handouts at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley on Friday - if you are in the area stop in and pick one up... Thank you to Gregg the Owner for hosting my booksigning on the 25 April... Unfortunately, Books Etc. in Portland, Maine will be closing its doors in the next few weeks due to the economy - ~pages~ is no longer available at this location... I am continuing to work on ~backpages~ and my music... Will bring that to the table for my next event at the Coffee Beanery in Warren on 14 June... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:42am ~ . 09 April, 2009 I am doing my update one day early as this is a holiday weekend, and I do not have any more details on the downtown Grand Rapids event, as I am waiting on a date for this event... I will let you know... The bookmark handouts will be available this weekend at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley... Tommorrow is Good Friday and then it’s Easter Sunday... I hope eveyone has a great holiday... I will update next on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:41am ~ 07 April, 2009 I will let you know the details for the Grand Rapids , Michigan event at Schuler Books & Music, and “Turn the TV Off Week” in Canton...  You can pickup a bookmark handout starting Friday of this week at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley... Not much going on in this entry - I worked more on my music and ~ pages ~ this weekend , and the bookmark handouts... I will have more on Friday... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:56am ~ 03 April, 2009 I talked to alot of people at my booksigning on the 14 March at Schulers Books & Music in Lansing, Michigan... If you would like to request a signed copy of ~pages~ - please see Rhoda the store manager to assist you... I will be picking up the shipping charge for all requested signed copies to the Lansing location so there will be no charge to you... Please let me know if you request a copy... You can also request a signed copy online if you are unable to make it into Schulers... I will be taking over bookmark handouts to the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave. in Berkley next week for my booksigning on the 25 April... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so mich for visiting... ~ 10:12am ~ March 2009 31 March, 2009 I am still working on a date for an event at Schuler Books & Music downtown Grand Rapids, and should know more this week... I worked on ~backpages~ over the weekend, and it is coming together... I will be taking bookmark handouts over to the Coffee Beanery on Woodward in Berkley next week for my booksigning on 25 April... I may be doing an event at the Milford Farmer’s Market - I will let you know... My Grandfather used to be a Farmer...  More information and updates on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:27am ~ 27 March, 2009 All of my bookmark handouts from my booksigning at the Coffee Beanery in Warren were taken after my signing and more people were asking about them so I dropped more off on Wednesday... If you visit you will see my flyers and bookmark handouts - please stop in and pick one up if you did not get a chance to get one... I will be going back in June. .. I will let you more details soon...  Thank you again to Michelle the owner for requesting more handouts... This is a very nice cafe - completely re-designed by Michelle... The handwritten version of ~pages~ is now out and available at Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan... I am working with Tim the store manager on setting up an event, and will you let know when I have it... I continue to work on ~backpages ~ and ~ window preview ~  - I look forward to going back into the studio... I will also be starting to work on a video, and will host that on my You Tube Channel ... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:27am ~ 22 March, 2009 photo’s taken by victoria zande It was a nice two hours at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan yesterday... It snowed as I was just getting to Hoover Road from 696 - that spring snow that lasts for about an hour and then disappears - it can stop snowing anytime now... Alot of construction along the East side exit ramps - I still cannot get used to 11 Mile Road being next to a freeway - I am used to taking Eight Mile or 94... Kind of cold and kept the cafe quite... This is a very nice Eastside Cafe with friendly people and big comfortable chairs... The East Side of Detroit is a vast place for exceptional local/national music/vocalists’/artists’ and events...Thank you again to Michelle and April for all of your help... I may be going back over the summer to this cafe - will let you know... My next booksigning will be at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave in Berkley on the 25 April from 11:00am-2:00pm... As I briefly posted on Friday - I just got a new bookstore in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan... Schuler Books & Music on Fountain N.W. - please stop in and visit them if you are downtown... I am working on an event at this bookstore, and will let you know... I am continuing to work on finishing the music and over the next four to six weeks will hopefully be putting up  Mozart on Ice in all three movements... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:38pm ~ 20 March, 2009 I will be at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan tommorrow from 11:00am-1:00pm for my booksigning... