My latest project is a planned album called 'Pantheon' where I do a more modern take on the Greek gods. Sometimes though I like to go straight to the source. So this song describes a summoning of the witch-goddess Hekate as accurately as I can make it. Enjoy - but preferably not at midnight at a crossroads!

The wind ghosts through branches Bare of leaf, slick with dew Full moon reigns over the hard-edged stars In a sky of midnight blue Throws twisted shadows on the rutted dirt Where two roads join and part Like tortured souls in a frozen trance Who wait for their dance to start They buried suicides six feet deep The unhallowed souls of the lost There for the goddess to claim and keep Where these two byways crossed Now darkness takes a firmer shape Ripples like smoke into fur An ember-eyed hound stands there four-square Where once empty shadows were A sigh stirs dust from the ancient path In the light of a pale moonbeam Three shadows stretch from the crossroad's heart Unreal as a fevered dream Like breath held too long the stillness breaks Soft as a spider's thread Where none had burned now three flames leap From the kingdom of the dead Terrifying in her beauty, Framed in the wild torchlight Hekate of the Underworld Child of the star-filled Night Triple-bodied, she owns the dark Maiden and mother and crone No plea nor prayer could bring her forth She answers need alone. The honey and the keys await The fruits of sacrifice Who called the goddess here and why In what need and at what price? True ruler of the darkest night The mistress of sorcery The demon lady of the pale moonlight Goddess, queen and mystery Terrifying in her beauty, Framed in the wild torchlight Hekate of the Underworld The child of star-filled Night

With the forests and mountains all around, it's great to go hiking there. I hope this one captures some of that feeling.

Walk with me - there's a pathway In the shadow of the spruce and mountain pine The sun's not yet high above the mountain And today should be yours and mine I know you'll tell me that you're busy You've people to see and things to sign You can't make memories in an office As you can amid the spruce and mountain pine Walk away, walk away, give yourself today Come out where the air is sweet and pure You don't know what we'll find When the world is yours and mine In the shadow of the spruce and mountain pine Stay with me - there's a cabin Over by that wild hemlock tree Let's pretend that the world ends at this valley And there's no-one in the world but you and me Whatever might become of tomorrow Nobody can take away today We can leave our hearts here in the mountains For the mountains will never go away Why not stay - why not stay? Give yourself today Out here where the air is sweet and pure You don't know what we'll find When the world is yours and mine In the shadow of the spruce and mountain pine

Late at night is great to chill out literally and metaphorically.

In the shadowed stillness In the glow of firelight I sit beside the window On a quiet winter's night Snowflakes fall in silence On rooftops layered white The wind's a soft-sung lullaby In the quiet of the night With the tang of woodsmoke in the air I trace your name on frosted glass Looking out on ice and pine As the quiet moments pass Midnight in the mountains Where the soft wind sighs Woodsmoke rises through the trees Toward the snow-filled skies You're out beyond those snowy peaks And in the firelight glow The memories you left behind Are covered by the snow The firelight dances on the walls Like your ghost upon the stone Outside, the pines stand sentinel For a heart that's left alone Midnight in the mountains A cabin in the trees Woodsmoke rising through the pines Fades like memories Darkness holds the whole world still The crackling fire the only sound Content in the warm of a quiet home And the mountains all around The seasons turn like pages In a book I never close I read you in the silence Of the winter snows Sound would clutter the stillness Where silence speaks to the heart Two souls at peace together In worlds so far apart The embers glow as sleep draws near Through the clouds the stars appear

Think you have problems with dating, try this.

I was working at the blood bank when someone caught my eye Tall and pale and elegant Though a somewhat older guy We went out for cocktails And he poured himself a drink He called it a Bloody Mary Which should have made me think I should have known, should have guessed This guy wasn't like the rest I'm dating one of the unholy undead Spending my nights with a vampire Called Fred life sucks! We only go out after dark, Stroll through graveyards, not the park Dinner dates are a total flop He stares at my jugular - nonstop Holding out under the strain I'm trying not to love in vein If he tries to love in my arteries too He'll find garlic in his stew I should have known, should have guessed This guy wasn't like the rest I'm dating the unholy undead Spending my nights with a vampire called Fred (Frederik Theophobe Haemophagus von Fledermaus!) love sucks! If we go out during the day It's high factor sunscreen all of the way I follow him with a beach umbrella Like some gothic Cinderella So many times I've had to straighten his tie He can't use a mirror Like a normal guy He's not exactly great in bed We cuddle up in his coffin instead I should have known, should have guessed This guy wasn't like the rest I'm dating one of the unholy undead Spending my nights with a vampire called Fred (Frederik Theophobe Haemophagus von Fledermaus!) love sucks! 'She's coming for dinner' He told his mother Our only meeting - We won't have another Because Freddie sort of forgot to reveal That I wasn't supposed to be the meal I didn't know what I should take So naturally I brought a stake Dating a vampire you Learn a few tricks Like a girl's best friend Is her crucifix I should have known, should have guessed This guy wasn't like the rest I'm dating one of the unholy undead Spending my nights with a vampire Called Fred life sucks! That was the end Of Freddie and me I told him 'Fangs for the memory' Now I neck with fellows Who don't bite And I don't wake up With bats in the night But sometimes, just for kicks I still wear my crucifix Life Rocks!

This is a late night smoochy jazz number. The music is romantic but the song is not.

You play such a pretty game dear I hope I was worth your while Now since I'm going to leave you Let's say goodbye with style We had a very good affair Though I wasn't keeping score I think you'll find it hard to tell Who used the other more In the soft twilight we'll say our goodbye That last embrace where dreams go to die No burning passion in that cool night air But one last time, pretend you care But we had enchanted moments Beneath the star-filled skies We lay back in each other's arms And told such lovely lies Talked of love and romance With just lust in our eyes In the soft twilight we'll say our goodbye That last embrace where dreams go to die No burning passion in that cool night air But one last time, pretend you care Some day you'll find a pretty girl With flowers in her hair Lead her to some enchanted bower Find true romance waiting there But in the meantime sweetheart Cupid will understand If we choose to manage our affairs Without his helping hand.