Category: current events

Stand Back and Breathe

.Reading time 11 minutes.

I have lately been so heartbroken and angry about all that has happened in the last week (last months, last years). When I see George Floyd’s face it is all I can do to not cry. And today one of my friends told me she hasn’t touched, let along hugged, another person since March 11 […]

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What have you got?

.Reading time 8 minutes.

I keep reminding myself to ask – what’s the gift? There is definitely the gift of going deep (no choice?), getting real, and looking fear and anger directly in the eye and allowing it’s expression by asking – what have you got?

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“rock potluck” – making music for making music

.Reading time 5 minutes.

I am really excited and humbled to be representing the Conduits for this project. For me, this is a great way to give back to my community. Kids need to be encouraged to keep their creative dreams alive, we all do. And when we know our dreams are valued, it can make all the difference to continue moving forward.

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AFP Breaks My Heart ~ American Sentence (lost) Day 85 of 108

.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Amanda Fucking Palmer blows my mind and my heart. She is relentless in her raw vulnerability, an inspiration, an ardent champion for humanity in all its passion and messiness and ugliness and real-ness.

There is no intermission. Only life.

Photo of Amanda Palmer in Ireland by Stephanie Zakas

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