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... I will be signing copies of my handwritten and printed versions of ~ pages~ as well as my bookmark handouts... The Coffee Beanery is located on Hoover Road just a 1/2 mile off of the I-696 Freeway in the Kroger Shopping Plaza in Warren... Thank you again to Michelle for inviting me to do a booksigning... My handwritten version of ~ pages ~ is now available at Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan on Fountain N. W,, along with my bookmark handouts... If you are in the downtown area - stop in, say hello and pick-up a handout... Schuler Books & Music downtown Grand Rapids in located in the Art District.... Thank you so much to Tim at Schuler Books & Music for taking my handwritten verision... Please see my midwest location page for details... Hope to see some of you tommorrow at the Coffee Beanery - tommorrow’s spring weather - partly sunny and 54 degrees... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:05am ~  17 March, 2009 photo’s taken by victoria zande Thank you to Rhoda and Whitney for booking me at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing on Saturday for my booksigning... This is a very nice bookstore with a wide selection of everything from books - dvd’s - music... In the above photo is Whitney - the Event Coordinator - (she is the blond and also a vocalist in an 80’s cover band - ask her about her music if you visit the bookstore)... It was a really nice day out - I got to talk to alot of people and work with the nice employees at Schulers... There was one boy who came up and kept talking to me - he was about 11, and very interested in music - he took one of my handouts and kept coming back up to look at my display - I did not get his name, but if you visit my site, I want to let you know how great it was that I was able to inspire you - keep going and you will get there... I was honored by his inspiration - thank you so much...  I will be going back at a  future date for another booksigning...  I will be at the Coffee Beanery on Hoover Raod in Warren this Saturday from 11:00am -1:00pm for another booksigning... Thank you so much to Michelle for inviting me... This is very nice cafe and venue for music and writing... Please come out and join me if you are in the area.... Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:55am ~ 13 March, 2009 I will be at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing tommorrow from 1:00-3:00pm for my re-scheduled booksigning from the 21 February due to the winter storm... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... Tommorrows weather - Sunny and 50 degrees :)...  I am continuing to work on ~ backpages ~ this week and my music... See you in Lansing tommorrow... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:35pm ~ am ~ 10 March, 2009 I will be at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing this Saturday from 1:00-3:00pm for a tablesigning... Thank you to Rhoda and Whitney again for re-setting the date... This Saturday’s weather so far - Sunny and 46 - please come out and join me... The handouts for the Coffee Beanery are now available in Warren, and I will be there next weekend - thank you to Michelle for inviting me to do a booksigning... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:12am ~ 6 March, 2009 I will be taking bookmark handouts over to the Coffee Beanery in Warren today for my 21 March booksigning - please stop in and pick on up if you are in the area... My bookmark handouts with the re-scheduled date for 14 March will be available starting today at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing also... I will be doing another booksigning in May at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton - this will also be on a Satturday from 11:00am - 2:00pm. - I wll let you know more details on that later... On 22 April I will be a guest author/artist at “Turn Your TV Off Week” in Canton,, Michigan... I was invited by Nicole Jackson the owner of “As The Page Turns” in downtown Northville where ~pages ~ is available...  I will have more information on that later... Thank you so much to Nicole for inviting me - you can visit the bookstore website by visiting my locations page... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:25am ~ 1 March, 2009 photo’s taken by victoria zande Thank you to Jennifer, Kris, and all of the girls at the Book Mark on Saturday for your help in making my event... The weather was cold but sunny - which brought more people out and into the store... I performed two peices of music and sold some copies - handed out my bookmark handouts and got to meet some really great people... In the first photo are some of the employees that worked on Saturday... I have been invited to Art Fest in Mount Pleasant in July and will be working on that - will let you know the date when I have it... I left the bookmark handouts from my event - if anyone stops in they are still available... If you were not able to make it to my signing, and would like a signed copy of  ~ pages ~ - just let Kris or one of the girls in the Book Mark know, and they can have me send it to the bookstore without a shipping charge... Thank you so much again to everyone who came out... My next event is in two weeks at Schuler Books & Music on Saturday 14 March from 1:00-3:00pm for a booksigning in Lansing... Bookmark Handouts with the original date are still available, and I will be sending up bookmark handouts this week with the re-scheduled date... Thank you so much to Whitney and Rhoda at Schulers Books & Music for re-scheduling and re-promoting my event... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:28pm ~  February, 2009 27 February, 2009 I will be at the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant, Michigan tommorrow from 1-3pm for my booksigning/reading/performance - please come out and join me if you are in the area... Visit my appearances page for location and details... Tommorrows weather - partly cloudy and 26 degrees... