(You may recall that Diogenes, the Greek Cynical philosopher, was said to travel the land by day and night holding a lit lantern, in search of an honest man. According to the legend he never found one.)

In September of 2001, Polly and engineer Jeff Davis of Lucky Dog Studio began work on this album...and Polly experienced the September 11th tragedy while rather far from home! Pictures taken of her on that day, during sessions (the only appropriate thing to do was work, it seemed) show she was a little bit preoccupied.

In July of 2002, Polly completed Diogenes, finalizing the ten tracks recorded in September of 2001 and recording two new ones from scratch.

She has fond memories of Lucky Dog Studio (on whose floor she slept on both visits) and the local atmosphere in Eugene, Oregon. One night after a long day of recording, a dramatic thunderstorm hit Eugene. A house half a block from the studio was actually struck by lightning! Polly doesn't get to see very many things like that in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Here is the Diogenes track listing: