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Dear friends, Welcome! Thanks for coming to visit here - it keeps us connected, and I'm grateful for that. Gratitude seems to be the operative word these days -grateful for my work, for my family and my friends, and for this beautiful Northwest country that is my home. These days I spend more time at home. I am a therapeutic musician intern, and I direct the Bellingham Threshold Choir - a women's singing group that goes to the bedside in small groups to sing for those who are struggling to live or struggling to die. There are over sixty choirs around the world now - learn more about them here: www.thresholdchoir.org. I'm very proud to be part of this organization. In addition to concerts, I now do several power-point/musical presentations. Here's to the Women! is a history of the raising up and the silencing of women's voices in Washington State's history through exploring the lives of ordinary and extraordinary women. In 2010 we are celebrating 100 years of the battle for the vote for women. There's more information on the Here's to the Women! link. Programs are available for all ages. Pilgrimage: Journey to the Heart of Israel and Palestine chronicles my experiences of the conflict in the Holy Lands -with an emphasis on children's experience through art. I was invited to visit in 2006, where I sang for school children and groups of all ages, and visited with Israeli and Palestinian peace workers. Ideal for peace and church groups. I'm also continuing to teach classes and workshops on voice, creativity, and singing at the bedside. In these pages you can hear songs, see the lyrics, read old newsletters, learn more about workshops, see old photos, and see where I'll be next. You can sign up for my email newsletter, which I send quite sporadically, which may contain recipes, bits of wisdom, poems, song bits and reminiscences. Thanks for visiting. In gratitude, Lindan |
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Linda
sings the songs
that tell of the lives and the work, the hopes and the dreams of people
everywhere. Her interest in songwriting has grown out of her love for
traditional music as well as her interest in our collective history.
She has a talent for reaching into the ordinary to find the profound,
setting it to music and singing it home.
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Photo: Scott Slaba |
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