Gratitude for the Zoomiverse I am grateful for Zoom. It has no doubt been a major contributor to keeping me sane and physically here. I live a fairly isolated existence, with a number of medical issues and physical limitations without a car or much money or resources, yet through Zoom I can and have shared my songs, poetry, prayers, […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #58- Special Thanksgiving Gratitude Edition
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING GRATITUDE EDITION I feel grateful to live where I live (on a cherimoya ranch) and to do work (psychotherapy) that makes a difference in the lives of other people. I feel grateful for the communities I am a part of — that, though hampered by not being able to gather in person, have […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #53 by Nalini Lasiewicz
How I got my groove back In the summer of 2018, I faced a career choice: either seek a new part-time position or focus on my own music. I committed to music and set out to find a community of artists I could learn from, collaborate with, and be inspired by. I found the beginnings […]
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The Same Thing, Only Different I’m a new board member of FAR-West. I was asked to contribute to Lockdown Lemonade, and it seemed like every time I got ready to write about my lemonade, I got hit with more lemons. In March of 2020 I heard about Zoom (what?) for another board I am on […]
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A Special Message from your Lockdown Lemonade Team We have reached a significant milestone! Your Lockdown Lemonade team is thrilled to celebrate our 50th weekly installment as we close in on a full year of the incredible observations, insights, and ideas that you have contributed. Together we have dealt with all aspects of the effects of […]
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Lessons Learned from Lemons When the pandemic hit, I was in the middle of renovating the upstairs apartment in my house. Gigs and gatherings were paused. This actually forced me to focus on managing the renovations. I’m grateful for small crews and good builders with patience and persistence. A few times I thought “Don’t try this […]
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The Show Must Go On I’ve worked as a musician all my adult life, albeit subsidized by part-time “other” work. Since 2017, after 30+ years performing as a jazz vocalist & guitarist, I’ve been exploring Americana/Folk and Country music, and in 2019 I went to my first “FAR-West” Conference in Woodland Hills, which was so […]
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FAR-West Weekly Update, Monday, Sept 6th, 2021
Topics in this post: Register for our 2021 FAR-West Virtual Conference / Lockdown Lemonade #46 /FAR-West Campfire Sept 21st / FAR-West Community Archives / FAR-West Teaches Archives / Call for Spotify Submissions / Where to Post your Events / The 18th annual FAR-West conference will take place October 14-16th and will be entirely virtual, allowing […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #46 by Bev Praver
New Friends Are My Silver Lining The silver lining of this pandemic for me has been ZOOM! I live in a small town with few opportunities to meet other folk singers and writers. My husband and life-long singing/writing partner passed away in April 2018. I was just starting to venture out into the world on […]
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Weekly Update, Monday, August 23rd, 2021
Topics in this post: Register for our 2021 Virtual Conference / Lockdown Lemonade #44 / FAR-West Campfire TOMORROW August 24th: CRaZy Hats! / Community ‘She’s Speaking’ August 30th + Archives / FAR-West Teaches Sept 2nd + Archives / Where to Post your Events / The 18th annual FAR-West conference will take place October 14-16th and […]
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