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:34am ~ 24 February, 2009 Once again the Michigan Winter Storms postponed my Booksigning at Schuler Books & Music on Saturday in Lansing... At one point in the morning the I-96 and I-496 Freeways were shut down due to the weather and accidents - AAA reported 5300 calls and that was just for half the day... A 50 car pile up on I-94 near Ann Arbor and Jackson closed that Freeway and shut down the other half of I-496 in the afternoon... To say Michigan has had an extreme amount snow this season would be an understatement.... Next week I am renting some Husky’s and a Sled for better milage and traction...  I will be re-scheduling the booksigning for Schuler Books & Music this week - the re-schedule date will still take place on a Saturday from 1-3pm - probably next month, and I will post it next week after I confirm the new date with Whitney... This Saturday is my re-scheduled booksigning/bookreading/small music performance at the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant from 1-3pm - it looks like it’s going to be a nice day - just slightly cold... Please come out and join me... I will be signing copies of my handwritten and printed versions of ~ pages ~ as well as my bookmark handouts... I will also be doing another brief radio interview on WCFX today with Angie Evans that will run this week,,, Thank you again to Angie Evans and all of the DJ’s at WCFX for your “on-aire” time to promote the new date... Angie Evans show aires weekdays from 2:00-7:00pm... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:53am ~ 20 February, 2009 Okay, here we go again - if you don’t get snowed in tommorrow due to yet another Michigan Winter Storm and are in the Lansing area - please come out and join me for my booksigning at Schuler Books & Music off of I-127 in Lansing... If it only snowed on days I do not have to travel... Thank you so much to Rhoda and Whitney for inviting me to Schuler’s tommorrow... I will have the handwritten and printed versions of my writing/poetry preview collection, as well as my bookmark handouts... I will also sign the bookmark handouts if you would like me to... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:38am ~ 17 February, 2009 I will be at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing this Saturday from 1-3pm for a booksigning in my first of five current events that I am doing over the next two months - please come out and join me if you are in the area... Schulers Books & Music in Lansing is located of the I-127 via the 496 freeway - see my appearances page for details... I am working on more Farmers Market’s for this year, and I will let you know when I have them... Although I did not attend - two of my influences B.B King and Buddy Guy performed at The Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit last night - please see my Random Page... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:17am ~ 12 February, 2009 In a Cloud of Dust - my writing ~ backpages ~ excerpt is now up on my featured writing page... This will probably be the last excerpt I put out before I complete ~ backpages ~... I have added some booksigning dates - 21 March at the Coffee Beanery in Warren from 11:00am-1:00pm, and 25 April at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley from 11:00am-2:00pm - please see my appearances page for more information... Only one more week before my booksigning at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing - bookmark handouts are now available if you would like to stop by and pick on up or just pick one up if you are in the store... Thank you so much to Rhoda and Whitney for booking me into Schulers... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:18pm ~ 10 February, 2009 Okay, lets try this again  the ~backpages~ excerpt will be up on Friday - I am looking at two different ones and have been working on getting all of the handouts to my booksignings over the last two weeks ... I will only be putting one more up before I release this collection... I am still working on the music so I would also like to get the full version of Mozart on Ice up for you to listen to as well as Captured... The handouts for Schuler Books & Music Lansing will be available on Thursday... Thank you to all of my friends on my Detroit City Page - if you would like to join me on the Detroit City Page - www.detroitcity.com - thank you to Dave who runs the site and does a great job for allowing me to have a page... Next update with excerpt on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:06am ~ 6 February, 2009 My ~ backpages ~ excerpt will be delayed by one update - I apologize for the delay - it will definitely be up on Tuesday... The bookmark handouts will be available on Tuesday at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing... Look for my event in the Lansing Lowdown next week - thank you so much to Petra at MSU for posting it...  You can read the Lansing Lowdown online... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:39am ~ 3 February, 2009 Another excerpt from my forthcoming collection ~ backpages ~ will be up this Friday... I will be sending bookmark handouts up to Schuler Books & Music in Lansing for my table signing on 21 February - please come out and join me... Another open mic up soon... Please visit my You Tube Channel to see some of my favorite videos - you can access it directly from going to my last blog entry on my myspace page... