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The Parable of the Sower
The thrill of being at Lincoln center
On a balmy summer night
To catch a new opera
Octavia L Butler’s Parable of the Sower
The thrill of live music
Gorgeously sung and played
The power of a carefully positioned light
The power of bodies in space
The power of storytelling
The power of a narrator who can speak to the audience and comment on the action within and outside the literal and figurative walls
And bring the play
Written thirty years ago and set next year
To the immediacy of today
Post apocalyptic America
And still we sing.
On a balmy summer night
To catch a new opera
Octavia L Butler’s Parable of the Sower
The thrill of live music
Gorgeously sung and played
The power of a carefully positioned light
The power of bodies in space
The power of storytelling
The power of a narrator who can speak to the audience and comment on the action within and outside the literal and figurative walls
And bring the play
Written thirty years ago and set next year
To the immediacy of today
Post apocalyptic America
And still we sing.
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Home Theatre
On today’s at home bill
Leonard Bernstein playing Rhapsody in Blue at Carnegie Hall
The musicAeterna orchestra playing Beethoven’s Symphony No 7 in the Ancient Greek Delphi Theatre with the aptly named Sasha Waltz and dancers
Flitting through the ruins
Leonard Bernstein playing Rhapsody in Blue at Carnegie Hall
The musicAeterna orchestra playing Beethoven’s Symphony No 7 in the Ancient Greek Delphi Theatre with the aptly named Sasha Waltz and dancers
Flitting through the ruins
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Aglow
A scrumptious dinner
Opposite Central Park
On a steamy summer night
With a wonderful friend
Deciding to wander through the park
Instead of going straight home
And discovering flocks of fireflies
Dancing with their lights aglow
Opposite Central Park
On a steamy summer night
With a wonderful friend
Deciding to wander through the park
Instead of going straight home
And discovering flocks of fireflies
Dancing with their lights aglow
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Running Warm
Surprised to find
How much I love
Running in the heat.
How much I love
Running in the heat.
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And we're off!
Today was A Day!
I’m buzzing with
Inspiration
And excitement
And encouragement
And feeling like I can do thing
Thankful for Christopher saying he was proud of me
Thankful for Meredith making it all feel possible
Thankful for Hal and Susan and Ebony for being so lovely
Let’s do this.
I’m buzzing with
Inspiration
And excitement
And encouragement
And feeling like I can do thing
Thankful for Christopher saying he was proud of me
Thankful for Meredith making it all feel possible
Thankful for Hal and Susan and Ebony for being so lovely
Let’s do this.
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Bake Off Junior
The earnestness of the kids
The silly playfulness of the grown ups letting down their guard
The b-roll of things dropped and cracked and fudged and oops-ied
Utterly delightful
The silly playfulness of the grown ups letting down their guard
The b-roll of things dropped and cracked and fudged and oops-ied
Utterly delightful
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Wedding
Oh what a joy to be witness
At Ella and Kate’s wedding
Just lovely seeing people who love each other
Come together to share their lives
Meeting new friends
Eating delicious food
Savoring the hot weather
(My Aussie heart loves the heat)
I miss Aaron and Voltaire
But I am here.
At Ella and Kate’s wedding
Just lovely seeing people who love each other
Come together to share their lives
Meeting new friends
Eating delicious food
Savoring the hot weather
(My Aussie heart loves the heat)
I miss Aaron and Voltaire
But I am here.
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The relief
Of finding a new counselor.
Of finding a new counselor.
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Take Flight
My friend inspired a meditation on flight
Imagine you’re told you can fly
And you’re given clearance on the runway
And all you have to do
Is take a breath
And take a few steps
And you’re off
Up and away
Whooooosh
But what if you’re so used to feeling tethered
What if you have been grounded for so long
You’d almost stopped thinking about flight
You’ve looked at the sky and thought
That isn’t for me anymore
That possibility was never mine
But now
The idea of uninhibited flight
Makes your heart catch in your throat
I can fly
You can fly
Off you go.
Imagine you’re told you can fly
And you’re given clearance on the runway
And all you have to do
Is take a breath
And take a few steps
And you’re off
Up and away
Whooooosh
But what if you’re so used to feeling tethered
What if you have been grounded for so long
You’d almost stopped thinking about flight
You’ve looked at the sky and thought
That isn’t for me anymore
That possibility was never mine
But now
The idea of uninhibited flight
Makes your heart catch in your throat
I can fly
You can fly
Off you go.
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Usher Shift
A chance meeting
With a person
Who helped me feel I’m on the right path
And doing the thing
With a person
Who helped me feel I’m on the right path
And doing the thing