Musikfest is now celebrating its 30th anniversary. While I have performed at Musikfest several times before (this was my sixth performance here), I had never really experienced the festival itself in all its glory until now. Like many performers, I usually arrive the day of my show, report to the venue for my load-in and sound check/rehearsal, get dressed and ready, perform....and then leave for the next gig. This time [...]
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Train Fever has hit my town and I've caught it. A replica of the steam engine that took Abraham Lincoln to Hanover Junction (York County, PA) on his way to Gettysburg to make the Gettysburg Address has rolled into town. Ten years in the making, the steam engine is going to be offering "history rides" along the Heritage Rail Trail. I live in a small rural PA town, [...]
I was a little girl growing up in suburban New Jersey when I discovered that caring for plants made me feel good. My father planted a few tomato plants in a rose bed that had seen better days. I checked them each day for yellow flowers and watered them until their thirst was quenched. Later in the season we were rewarded with beautiful homegrown Jersey tomatoes. They graced our hamburger [...]
Check out any music artist web site and you will see, hear and read about a stream of accomplishments. My own site will tell you that I was selected to the Steinway Artist Roster! My music was played on PBS! Look at that list of concert tour dates! Things are happening! Success, success, success! What any artist can tell you, if they are honest, is that rejections abound. They happen [...]
I selected my airline ticket itinerary online. Right before the web site took me to the payment screen, and somewhere after entering my cell number (in case the airline had to reach me), I was asked a simple question. Was my trip for business or pleasure? There was a scroll down screen with these two choices. I paused. I had to think. True, I was getting paid to perform a [...]
There are few things in life that rival the pleasure and joy derived from planting a garden. I remember my father tilling the soil around our suburban home in Maplewood, New Jersey with and old iron pitchfork left behind by the original owner of the house, Mr. Stanger. Mr. Stanger left a lot of things behind in the garage, attic and basement of our home. Most of the items in [...]
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I was cleaning out some shelves in the basement today. I cleaned an old train set and listed it on Ebay. I recycled a large box of old scripts from my theater days. And then I saw it. A box marked “Robin’s Letters”. The box was sealed. It must have followed me from move to move over the years. Instead of putting it back on the shelf I decided to [...]
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