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:38am ~ January, 2009 30 January, 2009 The bookmark handouts are now available at the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant for my re-scheduled 28 February booksigning/booksreading/performance... Another excerpt from ~ backpages ~ will be up next week... I am also working on an Ann Arbor Farmers Market signing for this summer... Is it spring yet??? Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:34am ~ 26 January, 2009 28 February from 1:00-3:00pm is the new date for The Book Mark in Mount Pleasant, Michigan from the 17 January date... I will be sending up more Bookmark Handouts and Flyers will be posted around the store... Stop in and pick up a handout and say hello... Thank you so much to Kris for re-setting the date... I will also be bringing more Bookmark Handouts with me as well as both versions of ~pages~... I am now working on ~ backpages ~ for a summer release and the EP... I may introduce a vocal peice at The Book Mark...I just created my You Tube account - you can find me at zandeartistryllc ... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:57pm ~ 23 January, 2009 I am working on some library performances and I will let you know when I have them along with more booksignings for Farmers Markets... I am continuing to work on completing   ~ window preview ~ and putting together ~ backpages ~ -  I will get back to open mic’s soon... I will also let you know the new date for the Book Mark and my friends over at WCFX will be helping me with the new date to get the word out... Thank you so much to Angie Evans... Spring is only eight weeks away... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:50am ~ 20 January, 2009 My bookreading/booksigning/music performance at the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant on Saturday had to be postponed due to the winter storm that hit the southeast/metro Detroit area... The roads were extremely hazardess on Saturday morning - when I made an attempt to travel up to Mount Pleasant... Ramps and sections of the freeway in the metro area where being shut down due to road coniditions and accidents... The local news stations reported that AAA received 4800 calls for road assistance between Saturday and Sunday... Raodways’ kept reicing for almost 24 hours... I apologize to anyone in the Mount Pleasant area that made it out to the Book Mark... I did call the Book Mark on Friday night when the winter storm watch had been posted in my area and again on Saturday from the road... I will be rescheduling this date next week as Kris - the Manager of the Book  Mark is off this week  - I will let everyone know the new date when I have it... Thank you so much to Holly and Sarah at the Book Mark for your assistance in letting people know... Thank you so much to Ashley and Barry at the CMU Bookstore for posting and reposting my flyers... Only eight more weeks of winter - maybe I should go down and stay with my family in Port Richey - even at 68 degree’s you can drive to the strawberry stands and not have to go through snow & ice... I normally like four season’s - I think we are getting an extra one this year... I am doing a table signing at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing on 21 February from 1:00-3:00pm and over the summer I will doing a booksigning at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market (more on that later)... I will be putting up another excerpt from Backpages in the next week or two and will continue to work on the random page... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:31am ~ 16 January, 2009 Thank you so much to Angie Evans from WCFX for inviting to be on Triple Play Takover yesterday - their live stream was not reaching all area’s - some of you may have not been able to listen.. She did a 10 minute interview with me and then I had to choose three songs from her hit list - she will probably send me a copy of the interview, and I will host it on either my myspace page or utube... Catch her show from 2:00-7:00pm weekdays... Please come out and join me tommorrow at The Book Mark from 1:00-3:00pm if you are in the area... I will have booksmark handouts and copies of both ~ pages ~ versions... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:31am ~ 13 January, 2008 Thank you so much to DJ’s Jack and Karen from WLNZ’s Coffee Break Morning Radio/TV Show for having me as a guest yesterday... Thank you so much everyone at WLNZ for your assistance in getting me to the studio on time... Everyone at WLNZ was very nice and they run a great station - it was nice to be back in the radio arena for a few minutes and watch the DJ’s working behind the boards...Thank you to the Program Director for assisting me is finding my way out of the city and back to the Detroit area... If you are in the Lansing area - you were able to view the TV portion of the show over the last 24 hours - I may get a copy of this and if I do - will be hosting it on U Tube... I will let you know... Thursday I am “on the aire” with Angie Evans between 4:00-4:30pm for her “Truple Play Takeover”... Saturday I am in Mount Pleasant - more on the event later ... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:28am ~ 09 January, 2009 My WLNZ interview is this Monday at 9:45am - if you are able to listen please stream live or tune in on their local cable TV for the show... I will be doing a radio aire-spot on WCFX in Mount Pleasant on Thursday 15 January... I wll be one of the guest’s on DJ Angie Evans “Triple Play Takeover” which aires between 4:00-4:30pm - where I will choose three songs from their hit list and briefly talk about my booksigning at The Book Mark and my writing and music... My portion should air between 4:20-4:25pm, although that may vary... Thank you so much to Angie Evans for inviting me to be on her show... You can stream live at www.wcfx.com ... Bookmark Handouts will be available starting today at The Book Mark for my booksigning next Satruday 17 January between 1:00-3:00pm... