WALKING SONG …reminding herself that she was only an elderly woman who had got up too early in the morning and journeyed too far, that the despair creeping over her was merely her despair, her personal weakness, and that even if she got a sunstroke and went mad the rest of the world would go […]
NHPR Interview with Peter Biello
Listen to Peter Biello talking to me about my new book, Desire Lines. NHPR interview link
My Brother is Gone from Us
Basil Harris (pictured with sister Anne, summer 2016) He died today. Farewell, sweet singer.
‘Tis the Season: the sacred & the profane
From the first time we hit the brakes and backed up to be sure we’d seen what we thought we’d seen—a Nativity diorama made entirely of pumpkin-headed figures—we were hooked. Charter photographed the scene and made it into a Christmas card. It was a great hit with family and friends and so began our tradition […]
Singer/Songwriters
My brother, Basil, and I have collaborated over the years, mainly on songs written specially for the weddings of our siblings, children, nieces and nephews. This one has its roots in a legend. Lying in the shadows, a legend waits for the afternoon sun. On a summer evening, out of Mt. Hosmer’s face, comes the […]
My Brother’s Voice
Basil got news of his illness–Total Systems Atrophy–more than two years ago, and since then he has slowly been losing the functions of his body and his mind. I will write about my brother, but for the moment I want to celebrate him by making public all the songs I have that he’s written, collaborated […]
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