As I gaze out the window of this 747, I realize how big and glorious Canada is. Down below there is no lack of lakes, valleys, rivers, mountains…great wide open…it’s a wonder any of us feel threatened by close proximity when there is so much land protecting us, surrounding us, giving us life, breath and ultimately, freedom. My parents moved me out of Bermuda when I was around four years old, and although a warmer climate year round sounds delectable, moving to this part of the world was the best thing Mum and Dad could have done.  I just spent the last two weeks on the West Coast of Canada in massive British Columbia. The mountains, the rivers, the lakes, the cities, the ocean, the forest fires, the gigantic trees, the bike rides, the white water, the fresh fish, the sweet country air, the bears, the bald eagles, the big horn sheep, the wild horses, the brand new French song, the new friends, the old friends, the music playing, the story sharing….The list goes on and on, and I am so very blessed to have been a part of it all. The first time I ventured out to B.C, I was nineteen, I stayed in Whistler for the month of August, sat on a porch lit by candles and gazed at the mountains in awe. It was a place I knew I had to return to and that, a promise.

Perhaps one of the best gigs of my life, this trip, I had the pleasure of being the hired songstress on a white water rafting / camping trip with the best adventure company; R.O.A.M (rivers, oceans and mountains) Facing my fears isnt’ something I do hastily, but facing fifteen foot waves in an eighteen foot raft filled to the brim with a weeks worth of supplies for sixteen people, now THAT is fast. It was a thrilling adventure, and we even got to see a DOUBLE RAINBOW!!! There were Chinook salmon, making their way home to lay eggs, only to die at the end. It’s crazy, they head home, to where they were born/hatched, only to swim from river to river to river to ocean, they grow up in the ocean, if they make it, swimming freely for four years, then returning, against the current, fighting all the way upstream to lay eggs, and the journey begins again for their sons and daughters. Watching them swim with such force, was a miracle in itself.  I am sitting on this plane, revelling in all of lifes beauty, and am most certainly refueled for the cooler days to come. I can’t tell you how thankful I am to be here right now, but know that there is certainly a piece of my heart left out there in the West. xo

(One last thing, the “Be in the Band” performances are on Sunday the 18th. I, along with Mike Dubue from Ottawa’s “Hilotrons” have been teaching some kids at Patro Community Centre on how to be in a BAND!! Wait til you hear the song they wrote and will perform on the 18th!! Exciting project indeed! There will also be other performances from other school and community centres around Ottawa, all courtesy of Mark Monahan & The Ottawa Bluesfest.. COME ONE COME ALL and see these kids realizing their musical dreams for the first time!!!)

This is where a lot of my family live, so I like to come here OFTEN. In fact, my brother even has a room here set up for me, with a big fat Marshmallow Bed! Sooooooo comfy! It’s painstakingly hot out right now,  almost impossible to go out into… Thankfully, there is one HECK of a glorious River out there, called The Gatineau River. It’s SCRUMPTIOUS and super cold, so cold you can’t really stay in too long, but that will mend itself soon enough…I tend to fly around a lot, so don’t really have ONE fixed address yet.. I suppose, one day, everything, every duck will line up into it’s special place, and I may have my very own haven, somewhere on Mother Earth… I wonder where though… So much of me LOVES this community of Wakefield, as it IS like no other, a vortex all in it’s own…but my heart is with the Sea on the East coast, in Newfoundland, along with a few extremely close friends, who I miss every day! Then of course, there is that fabulous little spot in Switzerland, another one of my “homes” and they DO have the best Pizza in Luzern, and pretty cool cobble stone streets that echo up and down the walls when you walk (stumble!) home after a good night’s “work”.  Picton Ontario is also a sweet haven, which fits nicely between both families, the ones in Quebec, and the one’s in the Belleville area… ohhhh what to do what to do… I guess all this fancy talk of actually settling down somewhere, well it’s all a dream really! One that looks like it’s gonna take awhile, as I still have a LOT of work to do, and I must build up my fan base, get my next album out, book a tour, promote the gigs, write new songs, get new shocks for my 92 Dodge… thank GOODness there is a mattress in the back of the van, and it’s Summer, so a place to sleep isn’t at the TOP of my list of things to do, got THAT one covered anyway… ahhh, but to dream is to live, and one day I will be sleeping in my own home! One HAS to have some sort of goal in life! haaahahahaaaaa…..in the meantime, I play, I travel, I gig, I sing, I swim, I write, I sit on a patio with vodka & lemon…..ooh, and it’s COTTAGE country time… oooh, how I LOVE Summer so…..I forget how MUCH I actually miss it, but then it comes back to me, and I feel “right” again. And the music life part of my life, has been so generous this past week… a new song, an interview with Xavier Rudd, and playing a radio show with David Gray….Dreams CAN come true!!! xoxoxoox

I just found out that I get to realize a dream! When I was working all those years ago in Ireland, I was introduced to a CD called “David Gray ~ Lost Songs” it would be the soundtrack to my life for quite sometime, until “White Ladder” came out… and I still play that one with fervour!!! In any case, he is coming to Ottawa’s new and improved Museum of Nature, and LIVE 88.5 is having a live radio taping, live off the floor at the Museum featuring ME as well as David Gray. I am excited to say the least!! I am on from 12:05pm until 12:15pm… that’s 10mintutes and approximately three tracks if all goes to plan!! David will be on from 1:35pm until 1:50pm. What a thrill, there are a few others too, Tara Holloway, Jonathan Chandler & Pete Hammond…stop by Live 88.5 online to have a listen… How amazing!! Wooooooooooooooo!!! Also coming up in the Life of Lindsay is a date I have at Ottawa’s The Rainbow Bistro on May 19th, it’s a Wednesday night, so if you are out and about in the market, make sure to drop in for a spell of Songs….Also, I started a new blog, because I really don’t think I have enough to keep up with on the web… check it out if ya like http://lindsayferguson.blogspot.com/ Anyway, that’s it for now, short and sweet, unless you go to my blog link and read that!!! Hahaaaaa… it’s a beautiful sun shiny day out there… Enjoy xox