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Bedtime at Fernwood
Quite a ruckus most nights getting ALL to bed. There are the usual night-time chores — putting on pajamas, brushing teeth, getting water bottles filled with ice and water, arranging stuffed animals and blankets — it can sometimes take quite a while. But when we’re done, and the lights go off, relaxation falls over everyone …
Say Their Names, Honor Their Fight For Equal Rights
In this great American experiment, we must rely on the fundamental ideals the founders laid out in the beginning. After that initial revolution that birthed the United States of America, some eighty years later, we fought a civil war to solidify the course of our country. We are at a similar, if not as …
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Hamilton: Redemption, and Honor, Failed. In the End, Who Tells Your Story?
Best of Wives and Best of Women (Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast)[ELIZA]Alexander, come back to sleep[HAMILTON]I have an early meeting out of town[ELIZA]It's still dark outside[HAMILTON]I know. I just need to write something down[ELIZA]Why do you write like you're running out of time?[HAMILTON]Shhh[ELIZA]Come back to bed. That would be enough[HAMILTON]I'll be back before you know …
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Hamilton: Two Songs, Different Perspectives, One Truth
[Reposted from last week, these two songs in the context of the whole Hamilton sequence, and because they are so pivotal to his story.] Hamilton’s intellect and courage and vision and words, all were not enough to save his marriage after his adultery. Though still married in title, only a shell remained. The trust and …
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Lyrics Post: “Satisfied”
So SO many songs in Hamilton, 46 in all, I think it is. And so which ones to highlight in this lead-up to the TV debut of the staged musical from 2016 and the original cast... This song comes to mind as one of my favorites, but also reflective of one of the fundamental themes …
Images from the Week
Sometimes a few pictures, well, they’re worth a few words. Or more.
40
40 & FREE, 40 & FIERCE, 40, half-way, how do you feel? How’s it been, how’s it gonna be? Today we celebrate the fun & fabulous, fierce & fantastic, Susan Carroll Ludlum - my partner and inspiration in keeping this family going strong and together and forward - truly our superhero! 40 today, and you’re …
Lyrics Post: “Bravado”
Yet another RUSH song, yet more sounds and words the soak deep into me over and over again. It fortifies me. "Bravado" "If we burn our wingsFlying too close to the sunIf the moment of gloryIs over before it's begunIf the dream is wonThough everything is lostWe will pay the priceBut we will not count …
Summer Solstice, Downhill
From here on out in the year, the days get shorter. It’s downhill to year-end, good momentum now. Let this fact be a spark for you, for me, that we will see, make the most of each hour, each day. Listen to the birds sing a little more. Worry a little less. Let gravity do …
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