Long time no write. At least, not writing in here. In the process of building the new website–KarenTiede.com, after owning the domain name for two years and paying for hosting for four months. My work has outgrown PittsboroPenguins.com and it’s time to move, which means as much of a reorganization of files and pictures as…
Category Archives: 780 Music
Practicing Songs
Practice Read Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s latest book, Things I Learned from Knitting, last night. One of the chapterettes talked about getting better if you just knit enough. That we all make crummy projects in the beginning, and if we just keep showing up to the needles and fiber, our output gets better. Two weeks into the…
Learning Music
Learning to Sing Three years ago before I met John, my Match profile ending with a PS: My voice is somewhere between Marian Anderson and Marni Nixon. Haven’t sung in public in a while but could be persuaded to get back in vocal shape. I tried, a little; I took Claude Stein’s Natural Singer workshop…