'Curiouser and curiouser...'
So, I started reading Alic in Wonderland again yesterday, as the first time through it was packed with inspiration and fantastic stuff, and decided that it's, most likely, my favorite book. I think it's just so brilliantly written, even just for the fact that instead of freaking out, Alice just accepts what's going on around her, and deals with it...That may sound insignificant, but if she had been any other way, the book wouldn't be a classic in my opinion. Plus, it's inspiring to me...
Above is a picture from the end of 'Through the Looking Glass' where Alice has been crowned, and the White and Red queen are falling asleep on her lap...
I love this picture. ; )
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Anne:
Below is the wonderful Scott Kessell. He did a Recycled Rhythms workshop at our library. In the background is his amazing wife, Rani Arbo, reading to their son. She's the founder of her band, Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem .
Rani is the fiddler, lead singer, and founder of daisy mayhem.
With a bewitching, expressive alto that is equal parts choir girl,
flirty teenager, and world-weary woman, she navigates swing tunes,
funky call-and-response songs, and ballads with unusual honesty and ease.
Steeped in thirty years of choral singing, Arbo also spent years
with a honkytonk band, a Balkan rock band, and folk-bluegrass
band Salamander Crossing. A cellist by training, her swampy,
self-taught fiddling draws from swing, blues, and old-time music.
On stage, Arbo brings a rich life - as a 15-year veteran performer,
breast cancer survivor, mother, and songwriter - into
humble and compelling performances. Arbo also has toured
and recorded with Joan Baez, John McCutcheon and many others.
With a bewitching, expressive alto that is equal parts choir girl,
flirty teenager, and world-weary woman, she navigates swing tunes,
funky call-and-response songs, and ballads with unusual honesty and ease.
Steeped in thirty years of choral singing, Arbo also spent years
with a honkytonk band, a Balkan rock band, and folk-bluegrass
band Salamander Crossing. A cellist by training, her swampy,
self-taught fiddling draws from swing, blues, and old-time music.
On stage, Arbo brings a rich life - as a 15-year veteran performer,
breast cancer survivor, mother, and songwriter - into
humble and compelling performances. Arbo also has toured
and recorded with Joan Baez, John McCutcheon and many others.
Scott is the percussionist in the band...
He pilots the "Drumship Enterprise," a recycled drum kit
comprised of a cardboard box, cat food tins,
a Danish butter cookie tin, and a suitcase.
a Danish butter cookie tin, and a suitcase.
...and they are ALL uber-talented and really wonderful people.
Scott was very interested in unschooling...we talked about it for quite some time and I could tell that these were people that already have it in their souls.
And while we would have liked to talk to them more after their show that evening, we did get to, at least, say hi again to Rani, and she did comment on the fact that unschooling is the reason why my kids are "so cool".
It was such an amazingly beautiful day in all ways...sights, sounds, smells (the glorious scent of autumn), and really wonderful people...
