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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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