Jan 21, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
I took this photo on a walk through town the other day. It was a beautiful, crisp evening, the sky was clear and I came upon this glowing front yard light show which spoke to me of hope. These are scary times, and so many are struggling for so many reasons. How do we...Jan 14, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
It’s hard to stay present right now. I either feel vaulted into the future at warp speed, accompanied by a mounting sense of doom, or find myself lamenting over opportunities lost, longing for how it was in those golden (?) “Before Times”. And yet I...Jan 7, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
Throwback 2020 (Kimberly Barber, March 2020) I considered not posting this week, because I’ve just about had it with this COVID business. Remember 2020? I do. I remember how isolated I felt, how hopeless it all seemed, how we were all trying to buoy one another...Dec 24, 2021 | Singing and Self Blog
It’s been quite a week. Omicron, the latest version of this hellish Coronavirus, is wreaking havoc on everything. It’s exposing global inequalities (yet again), it’s demonstrating our seeming inability to roll with the punches (while it’s...Dec 17, 2021 | Performance, Singing and Self Blog
It’s been a rough week or two. My fledgling relationship ended, Omicron hit, classes in January are remote (after being announced as fully in-person for the first time in 2 years), and everybody’s Christmas parade of visits has gotten rained on. But! I am...