Oct 30, 2020 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
Morning Sunrise, October 2020 A new habit I’ve formed is to go for a morning walk, preferably as soon as I get up. At the moment, I sometimes even start before the sun comes up. I have taken to snapping photos of images that strike me on these walks, especially...Oct 23, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Moss, lichen, ferns, seedlings, leaves, bark, pine needles: seen on the Bruce Peninsula (October 2020) I’m discovering the divine in the small things. Once I thought I needed to be grandiose, expansive, powerful and explosive in order to be heard and valued....Oct 9, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
My (im)perfect offering This week Leonard Cohen’s Anthem has been resounding in my brain: “ring the bells that still can ring/forget your perfect offering/there’s a crack, a crack in everything/that’s how the light gets in”. I’ve...Oct 2, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Early morning sumach turning colour Sept. 2020 “Let beauty awake”, the title of one of the Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams came to mind as I sat down to write… These days seem so full and there is so much to learn, to do, to adapt to. Where...Sep 25, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
This has been an exhausting, exhilarating, infuriating, exciting, exasperating and thrilling past two weeks. We started back at the university, completely remotely, and trying out all kinds of new ways of teaching and learning, with mixed but mostly good results....Sep 11, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
My new rhythm seems to be every two weeks now. I always think of writing every Thursday night, but some Thursdays it appears I am overwhelmed, distracted or just don’t seem to find the space for this. But today’s space belongs to other voices. Today was...
