music
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Sweet Mother Nina
When I was about 15 my parents let me take an old radio that was no longer being used by the family and keep it in my room. Until that time I’d not really had my own access to music. I could watch whatever music videos popped up on Much Music, on television, or I… Continue reading
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Singing Infants and The Last Song
I’ve been thinking lately of a connected sequence of things, the first being, that Naima, now two months old, has begun to sing. She shows a strong preference for the following songs: Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone (but sung by me)The Littlest Birds by The Be Good Tanyas (but sung by me)The Wind… Continue reading
children, dailyprompt, family, grief, journal, life, love, memoir, mother, motherhood, music, relationships, singing, womanhood -
Chet Baker Didn’t Write Those Songs
Anyone who’s listened to Chet Baker Sings, the 1954 debut vocal album by jazz musician Chet Baker, should know he didn’t write those songs. Yup, it’s true. It’s painful information, I know, because if you love this album like I love this album then you understand that Chet IS these songs. There is no other… Continue reading
About Me
A poet living in Ontario. Mostly works of memoir and poetry that focus on motherhood, womanhood, and relationship to self.