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Happy New Year, Friends!! Thank you so much for making The Tazewell Beauty Queen's own Uncle Roy Lee so happy! He's received over 75 cards since my December post and his room in assisted living is bright and cheerful with kind messages and even some socks from you! The whole Jewell Ridge Family thanks you for bringing our May Day King so much joy! Love to you all!

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Wishing you a beautiful Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year! I am heading out of internet range for the next two weeks. See you in the New Year. I plan to be more in touch 2017 than I have been as of late. Thank you for all of the kind notes, calls, and emails of friendship over the last few months. Hugs!

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Four more shows on the Way Out West Tour – Jeni Hankins with Craig & Alison Moynihan-Eastman! Come on out and dance a jig with us and sing along! Saturday, Nov 12, Sun City Library, Menifee, 1 pm Sunday, Nov 13, Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena, 2 pm Saturday, Nov 19, Fiddlers Crossing, Tehachapi, 7 pm Sunday, Nov 20, Russ & Julie's House Concerts, 7 pm See you there! Photo of our Napa Concert by Mike Crosby! Thanks, Mike!

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Next up on the Way Out West Tour, a house concert in San Mateo hosted by the wonderful Steve Eulberg! Wednesday, Oct 26! I hear there might be some dancing....http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=25eac968287b70cf12193923b&id=0274806679&e=%5BUNIQID%5D

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New songs! Radio day.

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2200 miles in the world's cutest rental car and here I am in Los Angeles! First concert of the Way Out West Tour tonight at The Living Tradition in Anaheim. Come along!

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Wonderful friends and fans, we have had to cancel our September tour because I have a virus which affects my mouth and the medication I was prescribed for it is making me sick, but I do have to take it for the next three weeks to shake this this thing. I had to give this decision serious thought over this past weekend, but I've had the virus since May, done two very intense tours while coping with it, and I think I need to face the fact that I'm only going to get better with rest and the right medicine. We will do our best to reschedule these appearances! Hugs!

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Will we love the land like our beloved or will we scar it with our greed? One of my essays from our travels out west in the Napa Valley is sadly still relevant today. The people of the watershed continue the fight to save their mountain from decimation. Solidarity, Peter and Annette. http://napavalleyregister.com/news/opinion/mailbag/visiting-wild-napa-valley-a-traveler-s-view/article_34541ad9-49c5-55b8-b292-7f291b45ace5.html

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Back home in Nashville for just a day or two before our Jonesborough and Johnson City, TN, concerts this weekend. The first time I've set foot in the house in four months and two days. First time coming home and seeing Dad in everything. Taking refuge in laundry and unpacking. Wrote a new song this morning. And I'm remembering that Dad being in everything means that he's right here wherever I am, always.

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Hi friends! I'm taking a week off to do some writing, reading, and sewing. And, I'm taking a break from all but essential email and social media, too. Thanks to everyone who has written, called, and spoken with me about Dad. I've been so grateful for the chance to honor him in songs and stories this past week. He would have been tickled by it all. Have a great week and see you next Sunday! P.S. I didn't sew this. Isn't it great -- a vintage handkerchief belonging to my good friend Olive.

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Finishing up a wise owl cushion for our house concert tonight in Kennett Square.

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The first review of our new album, Heart of the Mountain, by my fellow songbird Susie Glaze! Twenty-seven tracks including songs, spoken word, and instrumentals. Available at shows or via PayPal if you send $24 to jeniandbilly@gmail.com. Will be on CDBaby and iTunes in a couple of weeks. If you go via PayPal, let me know if you'd like it signed and how. http://folkworks.org/reviews/folkworks-cd-reviews/46213-heart-of-the-mountain-200-years-of-an-appalachian-family

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A memory of one of the best cities in the world. Window at W.Stitch & Company, Berwick Street, London -- a place straight out of Dickens and where Mr. Stitch played his part to a T.

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If only we had such magical mending services in the USA, we could employ them to patch our hearts. We will miss our British friends so much. Big Ben sized thanks to you all for making this our best tour yet! Here we go!

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Had a blast last night in Dundee! Come along to our last three concerts of our UK tour. Saturday, 2 July, Woodend Gallery, Scarborough Sunday, 3 July, Conwy, North Wales Bluegrass Festival Monday, 4 July, Conwy Folk Club

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See you tonight at the Dundee Acoustic Music Club, The Newport, 1 High Street, Newport on Tay, Fife. Doors 7:30, Concert 8.

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There's nothing like your first pair of shiny red rain boots - Wellingtons! Come out and take shelter from the rain and go up on the mountain with us at Saint Anne's in Ings near Windermere today. Doors 2:30, concert at 3. Sunday, July 26.