GRECCHINOIS
AMONG THE FUCHSIAS
“…The hot, wet, tropical-ish temperatures combined with a little hurricane excitement had me thinking about a beautiful song by the composer Harry Burleigh…The song that kept coming to mind as I navigated the tropical-feeling weather was Burleigh’s Among the Fuchsias, from his collection, Five Songs of Laurence Hope.…”
MAY
“Happy May Day, everyone. I’ve been pretty excited about the arrival of spring lately. It feels filled with extra symbolism these days as more and more of my loved ones are getting vaccinated, and the world seems to be re-emerging into some sort of new ‘normal’. I recently filmed a recital of songs about Springtime…”
NEST
“The weather the past twenty-four hours has been a bit strange here in San Francisco. We had hail late last night, and then despite being sunny much of the day, small rainstorms blew through in my neighborhood intermittently all day. My home in is an ideal place to nest on wet days…”
MOON SONGS
“I am not one for New Year’s resolutions, but 2021 seems to be the year of setting creative challenges for myself. In addition to this 30 day challenge to blog every day this month, I decided that I would try to make a video of a song for each full moon this year, beginning with today’s full moon, which I recently learned is called the ‘snow moon’. Each song will relate to the moon in one way or another - sometimes very obviously, and perhaps sometimes less so...”
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