May 9, 2013 - Asheville. Asheville is a music Mecca. Saw the Wallflowers two nights ago at the Orange Peel preceded by great local music. The town positively oozes it from its streets. I was here for some of my other work - Reclaiming Futures and working to improve outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice system with substance use issues. I've been doing work in that field (juvenile delinquency) for the past twenty years. Its shaped me - informed my music and writing, and, hopefully, has helped our community. Sometimes its difficult to know what you have had a hand in, or whether or not it has been successful. But each of these meetings reinforces that it has made a difference, that it does make a difference. Just a short entry today from the airport, but let me add that in whatever we do - large or small - it is the making of that difference that matters. How one might raise a child, treat a partner, build a community - all of these things matter. So keep it up.