"Hollanderized Garments Keep Their Beauty Longer." (📷me) I found this hanger in our 1957 house when we moved in. Frank Loesser immortalized the process (named for its inventor, Adolph Hollander) in "Take Back Your Mink" from the musical Guys & Dolls, 1950. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous

Women are supposed to disappear after 30. Sophia Chang does an excellent job explaining why style matters as we age. “You may not like what you see, but you *will* see me, motherfucker.”

Starting to read “Smilla’s Sense of Snow” by Peter Hóeg tonight. The English translation came out in 1993. Seems timely. Iykyk.

So, this is a long shot, but: I'm looking to hire a developer/programmer for my non-profit arts org for ongoing part-time maintenance and troubleshooting work on a proprietary database that's coded primarily in VB[dot]net. (I know, long story, it is what it is.) Would appreciate leads/reposts!

It’s been a roller coaster week for me. (Two joy-filled, exhilarating concerts vs a very painful day on the grief calendar.) Tonight I made this simple @nigella.bsky.social recipe. It serves one & is totally epic comfort food. I had all the ingredients on hand and you might, too.

what if we kissed while singing little tunes from the 15th century heart shaped book of french love songs ?

I’m loving the attitude in the marginalia to this copy of Griffith’s Morality of Shakespeare’s Drama Illustrated (1775).

If you are in the Austin area next month I’ll be around talking about voting rights at the LBJ Library! Put it on your calendars!

We're struggling with this on our campus right now as well. I don't understand what is supposed to be an effective alt text for a page of musical score my students are analyzing. Have you seen anyone discuss this that I could reference? I imagine it's one of several issues involved for music depts.

Here’s a pic from Chaski’s Women’s Work concert on Sunday. It was the final concert of our 40th anniversary season. So proud of us both and so grateful for all the dear one’s who have been on the journey with us. Yep, that’s a bass flute that Adita is playing.

Papa above! Papa above! Regard a Mouse O'erpowered by the Cat! Reserve within thy kingdom A "Mansion" for the Rat! Snug in seraphic Cupboards To nibble all the day While unsuspecting Cycles Wheel solemnly away!

There is a chameleon like quality to the shifting green of this plain weave silk, the shot taffeta neither one shade nor another depending on the light. Then there is the magnificent stomacher peeping beneath gold lacings. #1740s splendour #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Tomorrow would have been Sean’s 70th birthday. Last spring we went on an adventure to York & found this creature just outside the Minster.

from IG

ICE caused a car chase and accident in one of Austin's north central neighborhoods today. This is not community safety.

We're so grateful to our many friends!

Friends, we Chaski gals had the sweetest closing concert for our 40th anniversary season. The Oak Branch Concert series is an absolute treasure. (More later, I’m weary and, tbh, one glass of wine past prudent posting.)

Rabbit, rabbit.

joaquin castro says five thousand people are here rn

Dim7 is playing at New World Deli tonight. (7-9 if you are in Austin searching about for food & music.) I’m singing Chumbawamba’s lyrics for Bella Ciao. Decided my harp should make a statement, too. (This is one of my better Alt Texts. Hope you’ll give it a read.)

Memphis Minnie - Keep On Walking youtu.be/82ogO0LMj6U?... 1938 single for Vocalion records

Moon-Crossed is a werewolf version of All's Well that End's Well that was supposed to get read at Shakespeare Assn of America in 2020. I had posters & stickers made...& it was canceled bc of the pandemic. you can read it, perform it, whatever, for free. It's here: works.hcommons.org/records/wp3e...

I wrote "Kindness" that's on tomorrow's Women's Work program in memory of Sandy Fivecoat, who founded the Austin Kindness Project, which distributed these yard signs. #iceout #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Big music weekend for me: Saturday night w/Dim7 at New World Deli & Sunday afternoon w/Chaski south of town.👇🏻 Sean would have been thrilled about both performances, so I’m especially sentimental & teary. (He’s the reason Chaski’s playing the amazing Violeta Parra guitar pieces,)

From Austin Independent School District's Superintendent: "Today, students at 14 campuses participated in student-led protests related to immigration enforcement activities."

