August 2020

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, and I’ve spent several months

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Prayers & Platitudes

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 that there had been yet

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It’s Banned Book Week!

Week 1: The Story of the Song: Open Up So, inspired by a band that I like (The Lost Immigrants), I’ve decided to write a post a week to share a little about the origins of each song on World on Fire. In honor of banned book week, I’m starting with “Open Up”. I wrote “Open Up” about 2 years

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