So this was odd. My husband and I were idling in the pizzeria last Friday, waiting for our slices to come out of the oven, when the song changed on the radio. And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom Let it be “I love …
“How do you combine 26 different letters to change a person’s breathing?” –Bret Anthony Johnston This was my fave quote from the Luther College Writers Festival in Iowa last weekend, where I got to hear hearty & inspiring talks by the writer above, plus Erik Larson, Charles Baxter, and Jane Hamilton, and panels moderated by Keith Lesmeister …
The nights are cricketful lately, savory fire in the good clean air. September, you just beg a backyard fire and making some music with my love. I asked Rob for “Wild Horses” and he went and learned it that very day. The children slept upstairs and we sat out back and made this little recording.
A couple of sad songs for summer’s end. And a benediction on the cusp of fall: May your September be savory, refreshing all that needs refreshing. PS These were recorded on an iPhone… after practicing them, oh, three times or so. It’s music for the joy of it. “Sarah” (Bob Dylan) Vocals and guitar: Eli …
A little musical Christmas present. Singing here with the poet Elijah Burrell. Enjoy.
Viola and voice: June Gervais. Coos and grunts: Milo, one month old. I first learned “Little Beggar Man” at age 18, from a Clancy Brothers album I listened to about a hundred times in a row on the five-hour drive between Long Island and Vermont. I loved it because it was fast and …
My three-year-old had been pleading for “a girl baby” for months, and shortly after we rang in the New Year, my husband and I consented to try. On Valentine’s Day, I learned I was pregnant. Around the first day of spring, we went for our first ultrasound. I waited for the ultrasound technician to say, See …