“When we released the show, it was the first time a divorced, working mother took a leading role in a comedy. The lyrics of the song mattered: The idea was that she was taking on the hard choices she had to make one day at a time, and that was something that people could relat...
according to the time of day, or in relation to my position. The light near the ocean seemed thicker as if there was just as much salt in the air as in the waters below.The light in winter was so weak and pale compared to the late-summer haze thick with the sound of katydids...
That is, in short, no more than to be hereafter turned into ballad and song and be sung by old women to quiet children, or at the corner of the street to gather crowds in aid of the pickpocket and the poor. Or is their business rather to add virtue and piety to their glory, which...
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had an amazing audience turnout for our panel entitled “How Far Imagination: Writing Characters Outside Your Own Race in Fiction”–people spilled out into the hallway in attendance, and sat on the floor all the way up to our feet. At 10:30am in the morning on the first day of the ...
in almost every English-speaking country in the world, is Auld Lang Syne.This new year songis generally credited to Robert Burns, but earlier versions of this ballad precede his time. Burns combined a common Scottish folk song with his own lyrics to arrive at the version commonly sung on Ne...
“When suddenly you look at me/You opened up eternity,” Abraham sings on the effervescently power-poppy title track. “What could you do in just one day?/Fall in love, spend your time away.” On “Cicada,” an ode to fallen friends, a humble insect’s song becomes a lasting symbol...
... is a global love song performed entirely by children. It is a set of tools for teaching and living, and a portal to an interactive, creative platform for kids. It is a pathway to a better world. The heart-and-soul child of singer songwriter Oona Mc
One of the sweetest parts of the day was savoring it with Nana and Papa. Mike and I are more and more aware of the preciousness of time away with our parents and our kids at the same time. I sent the photo below from one of the town squares to my friend Siri and said, “Bury ...
it makes him sick and feeling blue. On the other hand, when she’s with him, he feels good, and grateful for every day together. He gently begs her to always stay and never go away. The blend of horns and keyboards recall a nostalgic time in music history, which compliments these pur...