Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #38 / Campfire: Camp Songs TOMORROW, Tuesday, July 13 / Community July 19th & Archives & Upcoming / FAR-West Teaches DIY Video July 29th + Archives / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / Where to Post your Gigs / JUST PUBLISHED Today! Monday, July 12th Lockdown Lemonade […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #38 by Penelope Salinger
While I Stayed Home, My Songs Went Traveling One of my most satisfying musical activities is singing at the bedsides of the dying, through the Threshold Choir, an international service organization whose motto is “kindness made audible.” We sing softly, a cappella, usually in trios. Of course, the pandemic eliminated bedside singing, as well as […]
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FAR-West News for You, Monday, July 5th, 2021
Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #37 / Community July 19th & Archives & Upcoming / Campfire July 13th / FAR-West Teaches Archives / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / Where to Post your Gigs / JUST PUBLISHED! Monday, July 5th Lockdown Lemonade #37- Learning to Love Lemons by James Kahn You […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #37 by James Kahn
Learning to Love Lemons My first grandchild was born February 28, 2020, and my wife and I were booking plane tickets to go to Chicago to meet him. I’d scheduled myself off work for an entire month, but by the time we started making travel plans, the pandemic hit. We went into lockdown March 4. […]
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FAR-West News for You, Monday, June 28th, 2021
Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #36 / Campfire June 29th / Community Archives / FAR-West Teaches Archives / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / New! FAR-West Website Events tab / Where to Post your Gigs / JUST PUBLISHED! Monday, June 28th Lockdown Lemonade #36- Catching Up While the World Was Slowing Down […]
Read moreMore TagLockdown Lemonade #36 by Tina Ross
Catching Up While the World Was Slowing Down I have a friend who makes the BEST lemonade ever! Apparently, she tells me, there is some controversy about whether or not to use simple syrup – needing to heat a 1:1 ratio of sugar to water. But I do know, if you just add the sugar […]
Read moreMore TagFAR-West News of the Week, June 21st, 2021
Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #35 / Community TONIGHT Monday, June 21st / Campfire June 29th / Community Archives / FAR-West Teaches Archives / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / New! FAR-West Website Events tab / Where to Post your Gigs / JUST PUBLISHED! Monday, June 21st Lockdown Lemonade #35 “How You […]
Read moreMore TagLockdown Lemonade #35 by Arielle Silver
How You Survive a Pandemic When it rains — when the droplets bounce in the birdbath, off the pebble-strewn bed of pooling water, rippling outward in concentric circles, each drop disrupting the rings of its predecessor — and the cat watches from its perch on the paint-chipped dining room windowsill of the home we have […]
Read moreMore TagFAR-West News of the Week, June 14th, 2021
Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #34 / Campfire June 15th / FAR-West Teaches June 17th & Archives / Community Monday, June 21st / Campfire June 29th / Community Archives / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / New! FAR-West Website Events tab / Where to Post your Gigs / JUST PUBLISHED! Monday, June […]
Read moreMore TagLockdown Lemonade #34 by Peter Lehndorff
So Far So Good The pandemic has been cruel to countless people. Compared with others I have no real complaints. My graphic business did go into a coma. But I think the pandemic is telling me to give up the ghost and retire. I have food and a roof over my head. My music life, […]
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