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... Thank you again to Kris for hosting me at her bookstore... I will also be doing a table signing at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing on Saturday 21 Feburary from 1:00-3:00pm - more details in a couple of weeks - please visit my appearance page for information... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:35am ~ 06 January, 2009 I hope you had a safe 2009... I will be going to Lansing on Monday for my radio/tv interview with WLNZ - Lansing Community College ... The show aires from 8-10am, and my interview is set for 9:45 - the TV portion of this interview will only be seen on local cable - you can stream live - go my appearances page for the link... I will then head to Mount Pleasant for my booksigning on 17 January from 1-3pm... Thank you to Kris again for inviting me back to The Book Mark - bookmark handouts will be sent up this week... Back in the studio next month to finish the Mozart on Ice track and put down another track titled Captured... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thanks you so much for visiting... ~ 10:39am ~ December 2008 31 December, 2008 Happy 2009... ~ 9:57am ~ 26 December, 2008 I hope everyone had a good Christmas... Just before Christmas I loaded my core version for the peice I wrote titled “Mozart on Ice” recorded in the first movement... Here is a behind the notes history of how I created “Mozart on Ice” - It took me over a period of three years to write and complete the scoring ~ dynamics ~ tempo for Mozart on Ice... Written in three movements - my inspiration came from my classical training and after watching Boyd Tinsley (a classically trained artist) from the Dave Matthews Band perform his volin solo during a perfomance of “Trippin Billies” from a Music Choice special in 2002... I wrote this peice from 2002~2005 and along with the rest of my music from Projection in Artistry ~ “Window Preview” (a registered copyright of 2007) - now completing the finishing studio work at Big Sky Studios in Ann Arbor with my Engineer Chris Duross - www.bigskyrecording.com ... I will be loading the complete version with all three movements - somewhere between January and Feburary... Thank you to Boyd Tinsley for his artistic creativity that assisted in my inspiration... I hope you enjoy listening to the core version - please send me an email or comment in my guestbook... Next update on Tuesday or Wednesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:39am ~ 22 December, 2008 The core studio version for Mozart on Ice is now available for listen - please visit my music cd & audio page... Let me know what you think about it, and thank you for waiting... Merry Christmas - Happy Hanukka - Happy Kwanzaa (let me know if I missed anyone), and thank you so much for reading - listening - visiting all year long... Buon Natalie... Have a safe holiday... Next update on Friday or Saturday... ~ 8:15pm ~ 19 December, 2008 Handouts will be going up to The Book Mark in Mount Pleasant in the next two weeks... I will be working over this weekend to get the music loaded... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:55am ~ 15 December, 2008 Thank you to Nicole at As The Page Turns for having me at her bookstore yesterday - the bookstore is not normally open on Sunday’s so this was a special event from just 2-4pm... I owe The Park Bar a very overdue open mic - sometime this month, and I will let you know... Back Pages Excerpt and Music up in the next update on Friday or Saturday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:23pm ~ 11 December, 2008 I still have a final track edit for Mozart on Ice - I will be working on that this weekend in between my booksigning at As The Page Turns on Sunday... I guess I should stop saying music up this week, until I know the edit will be done... I will be in Northville on Sunday - please stop in for the event... I will be doing another radio interview in Lansing on Monday 12 January... WLNZ  originates from Lansing Community College - I will be on their morning program Coffee Break, which is also a TV show, so I will be doing a radio/tv interview... The show aires from 9:00-10:00am, and I will doing a 5-7 minute interview at 9:45am with host Jack Robins... They do stream live, so you can listen at - www.lcc.edu/wlnz ... The TV Show aires only in the Lansing area... Thank you so much to Host Jack Robins and WLNZ for inviting me to be on their show... I will also have the Backpages excerpt up next week.... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 6:56pm ~ 08 December, 2008 Music will be up this week... If you are in the area - stop by on Sunday at As The Page Turns in downtown Northville, Michigan... I will be posting another excerpt from Backpages, and continue putting it together for a spring release while I finish the EP... Thank you so much reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:36pm ~ 04 December, 2008 The Housing Works copies will go out on Monday and the BookMark Handouts to Lemuria Books... I will have the music up next week and be back in the studio in January to finish the EP... I may sit in on an open mic this month - will let you know... I will be performing two peices of music next Sunday at As The Page Turns and reading from ~ pages ~ and maybe a couple forthcoming excerpts from Backpages... