Time Travel: My 2010 Introduction before Hundred Miles to Nowhere
In creating on materials to support the June 2017 launch of my book Hundred Miles to Nowhere, I came across an introduction I made to my first online writing class in 2010, when my book was just a glimmer in my mind. Revisiting myself in a prior guise is a treat,...
Presenting at TEDxGullLake 2017
I have been invited to speak/perform at the TEDxGullLake event in 2017. I will have twelve minutes to address my fish-out-of-water story of moving from New York City to New York Mills and sing my song portraits about oddballs in history. I have a few questions to...
Madams, Matrons, and Madwomen: The Women
I've started to perform my thematic story and song concert in honor of Women's History Month: Madams, Matrons, and Madwomen. Last night's audience at the Fergus Library was fantastic, and a few people came up to me after the show asking for a list of the names of the...
Prairie Public Video Links
Eleven Prairie Public Television mini-documentary music videos of my songs are now available. https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLuUFDSompY3O-s_M0Nn_2jcemAM93lgkm&v=RjxsUfBJmfw You can stream them here, or watch them individually, links below. The Next Big...
Prairie Public Videos Online
Ladies and gentlemen, Many of you know that I have been collaborating with Prairie Public Broadcasting out of Fargo, North Dakota to create videos of my historical songs about individuals and events in the Upper Midwest. We have recorded and filmed material for ten...
Hundred Miles to Nowhere: An Unlikely Love Story
A Year In Provence for the “Prairie Home Companion” crowd, or Coop for fans of indie music, my memoir Hundred Miles to Nowhere: An Unlikely Love Story explores what happens when a singer-songwriter moves from New York City to rural Minnesota for love, and finds...
New Video Release: Hormel Girls
Did you know that WWII created a singing and dancing troupe of women who advertised the Hormel Meat Company? Learn about it by watching my "Hormel Girls" music video, created in collaboration with Prairie Public TV. http://youtu.be/rbmX3aD0lfA?t=7m44s
Thank you for Sharing ‘Oy Vey’ is Jewish for ‘Uff-da’ on Facebook!
Thank you for sharing the weblink to 'Oy Vey' is Jewish for 'Uff-da'! As a token of thanks, I offer you three tracks from the album--one story and two songs--for you to download for FREE. 'Oy Vey' is Jewish for 'Uff-da' is a live story-and-song concert by Elisa...
Everything I Needed to Know I Could Have Learned from Knitting
It took me twenty years and multiple attempts to actually start knitting. If I had only known how much knitting could teach me about life, I might have stuck to it earlier. My first tries ended in utter failure. When I was thirteen my mother taught me the basics of...
I like oddballs. I like them so much that I write songs, stories, and entire shows about them. So often, the individuals that society sets aside as "different" and therefore unacceptable, are the ones that are just a hop, skip, and a jump ahead of the rest of the...
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