New Year’s Day, 2022 Last night a friend of mine’s nine-year-old grandson had to wait hours in the emergency room for care after he was bitten by a dog. The medical staff were busy with COVID patients. Overwhelmingly unvaccinated COVID patients. I’ve had it. I’ve heard one too many stories of people who need medical …
A song about education and relationship on the screen in this pandemic.
Using a sample from Paul Simon and this quote from MLK, here’s a soundscape in response to current events.
These days it can be hard to read someone’s emotions when they are wearing a mask. Some people say that this may be the new normal, for a while at least. A short song about just that subject; how can we transmit good feeling through the obstruction of a cloth over our mouth? Our brains …
Contagious is a huge word right now. I thought it deserved a song to explore the meaning a little bit. Incidentally, in a bit of dark humor, kids at Heather’s school were playing “Coronavirus tag.” Trust kids to be creative in the hard times. here’s a spotify link., and an apple music link Contagious …
Here’s a song for our times. Based on the old melody Polly Wolly Doodle.If you sing the chorus two times you’ll get the required twenty seconds of washing. Wash Your Hands Apple Music With the great Wes Cash on Conga drum. And a corresponding video. Wash Your Hands Chorus Washa washa washa washa Washa wash …
In a recent blog I wrote about my encounters with people in Qatar, and how privileged I felt to have conversations with folks who at their core have a very different set of beliefs. Yes, there’s overlap, in our humanity and even in our orientation, but there are also differences that cannot be glossed over …