Good Morning. I recently started a GoFundMe campaign to ask for donations in support of my budding music career. In the first week there have been 3 donations raising a total of $78. Cool!

In Minneapolis, there is a weekly song circle on Wednesday nights from 7-8pm at Wolfe Park, near the playground, that is typically led by Annie and Linnea who are currently on a month-long backpacking trip in Colorado. In their absence, a crew of volunteers have organized to share the song-leading responsibilities and I volunteered to lead 1 song for the first time ever with this group. I chose Shireen Amini’s “You Survived That” which I learned from Noa at a gathering at my home earlier this year. There is a learning curve for leading a group in song effectively, but I felt that it went well. There were approximately 30-40 singers present, including 3 that I had invited. After the singing ended, folks stuck around to chat, and I stayed for another 2 hours finding so much to talk about with friends.

I’m considering an opportunity to travel to Duluth, MN tonight to take a look at the hostel with a friend, and to meet with the current owner who is in town to check-in on the place. I do work at the clinic this afternoon and I am scheduled for Friday as usual in the afternoon too. It would be squeezing a lot of things in, but it might be worthwhile.

On Friday night, I am signed up to give a 90-second pitch as an “entrepreneur” at the Theater in the Round as part of a competition with 2 $1000 rewards that is being organized by a group called “Strangers Meeting Strangers”. That group is organizing for a big event on September 13th at Loring Park. It is likely that I won’t be able to attend on that day.

I did just put an application in for Lyndsey and Carolyn’s “Year in Ceremony” program, in part, to develop my skills as a song leader and event host. There is a high cost associated with the program to support the efforts that they put into organizing the cohort, and the program includes twice monthly online meetings and 4 in-person retreats planned near St. Louis, MO. There are 22 slots and I will find out in early August if I am offered one of them. If so, I am hoping to fundraise at least some program fee through this GoFundMe campaign.

You can find out more, or make a donation by using this link:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/sponsor-leafs-year-in-ceremony-with-lyndsey-carolyn?lid=8bgjo94uhpsd&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TXN_donation_alert&utm_content=fundraiser_page

There is so much more ahead. It is an exciting time. Thanks for reading.