It's a new month, a new day, and anything is possible, including world peace and maintaining democracy — despite the stiff headwinds —which is why I'm sending you a photo of me floating through the cosmos. It's easy to feel discouraged, but as the great Patti Smith sings "the people have the power." That's you and that's me, and that's why I'm continuing to sing and makes songs amid it all, including tomorrow in Niles, and this weekend on the radio (from Berkeley) and onstage in Alameda. Voices matter, votes matter. Join me!  Deborah