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songwriting
Sudden Amaryllis
Filed under: Song Stories
“In dead fields reach lilies to the sky…” On toxic relationships, supporting each other, and hope that blooms even in the midst of cynicism.
Sweater
Filed under: Song Stories
IT’S SWEATER WEATHER, YOU GUYS. (A reflection on hugs, a theology of closeness, and the most sort-of-suggestive song I’ve ever written.)
Bluebird
Filed under: Song Stories
In honor of school starting in August around these parts, here’s my song about my first day of preschool.
Trees Inside My Walls
Filed under: Song Stories
A song about an old man and a house and the lingering, swirling passage of time.
Part of Outside
Filed under: Song Stories
I wrote this song in college, after what Wikipedia says is called the “Northeast Blackout of 2003.” Also, atoms.