Jan 26 2021
Applause still resounds from balconies at shift change…signs proclaim gratitude in yards across the country…firsthand accounts appear in newspapers…yet we can’t thank health care workers enough.
I was inspired to write We’ll Hold the Light from my front row seat…
Aug 25 2020
How amazing is it that the 100th anniversary of the women’s right to vote falls during an election year? What a great reminder to exercise and protect this right!
To honor this Centennial, Linda and I cooked up a Facebook…
Jul 21 2020
How have these times changed you? Even as I ask, I doubt any of us can fully answer. I suspect we’ll be unravelling the impact of this pandemic for decades.
Living with an invisible, unprecedented threat has brought with new…
Jun 7 2020
"This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can...reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah.' " ~Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah (n.) – an…
May 15 2020
When Linda cooked up the idea of recording a live CD, my insides clenched. I proceeded to be nervous for the next four months.
You see, I’m a card-carrying perfectionist. I love performing and sharing music live, but “what happens…
Apr 12 2020
Five-year-old me is rocking back and forth on her heels. All dressed up, I am waiting to meet Santa Claus for the first time. The line for the elevator at this department store in downtown St. Louis is long. My…
Mar 19 2020
My dream was crystal clear. A woman was falling from a tall skyscraper in slow motion right in front of me. I watched helplessly from across the street. Unable to I avert my eyes, I was horrified and also confused—why…
Feb 20 2020
Consider the bear...
* Bears hibernate up to 7½ months without eating, drinking, urinating or defecating. They have an amazing self-contained system that enables them to recycle their own water and retain bone strength and muscle mass.
* During hibernation…
Jan 18 2020
My word of intention for this new year is “gutsy.” I originally toyed with “fearless” but decided that a certain amount of fear will be my companion if I’m living right. Choosing gutsiness, I’m declaring “Hats Off to 2020!”
“Do…
Dec 16 2019
“The music is not in the notes, but the silence in between.” ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I distinctly remember the moment the Kindermusik teacher told us moms and little ones that the rests are just as important as the notes…
Nov 19 2019
We are creatures of habit, aren’t we?
Most of us drive to work the same way, hang out with the same people, and follow familiar routines. We seek patterns and predictability to help us make sense of the world.
But…
Oct 24 2019
I’m currently writing a song called “Not Enough Time in a Lifetime”, but I haven’t had enough time to finish it. Seriously.