Amy Beachfrom George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) quote link Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (b. 9/5/1867 – d. 12/27/1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Early years and Musical EducationShe was born in Henniker, New Hampshire to Charles Abbott Cheney and Clara Imogene (Marcy) Cheney. Artistic…
#SLS — The Moonbeam Song by Harry Nilsson from Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
Jim, I enjoyed your conglomeration of weather lyrics in the first paragraph of the prompt. Nancy, what a good suggest for this week’s musical excursion that is Song Lyric Sunday. It didn’t take me long to figure out whose music I wanted to share this week and hoped he would have a song with one…
WMM 2026 Day 14 Iraina Mancini
Iraina ManciniPHOTO CREDIT: Raphael Pour-Hashemi What should you focus on today or tomorrow?Well, as I said in the earlier question, don’t focus on either, focus on the present. People can spend so much time dwelling on the past and the future that they forget to concentrate on making the day their [sic] living in…
#FFF 71 — daily writing prompt plus (longer than usual post)
The daily writing prompt answer will be off the cuff. Movies I’ve watched more than 5 times (from memory) from childhood, back when there were only around 3 channels, seasonal movies were watched annually, including: The Wizard of OzIt’s a Wonderful LifeCharlie Brown moviesThe Night Before ChristmasThe SnowmanThe Velveteen Rabbit Other movies:Alien moviesSlapshotPoint Break (with…
Literary Revelations’ Professional Analysis and Comparison
The analysis “compares Literary Revelations with post-2020 indie presses.” Literary Revelations comes out favorably. The report details why. Check it out at Gabriela’s Literary Revelations site.
WMM 2026 Day 13 — Bic Runga
Bic Runga on the 2010 Winery Tour, in New Zealand. Photo by Nick Chappell. The album that I’ve just made now, the goal was kind of to make a record that was imagining rock having never happened because it’s really sparse. There’s no distorted guitar. I love that sort of music but I don’t make…
Tao-Talk 