
Forest of Bliss is a house, a way, and an ongoing experiment
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Join us to round out the summer with Tenderbellies and, oh yeah, the pot luck! Tenderbellies belongs to this generation’s string band musicians that are bringing fresh perspectives to acoustic music. They play the good old stuff and have knit their varied influences – the blues, hints of jazz, and rock – into the endlessly…
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These two are old friends and you can feel that when you hear them play together. G and Hilary went to high school together. She says that G helped convince her to study music in college. Since the two of them graduated in 2024, I keep seeing them playing places with a gaggle of equally…
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For us, listening to recorded music usually brings on a state of amazement that humans can do that. What’s different about hearing live music is that it is spending time with people who you wish lived next door so that you could hang out with them more often. We developed a little crush on this…
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Tying hope to a future, to preferred outcomes is a prescription for grief. But giving up hope might just be what some folks would like to see. Here’s a song by Laurie Lewis from us, a couple of amateur singers, that expresses a way to hope together.

We have a simple aim in mind: live a little more each day in such a way that when we die, we have few regrets. Not a life of more, but a life that is rich, deep, and connected to people, those we love and whoever we encounter.
Take a look at Laurelyn’s art and consider joining us for a house concert.