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We are not alone - 2024 12 04

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Leif was driving off with Mom for an outing in early 2023 (I'm guessing). Mom was clowning around, as she loved to make us laugh. She had such an amazing sense of humour. This song wrote itself during a very impactful and significant time in my life with Mom. I didn't know yet that we were in her final days and weeks.  For days the song has been chiming in my ear, and this morning I heeded the call and made another recording. I guess I just have to keep listening and heeding. Maybe that is my job after all.

My new play station - 2024 12 04

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  We are getting re-organized after our final Neighbourhood Folk gathering for 2024 - Dec 1 at Sunrise Community Association Hall. The instruments, sound gear, photography equipment and hospitality supplies have all been put away (or almost all : ).  Now is time to continue our home-based gatherings to continue the good work of building strength in our households, our neighbourhoods, and our communities. 

We Are Not Alone - 2024 11 25

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Donkey Riding - 2024 11 23

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  A simple work song to help us get something done. 

Hush Now Little Baby - 2024 11 12

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  I am not comfortable with recording or making videos, but that will not stop me from trying!  This song was written when Azriel was a baby. He was not feeling great and having trouble falling asleep.  CHORUS Hush now little baby, don't you cry, your mama will be here bye and bye Hush now little baby, don't you cry, your mama will be here bye and bye VERSE Don't you know this pain will pass? It will not last Don't you know this time will pass? It cannot last  Your mama's here you're not alone You are safe at home Your papa's here he'll hold you close Feel his strength and love

Origins of Welsh folk music - 2024 11 09

"The subject is one of considerable interest, because it leads one to a point where the known and visible things melt away, and forces and influences of a deeper nature are at work. These may be called spiritual and formative; there is a hand guiding, but no one can see any hand; there is a creative mind at function, but it is not the mind of any human being." Morris, Kenneth. The Origin and Nature of Folk Music: As Exemplified in the Welsh National Melodies: Theosophical Classics . Lamp of Trismegistus. Kindle Edition. 

On My Own - 2024 11 05

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  It is an early evening now that the clocks have changed. I'm home alone. Matt is down at Nahanni's farm helping her get fencing in to keep the coyotes from picking off stray chickens. The fence will allow her two Great Pyrenees guardians to roam the property outside the donkey corral. This is the song I wrote after Mom passed. I worked on it during the weeks while we waited for her cremated remains to come home. Tom and I played it on the day we brought her remains home. I'm not used to playing alone. It isn't my favourite way to play music. I guess I am a social musician. I enjoy music-making the most when I can play with others.  When I am alone, it is easy to fall into the trap of self-consciousness and perfectionistic expectations that have no bearing on the reality of who I am, what I can do, and what I am doing. This evening the next right thing to do was to set up my camera and plug in my ubass. This recording isn't perfect, but will they ever be?  I got it...