Pablo Neruda said, “Hands make the world each day.” Naturally they have made for songs as well. “Sing me a new song; the world is transfigured and all the heavens rejoice.” - Friedrich Nietzsche Here’s a selection of songs for hands:
Read MoreAgain and again the song takes over the body of the singer, and after a while the body of the circle of listeners…
Read More“The future’s always been envious of us. We get to exist. It has to live in the confusing world where every dream
comes true…”
40 years ago I worked at Lake Bluff Health Center in a Chicago suburb for a year. There I met the understated, surprising, and lovable character, Joe Vecchio.
Read MoreGrowing up in Chicago, my family early on was friends with the Sahlins – Bernie Sahlins, his wife, Fritzie and their daughter, Lee. Bernie Sahlins became well-known for being, with his wife and others, a founder of “The Second City,”
Read MoreWhere would be without the goodness, truth and beauty conveyed by books and music that we loved, that shaped and inspired our lives?
Read MoreMusic expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. - Victor Hugo
Read More““All movement is to invisible music although few people hear it. It comes from the sun and the wind and the movement of water…
Read MoreAt Newport Folk Festival in 1963, I was not quite 16 years old. By my parents’ grace, I was staying all by myself at a hotel for the duration of the festival….
Read More“May all beings enjoy happiness and the causes of happiness…”
Read MoreGrace in the blues and a memory of playing with Muddy Waters’ pianist, the great Otis Spann…
Read MoreYou say the leg support the body, but have you seen the seed in the ankle whence the body grows….
Read MoreFeathers - in hope, music, and flight
Read MorePoem written for my father on father’s day many years ago….
Read MoreMy friend and mentor, Michael Bloomfield, passed away long ago but he is an enduring, inspiring influence in my life.
Read MoreWe think we get over things. We don’t get over things….
Read MoreHow do you carry a dream in a broken world?
Read MoreOne dream does not have strength to live without all dreams, connected to things we care about.
Read MoreSoon after the quarantine began I felt like music, as much or more than words, might be helpful…
Read MoreI said to the wanting-creature inside me: “What is this river you want to cross?”….
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