March Song of the Month: Little Song for Spring

So for the past three days, I have had the great pleasure of being at my mom's house, playing Scrabble, writing music, and, for the first time ever, fusing glass! For my birthday (which was March 10), my mother bought us lots of supplies, I ran away from home to play with her last Thursday (okay, so my husband knows exactly where I am, but still!) and we have been glass-fusing maniacs ever since. It is a new art form for both of us, but it is totally addictive! And what better activity to do in the spring than something brand new! Speaking of brand new, my son was also engaged in a novel activity this past week: he went to New Orleans with his teen group and built homes for Katrina victims. So it was a perfect time for me to get away and spend quality time with my mom. Yay, mom!

All this comes together in my song this month. It is just a little song for spring, for change, for rejuvenation, for new beginnings. And since I have been embarking on something new, I used pictures of my first two firings of glass as the background. Sorry, some of the pictures are fuzzy. I still haven't figured out how to take good pictures of small artwork. But you definitely get the idea of what we've been up to, fuzzy or not.

Also of note, I used my phone again to get my ideas down, which helped me not lose seeds of songs. Thank you, smart phones! And also thank you to my brother, Kevin, for inspiring me by sending me a TED talk of Cyrille Aimee, a french musician who uses vocal loops. I tried that out here, and I like it! I hope you do, too! Enjoy spring!