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:15pm ~ 01 December, 2008 Bookmark Handouts are now available at As The Page Turns in downtown Northville, Michigan - stop in and visit the bookstore before my signing to get one... I will also be bringing more of them with me on 14 December... I will be sending copies of my writing/poetry preview collection out to Housing Works in New York next week - there will be both handwritten & printed copies - I will let you know if they are put out for the the holidays... Thank you to Housing Works for taking my donations last year for the holiday... I will also be sending Bookmark Handouts up to The Book Mark next month before my signing in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and to Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi next week... Music is on the way.... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:19pm ~ November, 2008 28 November, 2008 I have confirmed my booksigning/reading & small performance for The Book Mark in Mount Pleasant, Michigan for Saturday 17 January from 1:00-3:00pm... They now have a website that you can visit if you go to my appearance page... Thank you so much to Kris at The Book Mark for inviting back to her bookstore... I was last there in October of 2005... Mount Pleasant is a very nice area in Michigan and home to Central Michigan University - that I almost attended right out of high school and was accepted in 2004 but did not attend to complete my Engineering degree... I will be taking Bookmark Handouts over to As The Page Turns in Northville, Michigan tommorrow - if you are in the area stop in - see the store and pick-up one of my handouts before the booksigning & reading/performance on 14 December... I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving - next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:37am ~ 23 November, 2008 Thank you to everyone who tuned in on Friday to listen to my interview with Community Radio WMPG in Portland... I thought this was a 30 minute interview - a last minute schedule adjustment changed this... Thank you so much to Hashim Alliah and Ray Wallace for having me on their show and for the return “on-aire” invite to do a 30 minute interview at a future date... Mozart on Ice will be up soon - I am sorry I keep delaying this as I am working with the “edit/don’t edit” decision - when I finally upload this - you will see... I will do another update this week - it’s Thanksgiving week... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visting... ~ 1:30pm ~ 21 November, 2008 I am not sure that I will be doing my radio interview with WMPG today - it may be moved to next week - please tune in at 1:00pm to see if this will still take place - I will also post a last minute update on my myspace page & maybe here - definitely check my myspace page... I apologize for the last minute change... I have confirmed Sunday - 14 December from 2:00-4:00pm Book Reading & Signing at As The Page Turns in downtown Northville, Michigan... Thank you so much to Nichole for having me at her Bookstore... Please see my appearance page for information... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:30am ~ 18 November, 2008 My WMPG interview is on Friday at 1:00pm - you can get the site from my appearances page... I will be loading “a” version of Mozart on Ice this week... I am not sure of the date for the booksigning at As The Page Turns - will let you know... The date for The Book Mark looks like January - I will also let you know and it will be on my appearances pages when I have confimed dates... I am still working on the Random page... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:36am ~ 13 November, 2008 It will be about a week more before the Mozart on Ice track is up... I apologize for not updating last Friday - I am putting the Random page back together, and wanted to wait until you could navagate on that page before uploading again... I will be getting back to open mic’s and I am still working on booking some independent performances in the area... I am still looking for a bookstore in the Chicago area, so if anyone knows of a good independent bookstore - send me an email or let the manager of the bookstore know about my website and work... It looks like I will be doing a signing and small performance at The Book Mark in Mount Pleasant, Michigan sometime in January... I would like to get back to Chicago to perform next spring, and will be working on that also... Next update on Tuesday.... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:27am ~ 08 November, 2008 I will be doing the radio interview on Friday 21 November from 1:00-1:30pm - WMPG - Portland, Maine Community Radio program “Freedom Through Expression” with DJ Hashim Allah - they also stream live - see my appearance page for location... Thank you so much to Hashim for inviting me... Mozart on Ice will be loaded next week - sorry for the additional delay... It looks like my signing at As The Page Turns will be on 07 Deccember at 7:00pm - I still have to confirm this and will let you know... I am still working on the Random page - you will be able see where I am at if you look at it... Open mic’s are on the way... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:56pm ~ 03 November, 2008 I will be loading Mozart on Ice this Friday - then back in the studio in two weeks to record Captured... I was out on Friday with the radio on when they played some Jimi Hendrix... Hendrix was mostly an artist of the notes and instrument - not really a vocalist - his vocals served his creativity - made his words exceptional... There was a technical problem with the Random Entry Page and it is currently being rebuilt - I will let you know when it is up... