Archive - Raising the Key

May 2024

It's Not You, It's April

On marking a year of grief with a decidedly quiet tune.

May 29 •

March 2024

Cusp of a Concert: Preparing December Songs

On "enoughness," trusting the inspiration to do it differently, and the cycle of love and loss we all share.

Mar 2 •

November 2023

It's been autumn for me all year. So I figured I should sing about it.

Nov 3, 2023 •

September 2023

"With passion, live."

On finding my purpose again after loss.

Sep 22, 2023 •

April 2023

Shifting The Script While Staying Sane

On what's working for me (and what's not).

Apr 2, 2023 •

March 2023

February 2023

Tiny steps count, too.

How I'm learning to listen to my voice without losing my mind.

Feb 13, 2023 •

November 2022

How to retire well? Kick in doors so others can walk through them.

I think a lot about service, about the idea that we’re here for one another, that if someone needs upholding, we do the holding up.

Nov 3, 2022 •

August 2022

Sheep and Pintxos: Notes On The Perfect Summer

Two months’s summer travel is, I know, a great luxury, and I joke that in our solid middle age we took a gap summer, as opposed to the now-normal…

Aug 21, 2022 •

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