If these walls could talk
During my time in Lowell, I lived in an apartment on Dutton Street, which overlooked the Pawtucket canal. One of the interior walls in my building had once been the exterior wall of the candle shop next door and had what was called a ghost sign painted on it. After some research, I determined the painted imaged was from an old advertisement for Nabisco crackers. This apartment was one of my favorite of all the places I have lived because it held such meaning in its very walls. It was also a time in my life when I began to fully embody the identity of an artist and to envision a life where I could be creative for a living.
A Month of Music: Speaking through my own walls
In the summer of 2012, I embarked upon a month long project where I wrote a song a day for 30 days. I called it “A Month of Music (AMOM)” My partner (now my husband) came up with the idea for this project because he knew my spirits were always lifted when I was creating. AMOM became a way for me to engage in the creative process every day. I would come home from work, sit down at my desk, and compose a short song. Just from that brief moment of creation, I had a feeling of accomplishment and that I had done something meaningful with my day. Over the course of the month, I wrote several short songs and a few longer ones, which have become some of my favorite songs to sing. Several of these songs became part of my repertoire for interpretive programs at Lowell National Historical Park.
- The Spider Song
- The Man Upstairs
- A Song for Zana
- Monday Blues
- Ode to Massachusetts
- Dutton Street
- Monsters
- Home
- Family
- The way that they do
- Upside Down
- Little Dogs
- Short Hair Blues
- The Meeting Blues
- Strange City
- Livin’ in Lowell
- Alone
- Searching for home
- The Ghosts of Lowell
- Kids Nowadays
- Life is a muddle
- Critters Everywhere
- The Stones of Lowell Canals
- Pick A Side
- Angry Song
- Every Night
- All Around the World
- Arwen
- Biological Clock
- I Can Only Be Myself
- Letting Go
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