Yeah also it’s really quite cold

Good things day 96; when the writing group says your scenes do make sense; snow shoeing through woods, free trial of met opera in HD channel for research, when your collaborator cooks dinner

Good things day 95: drove a car without panicking (it’s been a while), managed uphill walk in woods through over a foot of snow, getting out of the house to write in a coffee shop today, writing a lyric I am v happy about, baking a lemon yogurt cake

You think Epstein ever thought “hm, maybe that’s something I shouldn’t write down in an email” about anything

The only insult he could come up with is one that makes himself look the dumbest

Good things day 94: veggie. River at the Hudson diner, doing yoga while looking at the frozen river, finally writing a full acceptable draft of that one scene, candles

@davidkornfeld.bsky.social and I both just stared at the tv which said “Super Bowl coverage Live” and had a conversation about whether or not it’s Super Bowl Sunday and if I’m totally honest I’m still not sure In other news writing is going well

Current project

Breaking news Writing is a roller coaster with ups and downs

Good things day 98; an evening of taking in some local art, finally writing a lyric that feels like myself , hearing composer sing said lyric in shower (always a good sign)

Good things day 97: beautiful snowy walk by the Hudson; writing a lyric that isn’t bad at all; carrot bean burgers from @smittenkitchen.bsky.social that did not fall apart for dinner; finally watching Don’t Look Up (yikes)

“If you read or share only one article today, make it this: HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.” @leahmcelrath.bsky.social No paywall: archive.is/ZmfJC

Good things day 96: this gorgeous home in Catskill for three weeks, dinner w the catwalk staff & my collaborator, watching ‘all creatures’ in bed, quiet/dark evening with stars

Excited to return to the catwalk institute today for a 3 week writing residency - this time w collaborator @davidkornfeld.bsky.social

Good things day 95: when packing doesn’t take too long, ‘shrinking’, tiny lemon tarts

@melodiasings.bsky.social rehearsals starting again!! Spring concert in NYC April 26 at 4pm

Some of you are out here using AI to do customer service and it shows

Good things day 94: when the lyrics start actually coming

Good things day 94: seeing Alix Soblers “any minute now” closing matinee at here which was a darn good afternoon of theatre; an hour for tea and reading inside while cold outside ; a dinner invite within my building

“Dynamic performer - excellent songs-poignant funny and relevant.” I am proud of that review.

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/a...

Do you guys think Quiet Car is a good band name

Is it actually even possible to fit four adult humans in one of these ‘seats facing each other’ Amtrak situations? Where do the legs go? Why was this invented?

Good things day 93 getting the heck back home and not going outside again after a few days of tramping through Boston snow

And that’s a wrap on club passim gigs for now

Good things day 92: the guy who just told me I have “Dave Malloy crossed with anais Mitchell vibes”

I don’t NOT want to do this

‘Rebecca was so great thanks for suggesting’ Don’t take my word for it

It’s getting so I can guess which places look like good coffee but in fact are bad coffee

Good things day 91: egg and cheese at circus coop, a sold out show tonight(but livestream tix still available)

Today I am “talking out loud to the characters on all creatures great and small” years old

good things day 90: people buying my music at the gig, Ryan gave me a ride back to where I’m staying, brunch at the friendly toast, the last volume of Andrea Gibson poetry at the Harvard bookstore, the faux wood burning stove in this kitchen, free dinner at the venue, not dying after I saw the mouse

One more night

Having the time of my life opening for Ryan Montbleau in Boston - one more night sold out but there are livestream tickets avail on the Club Passim website !!!

FYI the “winter latte” at blue bottle coffee is extremely delicious

In a bookstore just now in Cambridge I stopped myself from spending $ on a hardcover too big to carry back to nyc and said to myself “I’ll just rent it” which is a funny way to think about the library (also inaccurate)

In all seriousness what a fun night , thanks for buying my music and saying nice things and laughing in the right places I can’t believe I get to do this two more nights in a row #cambridge #clubpassim #travelingsongbird

Ryan Montbleau killing it onstage now

First set went well, someone bought my album during the set and someone else called me ‘Mary’ so I guess we’re at 50/50 on Rebecca Hart in Cambridge

Bahahahaha

Good things day 89: winter landscapes from train window look like postcards; real coke when feeling slightly ill; finishing absolutely gorgeous novel

Federal immigration enforcement authorities are facing scrutiny and criticism over their tactics, including the lack of body-worn cameras, following the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. n.pr/4k4OUaE

Amtrak conductor just said “doors may be frozen shut”

Guys what do I say when random people ask me what kind of music I play I still don’t have a good answer do I just say folk music

Playing three nights at Club Passim tomorrow -Thursday w Ryan Montbleau

I hate the night before traveling I am extremely nervous no matter what and it doesn’t feel related to the pandemic but I wasn’t like this before the pandemic so 🤷‍♀️ Anyway see you tomorrow Boston

National Park Service workers across the U.S. are removing materials about slavery, climate change and labor history to comply with an order from President Trump. In some of the first legal pushback, the city of Philadelphia sued the Trump administration on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...

Good things day 88: all creatures great & small during a snowstorm, baking, family dinner w cute kids, when someone reads and likes the book I recommended

“Our snow was not only shaken from whitewash buckets down the sky; it came shawling out of the ground and swam and drifted out of the arms and hands and bodies of the trees” -Dylan Thomas

Could not agree more