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Coming to You from Salzburg, Austria!
Hello from Mozart’s Birthplace! I’m here in Salzburg, Austria for a concert that is TWO dreams come true – a dream from decades ago. Folks in Europe: Come to the concert: https://www.philharmoniesalzburg.at/en/tickets/ Read the Press Release:...
The Golden Cage – The Leap from Page to Stage
I’m thrilled to tell you about a new project – and it’s the reason you may not have heard from me for a while – it’s all about my life-long passion project, the musical “THE GOLDEN CAGE,” which has just been selected for the new “CreateTheater Series” in...
Crisis creates Connection
Crisis creates connection. It’s true. When I was a kid I was in a major earthquake. Folks who’d lived through World War II thought we were being bombed – that’s what it was like. I’ll never forget how open people were the day or two...
Labor Day ~ Who Helps YOU Remember?
I first learned about the labor movement when I got my first union job, years ago as a harpist with “Danny Yale & the Regency Strings” at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. Here’s me at work – probably when I was around 25 or 26 –...
Eclipse watching in the Neighborhood
Who says you gotta have TOTALITY to have fun?? Here in the Boston area we had an incredible time with our 63%. Here I am ready for the show – note my backup pair of eclipse-glasses stuffed into my shirt … I am a woman who takes no chances with the...
We All Enter Slimy
I’ve just started the process of editing the first level of “Hip Harp Academy” my year-long pre-jazz program for harp players. That means that Mackenzie, my school administrator and I, are going back through content of the 10+ programs that make up the...
A Master-Luthier, a Beloved Friend – Jim Mouradian
Last night I learned that my beloved friend Jim Mouradian died suddenly, while waiting to go on stage for an encore. My sense of loss was complete. This man was truly loving, beloved and an incredible craftsman. I went to the web to try to find more and stumbled on...
Thanksgiving at the Burnt Food Museum
As you may or may not know, I am the curator and founder of the Burnt Food Museum at BurntFoodMuseum.com – and this is one of my favorite stories anyone has sent me about burnt food – and it’s Thanksgiving themed: “I put a turkey into the oven...
Embracing Paris
In a world of virtual connection, is there such a thing as the power of a virtual embrace? Share on X I don’t know what it’s like where you live, but here in the Boston area, the news has been filled with what happened in Paris last Friday – and...
