I am playing in a songwriter showcase with 3 other songwriters and emcee/ songwriter Andrew Alling at Sacred Root Kava Bar, 103 S. Geneva St., Ithaca, NY, at 7 p.m. March 6. After a hiatus that included restoring an 1840 house in downtown Ithaca, I've been writing new songs, some a departure from the past in that they are instrumental.