KiKi Says
House Panther. | Special Monster.
Positive affirmations from an impossibly beautiful creature.

THIS GUY | i’m so proud of my handsome, talented husband, Jeff Freling! When I say this guy can do it all, I mean it. He’s a rock ‘n’ roller, a film composer, an orchestral arranger, he plays in pit orchestras for every kind of music and theater production, he lays down the low notes in a country band, he’s got jazz chops, and this week he got to peKauffman Center for the Performing Artshe @kansas city symphony and the @lyric opera at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts! ❤️ (and my stars, he’s got great hair)

AGING GRATEFULLY | thank you to all my friends and family near and far who sent best wishes for my next trip around the sun. You made this person feel special and seen. Thank you!
I was thinking this morning about the axiom of aging gracefully, and decided that I want to age gratefully. ❤️

IRELAND | we’re on our way! Jeff, Beau, and I are headed to the Emerald Isle for an Ensemble Ibérica destination concert trip with 27 music and art lovers. ❤️🍀 We’ll meet our Irish co-host? Brendan tomorrow and the rest of the group meets Monday. Stay tuned for posts from our musical adventures!

So much laughing with these dear friends! Beanie, I love you! ❤️ I love watching my friends perform.

This is what fun, friendship, and literally, Joy, looks like. Feeling immense gratitude for the talented people in my life. Thank you to everyone that came to the @victorandpenny show Saturday night! ❤️ And huge thanks to the Green Guitar for providing this incredible listening venue.

KIDDENS | what is sweeter than a fuzzy little kitten? We have had the joy of socializing four little kittens from our neighborhood. Their mama is a neighborhood stray, and she brought these four kittens over once they were weaned. (side note: yes, we are working to capture and spay mama.) We’ve been feeding the kittens, playing with them, introducing the litter box, etc. We’re getting ready to have them spayed and neutered and soon they will be ready for adoption. Let me know if if anybody is interested in one of these little sweet ones.

GOODBYES ARE HARD | we spent the last two days in the country. Drove to the beautiful town of Trim, stayed in an historic Airbnb in an historic town. ~ Castles and keeps. Rivers and sheep. ~ I love it here. We went down to the ocean shore and walked across the sand at low tide. Played trivia with locals in a traditional pub that’s 150 yrs old, but the original pub license and structure are from 1300s (not a typo). The conversation and craic haven’t changed much, I think. One last night in our neighborhood pub for stew and pints, then back to Dublin in the morning for a flight home.
Good news: we found the venue in Dublin we were looking for. Come with us next April, and discover this marvelous culture for yourself.
Ensemble Ibérica | https://ensembleiberica.org/ireland/









