vocal connections... future friday

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I love this kind of communal singing, and would love to find people who enjoyed it similarly.

parenting... future fridays

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Now that I am suddenly so much more aware of parenting, these little snippets about parenthood made me smile and excited about all of the un...

with a purpose

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What would you fill in? For me: Sleep! I have been finding a lot of words to put in this blank, but sleep is the one that has been most...

it's words and spaces for words

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After this sad week about yet more gun violence, and being so sad about this terrible cycle, I never know what to say other than expressi...

yet another story to tell

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Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Ma! NPR does this thing called Tiny Desk Concerts where they bring musicians and bands into the office to play behind a...

magic green sauce

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And in case you needed a reminder: magic green sauce is the answer to almost anything and everything one could make in the summer... Peru...

born with music in them

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Liszt Academy in Budapest: "Every child is born with music in them. There is not a single infant who would not be stirred by the musi...

what kind of person do you want to be?... future fridays

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What a heartwarming story. via { twitter }

best bosses

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Totally true! I can think of the exact person I would name as one of the best bosses I have worked for. I hope I can be that for someone ...

dreaming of Italy

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  "It is delicious to be anonymous on a foreign city street." -  Jennifer Grotz , from “ Self-Portrait on the Street of an Unnam...

this is your brain on music

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Brain scans of one of the most famous operatic voices. Interestingly, imagining music represents some of the most complex work. via { f...

behind the frost

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“When First We Faced, and Touching Showed” Behind the moonlight and the frost, The excitement and the gratitude, There stood how much our ...

thoughts on marriage by a veteran couple

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A sweet quote from a picnic tradition I hope to emulate with my partner someday soon... for now, daily FaceTime picnics will have to do. ...

words that paint the world of emotions

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Wonderful lists of wonderful words describing subtle complexities in emotions count among some of my favorite lists to return to. The ...

consciously moving forward

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I loved this art installation, and the questions it produced. Participatory sand installation asks visitors to erase history What Makes ...

PS Please excuse my not mailing this — but I don't know your new address.

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  Oh my goodness, this made my eyes sting like something else. Squeeze your loved ones a few extra times today, and find a little project ...

the "oculus" at the New World Trade Center

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New York City in one of its finer moments. Inside the beautiful new Oculus at the World Trade Center Transportation hub, which features ...

Home is a haven, a soft landing place

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To remember for the future, and to do for myself today. Hope you have a soft place to land today, dear Friends! Happy Sunday! Jenny Ro...

ownership of thought

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This in particular makes me sing one of my favorite children songs, the wonderful "die Gedanken Sind Frei." One of my new favo...

my own life

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This Oliver Sacks article has been making the rounds. A good reminder to pay attention to the bigger picture.