Cheryl Wheeler Lui: vocal, guitar; Anand: bass, electric guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, harmony vocal; Rose: accordion. See Cheryl’s website www.cherylwheeler.com for background on the song…
Closer Shh Come close and closer still And tell me what you see. What reflection dim and hazy in the ancient clouded glass Shh Lean…
Lui Collins I wrest my joy in brief moments from among the hours of life’s cruelty Like a quick breath in a dark and strident…
Lui Collins You have given me the melody as it poured forth from my heart You have blessed me with the meter as it beat…
Lui Collins In the valley towns, crocus forsythia and daffodil confidently declare the arrival of spring. Not so up in these hills I love. My…
It’s hard to believe it’s been so long since I wrote a Musing – but considering what I’ve packed into the last couple of years…
I have very exciting news to report – my Hilltown Music Together pages are up and running! Now you can read all about the program…
A young boy at a concert this weekend asked me if I am rich. I laughed and answered “that depends on how you define rich!”…
Okay, no more promises about when I’ll write the next one of these Musings. I’ve been musing a lot these past 4 months, but just…
April was a full and good month, mostly taken up by my California tour, as well as getting ready for it – and recovering from…
Spring is here! And with her, a foot and a half of snow! All I can say is, I’m glad winter has finally arrived, in…
Ah, the invigorating cold air of a New England winter! Uh, well, not quite, this year! But I’ve managed to enjoy even the warm interludes.…
It is the season for contemplation, and more so than ever this fall. As the darkness descends, I find myself settling into my home, doing…
Much great excitement here recently, and all of it of the most mundane variety, nothing romantic to report. But I have to admit to being…
Okay, I know I’m way behind in my musings. So far behind that one might even have cause to think that I have not been…
Well, March came and went without my ever getting my musings to Rose to post on the site. I actually did write a draft of…
No, no ripe berries in mid-winter New England—though it’s springtime in Texas as I write this! These ripe berries have to do with the publishing…
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In Raleigh, North Carolina, near Cameron Village—the first mall built in the southeast region of the US—a freed slave cemetery known as Oberlin Village Cemetery…
When I was in college, a print of a Utrillo painting hung on my dormroom wall. The painting was of a street in Montmartre, a…
I’m so far behind this has turned into a two-month musing. The months kind of meld together in my mind anyway. Fall transitions. September was…
This was the month that was supposed to offer time to slow down. Oh well. The best laid plans…. I did manage to get up…
Summer is in full swing. I’ve been reminding myself to enjoy it as it spins by far too fast. Today driving back home from eastern…
It seems like every month when I sit down to write my Musings entry, an overwhelming amount of events have transpired during the month. I…
Where to begin? It’s been a month of great abundance in all facets of my life, from putting the final touches on Leaving Fort Knox,…