May 22, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
I thought I might be on a roll last week; I talked of emerging from a cocoon, butterfly-like. I had grand plans that I would begin practicing bit by bit. Maybe even start gently: ten minutes. Fifteen minutes. Twenty minutes. I had one day where I spent some time doing...May 15, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Wake me up when it’s spring (my garden: May 14, 2020) I just got tired of titling what had become a weekly “in isolation” series in relation to, well, isolation.* I’m sick of it. You’re sick of it. We’re all sick of it. And...May 8, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Some days it’s about all we can do to keep our heads above water. Other days, we feel an inkling of hope. Often it’s in the stillness that we are able to hear the voice of truth inside of us. I heard a quote last night that resonated with this very...May 1, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Will it ever end? That’s the $24,000 question. And not just if, but how? One thing seems for sure, though: Rest is Assured (that is, if we are able to quiet all that inner turmoil). We are being asked to upend all of our routines, let go of many of the things...Apr 24, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
It’s a time of excavation. Everything is lying dormant in this Time of COVID, like the earth in my garden awaiting the promise of spring. Many of my students, who would normally be making final preparations for their graduating recitals and final oral exams at...Apr 17, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
A cave to hibernate in Here we are, five weeks in. It’s almost starting to become routine. Wake up, listen to the mostly bad news, drink coffee, read the paper, eat, sit at the computer, have an online meeting, eat, listen to more news, have another meeting, go...
