Dear wonderful, beautiful listeners. It's me Janet, Hello from the Palisades here in Los Angeles where the fires happened. I got an airbnb here because I'm having a writing camp, my first writing camp of the year, for my new music that's coming out. And we chose this place because not only is it in my hometown in LA but because it's near the ocean. But most importantly, I chose this location because we want to make beauty out of ashes, a place that suffered so much loss, so much, through
so much pain, so many tears. We want to be able to bring joy into this space and into this location, into this area, raise a freakqu andcy and bring beauty here and bring healing and community and know that even in the midst of darkness, something beautiful can come out of the situation, kind of like the rose that grew through the concrete sort of thing. Kind of like that.
Driving up here was very heavy because I did see homes that were lost completely and I can't even begin to imagine, which prompted me to pray and to pray for people that I don't even know. But I am happy to be here. I'm happy to be surrounded by amazing writers. I'll probably walk in right now into the house so you guys can say hello, or they can say hello to you. Guys. It's a beautiful day. The birds are chirping. The wind feels so nice right now,
blowing through my hair. It feels caressing my cheeks. I'm wearing a leopard print bandana because I didn't wash my hair today. I washed my hair every four days. And I'm wearing a jersey that's yellow and green and it has a big sun in the front of it and a horse. Actually it's not a horse, it's a unicorn. And then my shirt, my shirt says, what does my shirt say? Babe? What does my shirt say? I forgot say true to your north Star? Oh okay, thank you,
stay true to your north star. Thank you. That's our amazing chef. She's at Athena and she's cooking up a storm here for all of us. I said, you know what, I'm gonna treat these people good. I want them to feel appreciated and loved. And we're creating, guys, we're creating new music for you. And I just wanted to say hello and tell you what I was thinking and feeling and just to remind you that I know we all go through tough moments, dark moments, moments of pain and
grief and loss. But I always tell you, guys, we have to keep our eye on the prize, keep our eye on the light at the end of the tunnel because it's there because there is hope, and hope is hold on pain And Okay, guys, I love you, have a beautiful day. Go on, continue with your beautiful day. Make sure to say a prayer, hydrate, wear your seatbelt and that's all. Sincerely, Jinnee