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Monthly Archives: December 2013
A Weekly Honing : Tradition
I was recently contacted and asked if I’d like to write for a site called Hone Life. I would write a short opinion, based on a single word which would be changed each Sunday, and accompany my article with a … Continue reading
Happy Holidays One and All!
Seasons Greetings Frosted Ivy Berries (c) Ann Isik 2007
Posted in Photography
Tagged Christmas, Flora, Frosted Ivy Berry, Ivy Berry, photography, Seasons Greetings, Winter Solstice, Yuletide
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Friday Fictioneers 100 Word Flash Fiction Story Challenge: La Vie en Bleue
La Vie en Bleue
“What’s that fish, mommy?”
I was observing, through the blue bits of the glass dolphin embedded in the door, the rippling apartment building opposite.
“It’s a dolphin. Dolphins aren’t fish.”
“Is a fish!”
At the bottom of the building, red plastic traffic cones contorted. Continue reading
What I’ve been Singing: Ebben! La Wally: Catalani
An opera in four acts by Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893), La Wally presents a romeo-juliet situation in which our heroine – Wally – (short for Wallburga) is in love with Giuseppe, the son of an enemy of her father. It’s set … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Opera, Singing
Tagged Alfredo Catalani, Ebben, La Wally, Maria Callas, Opera, Screech Owl, Wilhelmine von Hillern
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NaBloPoMo XXX: Day 30 of the 30 Day Challenge
The end of the November NaBloPoMo 30 day challenge coincides with the day after my solo singing appearance yesterday evening. And I performed alongside this talented little 9 year old Robbie Firmin. In the video above, he’s 7, auditioning for … Continue reading