Val

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    Welcome, and reflections on writing.

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    Val

    I’m very excited to share my new and improved website, and to return to posting here. You may notice that I haven’t posted in quite a while. Like everyone else who has been on the roller coaster that was the covid pandemic, my life focus and priorities definitely shifted starting in 2020. Performing live took…

  • August 2020

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    Val

    So, I’ve not been updating here much this year, mostly because I haven’t had much to say about my music. I’ve had plenty to say about many other topics, but I’ve been posting on FB, Twitter, etc. Like many of you, I was horrified by George Floyd’s needless and cruel murder by cop in May,…

  • Prayers & Platitudes

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    Val

    A year ago today, I came downstairs and greeted my husband like on any other morning. The first thing he said was “You’re not going to like the news from Thousand Oaks today”. (It’s the town in California where I grew up, and my parents were still living there.) The first thought I had was…