Crashing California

  As some of you may know — or not — I am embarking on a journey to do my own music project. I have no goals or aspirations with it except to craft the songs from my heart and make them available for sonic consumption.   I have wrestled with the "purpose" or  theme for the effort for some time, years actually because in the beginning I wanted the album to be about my dad, or for my dad, or a slap in the face of my Dad, etc., etc, and I finally came to the realization that it doesn't have to be about him at all. His choices have shaped me some, but I don't need to sit in that puddle of mud anymore and so began a "re-drafting" of my project. Since coming back from Dallas almost a year ago (!!) from a life-changing experience thanks to Rita Springer and her DIVE School, I have also been steadily journaling and writing, and becoming a better songwriter I would like to think ... or at least more practiced, and hey, practice can only make better, right? So, ...

I figure we can't ignore our other birdie babies =) Here's a recent video of them singing in the morning =)  Sunny is usually the obnoxious one (as shown here in full glory) Oscar makes a surprise appearance at the end. Sweetpea is the one in the front, who really does live up to her name. Sweetest bird on the block. ... alright, enough about the birds right? Till Next Blog! love, a.

Max enjoying the foam from Jay's latté I know, I know, we've become "those" crazy bird people. Yes, 2013 seems to have been the year of the birds for the Huzil's.  Our little family "flock" has been growing, and growing and our little home is now full of noise, food and poop. It's almost like having real kids. (Although we all know I can't speak completely to this, since we have no kids). I wanted to introduce you to Max (Maxamillion) Our latest—and prob. last ... hopefully last!— addition to the family. Max is a green cheek conure, a small parrot from South America.  He's quite a handful, and WAY more demanding than our little lovies, Sunny, Baby, Oscar and Sweetpea. But he's also, way more interactive, intelligent, and completely hand trained. He is pretty close to having a real little person. He's messy yes, NOT noisy at all (compared to the lovies, really! They can make your ears ring) and demands your attention.  But ...