In the middle of the 100 acre woods where I grew up there was a small lake. We called it Spring Lake. There was a trail that went all the way around the lake. There were scary places along the trail like the troll bridge and the witch tree. In the winter we would shovel a patch of snow off the frozen lake and ice skate. In the summer we would paddle canoes. In many ways it was a fantastic place to be young, though I think also that it may have been better in some ways for a kid not to be quite so isolated from other kids. Anyway, it was what it was. On many summer late afternoons huge thunderstorms would come up and rattle their way across the lake and off into the evening. This song is about those storms and the witches and the trolls coming out to dance in the rain. When I was very young, living at Spring Lake, my mother, my sisters and I played recorders - just for fun. I don't remember them not being in the family. 3 or 4 years ago my mother sent these same instruments to me as a gift. The "flute" on this recording is the alto recorder I played as a young child. How nice to be playing it after all this time.

If I could write something - send a message - to the person I was 25 years ago, this would be it.

Someone said to me, "Making that CD must be like a dream come true." In a way, yes, in a way no. To me the expression "dream come true" is like the expression, "winning the lottery." It's wonderful to live in a time and place where affordable technology makes creating a CD in your two-bedroom apartment a practical reality. I didn't make that happen. Often I wake up in the middle of the night with music in my head, and I get up and write down what I'm hearing so that I can remember it. I don't make that happen either, but I understand when something comes to me in this way I need to value it deeply. It's like a call that I have to obey in order to receive a great reward. This song is one of those that called to me in my sleep. A ton of hard work also went into creating this. And when it was finished I discoverd the work had only started, that there's even more hard work in trying to expose people to it. Making this CD taught me all over again about how to make my own dreams come true. A fellow musician wrote me and said, "I envy your accomplishment," and I was honored, but also quite taken aback by that. It's not only amazing what technology can do, but equally amazing what just a little applied discipline and tenacity can do. Along with inspiration and work there was tremendous amount of time spent learning. Going to newsgroups, reading articles, calling and asking people for free advice, not being afraid to say, "I'm not an expert, and I don't know how to do this - can you help?" I'm writing this to tell you that, in case you didn't know, it really is possible to make your dreams come true. Please don't wait for it to happen for you, go out and make it happen! This song is a call to your dreams. I hope all your best ones come true. Peace. Gregory A. Cain - June, 2005