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:45am ~ October, 2008 31 October, 2008 Mozart on Ice - 1st studio version will be uploaded next week... I will be taking bookmark handouts over to “As The Page Turns” - next week - thank you to Nichole for a really nice display on my writing/poetry preview collection... Thank you to all of my myspace friends for being my myspace friends... I still do not have bookstore dates - will let you know... Have a Happy and Safe Halloween... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:15pm ~ 28 October, 2008 I will be uploading “Mozart on Ice” - Friday or Tuesday - I apologize for the delay... Copies to Housing Works will go out in two week’s - I will let you know when they are available... I will know more about bookstore performances next week... I may self-sponsor a performance and signing before the holiday’s - I am looking for a venue...  I am also working on more radio time for the bookstore location’s... More studio time on the way... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:23am ~ 22 October, 2008 It will be next week when I upload Mozart on Ice... I will post a blog on my “myspace” page when I attend the last two open mics... I will be doing a radio interview  - WMPG Community Radio - University of Southern Maine in Portland will interview me live on their show “Freedom Through Expression” which aires Friday’s from 1:00-1:30pm  in November... I will let you know the date - it looks like it would be the second or third Friday - they have a live streaming broadcast - www.wmpg.org ... ~pages~ printed version is now available at As The Page Turns in Northville, Michigan - www.asthepageturns.biz - see my locations page... I may be doing a signing in November... Thank you to Nichole the owner for taking my collection in her bookstore...  This is a new independent bookstore in downtown Northville at N. Center and Dunlap -  a really nice store with a diverse list of events and authors... I will also be dropping off some of the bookmark handouts next week... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:23pm ~ 20 October, 2008 I will be loading Mozart on Ice Friday or Monday... I am going back into the studio in about three to four weeks to record more peices from my EP - this has taken me longer than anticipated - kind of like standing on the porch steps in 1986 ... My open mic dates will be in the next few weeks... I will be sending out more bookmark handouts to bookstores and five copies of my writing/poetry preview collection wll be sent to Housing Works in the next four weeks... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:29pm ~ 17 October, 2008 In the studio yesterday with Chris Duross at Big Sky Studios - this week’s studio word “BLUE” - a nice studio mic... Thank you to Chris for engineering my session... I put down a few tracks of  “Mozart on Ice” - which I still consider a rough cut in the core of production and will load one of them next week... I will soon debut a vocal piece in open mic’s and in the studio called “Captured”... I have never considered myself a vocalist - I write - therefore - I sing... I have always had to work at my vocals - I hope you like it... I will also be putting up another excerpt from my forthcoming collection - “Backpages”... Next update Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visting... ~ 10:24am ~ 14 October, 2008 I am in the studio on Thursday, so uploads for Mozart on Ice will not be until next Tuesday - I will do an update also on Friday... Still working on bookstore performances - travelling to Magdelina’s next week... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:35pm ~ 10 October, 2008 Thank you to Tiffany once agian at Macomb Community College for inviting me to be the guest performer at their Talent Show - played two peices in abbreviated form and stayed for a short time to watch some talented students... Traveling the 696 at 5:00 is definitely a challenge - I just should have taken 8 Mile to Gratiot... I am in the studio next week and looking to book some signings and small performances... Nect update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:29am ~ 07 October, 2008 I will be at Macomb Community College tommorrow night as the guest performer for their Talent Showcase... I am opening the show and will perform two peices of my music at 6:00pm... I still have Open Mic’s at Magdelina’s and The Park Bar this month... If you have visited my location’s page - you have noticed two of the bookstores gone from the Midwest location - Nomad Bookhouse in Jackson, Michigan has unfortunately closed it doors and I only had a six month availability for my collection at Sandmeyer’s Bookstore in Chicago - so I am currently looking for a new Chicago Bookstore to place them at... I have changed the shipping cost to no charge if you would like to order my collection online and are ordering domestically - within the United States and Canada... Back in the studio next week with Big Sky... Next update Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:10pm ~ 02 October, 2008 I will be the guest performer next week at Macomb Community Colleges Talent Night - I will open the show - it runs from 6:00-8:00pm - see my appearances page for location and details... Thank you again to Tiffany for inviting me... My studio time has been moved to the week of 13 October - Mozart on Ice will be available on here after that... I will be booking some bookstore performaces also next week... The Macomb Talent Show will move my open mic at Magdelina’s back a week - sorry for all of the schedule changes...