Category Archives: singing

Good morning. Ten things:

… And it’s a balmy Seven Degrees here in the Frozen Mountaintops. Frozen nose and fingers. From taking the garbage to the curb. It’s not that far away. … Started reading the first Stephen King book (fiction, that is – I read ON WRITING and was thrilled) in more than twenty years this weekend. It’s...

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REVIEW! CONCERT EDITION!

Okay, don’t go falling off your chair in surprise. I didn’t really go to a concert. Not lately, anyway. I watched one. This one. I know. It doesn’t make me any cooler. But it is so, so good, and I want to tell you everything in the world that I thought of it. Ready? Go....

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This is Fun.

I’m a real substitute teacher. It’s fun. It is. I still have a 5000 words/week writing goal. There will be weeks I don’t make it. And that will have to be okay. But I made it last week. And today I get to teach Kid 4′s class. Which is adorable in all its first-grade glory....

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Nothing Christmassy about it

I have a small amount of inexplicable guilt that today’s post has nothing to do with writing, and nothing to do with Christmas, and nothing even to do with Kid 4, who turns 7 tomorrow (I know – we’re giddy with anticipation, too). It’s just that I heard a song on the radio this morning,...

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Ready, Set, Practice

I went to my first rehearsal for “Joseph” tonight, and it was fun. Fun, I tell you! We sang songs. Lots of loud songs. My throat muscles are tired. Music makes me happy. Funny music makes me happier. Groovy music? Happiest. This is going to be good. And now if I could only get all...

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