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Soul on Wax
Don’t know why, but I’m glad that I just received an email from Made Woman Magazine with the last-day-of-women’s-history-month-tribute, “Soul On Wax: History of Women in Music.” Here’s the link: http://www.madewomanmag.com/soulonwax
Posted in Women's History
Tagged Diana Ross, Etta James, Gloria Estefan, Janis Joplin, Lauryn Hill, Music
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Page Proofs
The page proofs arrived for Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship that Changed the World. Since this is the last time I get to make corrections or changes, I went into total obsessive mode for a couple … Continue reading
Colman’s New Album
Today is the release date of my singer/songwriter son’s album, “Swallowed by the Sun COLMAN.” Powerful and evocative, “Swallowed by the Sun COLMAN,” will grab your heart and mind! Listen for yourself at: www.colmanmusic.com
Posted in Relationships and Connections
Tagged "Swallowed by the Sun Colman", Congratulations, Family, Music
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Check it out
Check out “Swallowed by the Sun Colman” at www.colmanmusic.com Listen to “Hollywood, Florida” and join the mailing list. The Colman is my son Jon!
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Tagged "Swallowed by the Sun Colman", Family, Music
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Chusok, or Korean Thanksgiving Festival
I love being a writer for many reasons, including having learning adventures! For example, in writing Thanksgiving: The True Story I attended Chusok, the Korean Harvest, also called Korean Thanksgiving Festival, in a park near my house in northern New … Continue reading
The Indian Hoop Dancer
More from the powwow–this is the Hoop Dancer. My previous post has more details about the powwow and another video.
Powwow
Last night we went to a powwow at the Queens County Farm in Floral Park, NY. It was fabulous. Here’s a clip of Keith (whose last name I didn’t catch, but I’ll try to track down), a Plain Cree from … Continue reading
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Tagged Dance, Music, Powwow, Teaching, Video
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What a Concert
Yesterday morning, Linda came home from the bagel store with the news of a 5:00 p.m. concert at Madison Square Garden in honor of Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday; a once-in-a-lifetime concert, she said, sad that we would miss it. But … Continue reading
Sophie & Yankee Doodle
Where & When: my car, last week What: singing all the verses of “Yankee Doodle” Why: the kindergarten kids are singing it as part of a show I’m navigating traffic & half listening to the lyrics, which I don’t really … Continue reading
End stretch
I’m pressing onward to finish Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, A Friendship That Changed the World. My editor is waiting. Spring break is over, back to teaching 3 classes at Queens next week, plus a author visit at … Continue reading