OK well there's an anti-ICE rally at the TX Capitol if you want to go. #txlege

Livestream at 8pm central time theviolinchannel.com/vc-live-minn...

British response to the film about Melania Trump: If they were screening it for free at the bottom of my garden I'd shut the curtains.

Alrighty folks, Chaski’s 40th anniversary season officially ends with Sunday’s concert. What a wonderful wild ride it has been. Fear not, Season 41 is in the works. (My dear Sean suggested the upcoming season’s tag line be: Finally Ready for Prime Time!)

EARLY MUSIC PEOPLE!! My Vicente Lusitano research partner and BGSU musicologist Arne Spohr have just finished the world's first edited edition of Vicente Lusitano's complete works!

With a song from 1759 as a mile marker, pianist Lara Downes and historian Jill Lepore examine what this land was like just before it became the United States. n.pr/4brqR3o

If anyone has any resources/tips on teaching violin in Spanish, they'd be greatly appreciated 🙏🏾

ICE is terrorizing our country. It’s time to stand up and fight back. Join us this Saturday in Austin: tinyurl.com/stopICErally

This afternoon at the weekly folky acoustic session we included: Guy Clark’s “Immigrant Eyes,” Woody Guthrie’s “Deportee,” and Chumbawamba’s text for “Bella Ciao.” Ripped from the headlines, to be honest.

So thrilled to play this concert! We’ll read a couple of excerpts from Pride & Prejudice mixed in with Sophia Dussek’s Cm Sonata. (Jane and Sophia share a birth year, 1775. The music & text fit like a dainty Regency Period glove.)👇🏻

78 years ago today, a US plane deporting 28 Mexican nationals crashed into California’s Los Gatos Canyon, killing all aboard. In a new essay, Eric Porter looks at the dehumanizing political tool of the deportation flight and Woody Guthrie‘s song ”Deportee.“

Today forscore.co made me cry. (To be fair, I cry a lot these days.) But these were tears of “your big update is going to be my undoing.”

This makes me miss Todd Snider.

In my timezone it’s still Robert Burns Birthday. So take a break from your woes, listen to my brother in law read Burns, and hear @chaski85.bsky.social play the tune. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thanks to everyone who filled the house at our concert 🎶 yesterday! Stay safe and bring a friend to our Oak Branch concert Sunday 1 Feb at 3 PM. @chaski85.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Originally written in English, then translated back into Welsh. #harp #welshmusic

Thank You Jenee Darden for the sweet interview invite @kalwpublicmedia! Take a listen  @jenee.darden @kalwpublicmedia www.kalw.org/show/sights-...

Church's Chicken co-founder turned Texas conservationist J. David Bamberger dies at 97 www.statesman.com/news/local/a...

Related, a friend shared the following graphic #Texas #uspol (explainer in alt text if needed)

I decided to thaw a mystery container for tonight’s dinner. It was either a batch of Sean’s chili or his spaghetti sauce. Seems to be the latter. (I’d been hoping for chili but apparently we ate it all, leaving none to freeze!)

Saw Hamnet yesterday w/some neighbors. We shed many tears w/not enough tissues amongst us. I went home and reread the scene where Agnes prepares Hamnet’s body for burial. It prompted me to find a fitting place for the lock of Sean’s hair I’d requested from the funeral director. (See Alt Text)

This, my friends! I promise you, it’s an utterly restorative program.

Really great Chaski rehearsal this morning; our last before we perform our new program, Women’s Work. I ❤️ every bit of this repertoire! We’re at the Lago Vista Public Library this Friday afternoon & at the beautiful Oak Branch barn on Sunday afternoon, February 1. Details below.👇🏻

On this 40th MLK Day (yes, Chaski is older than MLK Day!) we honor Black composer Florence Price, whose music we have the honor to perform at our upcoming "Women's Work" concerts. 🎶 Come between #protests and bring a friend! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

I’m dedicating the bulk of today’s practice time Deborah Henson-Conant’s “Baroque Flamenco.”💃🏼 I did a workshop on it w/DHC herself. She encouraged putting aside the score & making it your own. So I did and now it’s wildly fun to play.