Her decision to put these online (7 Small Winter Songs has only previously been available at her shows) was made in part to give fans more material and a look into her creative process.

But, also to further promote her latest full-length, World So Sweet, which came out earlier this fall.

Of 7 Small Winter Songs she said: "I wrote these songs in one day, and recorded them in three, in the middle of recording Half Hours with the Lower Creatures. It started out as a kind of joke and challenge I made to a friend, who declined to participate. I suggested we each try to write ten holiday songs in a single day. I decided to plow forward and did write ten songs in all, but wound up recording just these seven. I had to re-learn the songs just to record them and, later, to play them live. It's a strange feeling to write things so fast you forget them an hour later. I've grown to really love these little songs that started on a whim. I like the little bit of melancholy in them, but also the memories of snow, warmth, cold, and all the stuff of the holidays."

Of Songs Without A Home she says: "These are some old songs that my engineer and producer, Jeff Stuart Saltzman, suggested I get down during a little break in recording World So Sweet. We just set up a chair and a mic in his living room and ran straight through the songs. My poor fingers - I hadn't played a guitar in a very long while, and it shows. I have no idea what to do with these songs, or their brethren (who are legion). Thanks for listening!"