Rachel Ries

I've been playing so much music I'm getting my calluses back and my wrist aches!  Good good pain!

I've also spent much time mulling over the word "Retreat."  It really isn't accurate in the least.  Sequestering yourself within the work of writing feels far more like charging into battle, intent on facing the darkest within, yet hellbent on making it out to the rise on the other side.  This is no retreat. 

Can you tell by my analogy that I've also been reading Game of Thrones?  I've had to make myself stop due to productivity and sleep levels.

Mostly I want to direct you over here to listen and download my song for week one: "Holiest Day."  Next Monday I'll wind back down out of the mountains to sit here at the Tellico Plains Library and offer up a song for week two. 

Now I'm going to treat myself to a diner meal on Main Street!

Warm wishes,

rachel