I posted the following info in a discussion thread in the Living with incurable cancer group and I wanted to keep a reference to it, so here it is.
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With reference to hospice end-of-life care that doesn't always deliver a peaceful death, I found this, from Nov 2017, on the Dignity in Dying website.
This is a song I've had on my "to do" list for several months. I finally made a start on it today.
The song was new to me until I heard it mentioned by Peggy Seeger in the audiobook of her memoir, "First Time Ever".
The version I've learnt from is a recording by Lead Belly that I found on YouTube. I like the mournful style of the song and Lead Belly's singing. There's also a great version by…
Words by Alfred Lord Tennyson; music by Rani Arbo.
I first heard a choir arrangement of this song just before Christmas and then found the original on the album "Some Bright Morning" (info here, http://www.raniarbo.com/cds/some-bright-morning/ ). I bought the album (which I love... it's great to sing along with) and have been learning "Crossing the bar" on my ukulele using my own chords.
The words…
I posted this in The Scrapbook today and thought I'd put it here as well...
After playing my ukulele I often do some very simple and repetitive strums for several minutes as a kind of meditation.
Yesterday I was alternating Am to A chords and today tried it again with some vocalisation, harmonising, something I had not tried before in this way. I found it quite expressive and will definitely be doing more.
Here's a…
It's a while since I posted anything other than music stuff. I suppose I want to say, "I'm still here". I update my profile bio now and then, but I felt like posting here today, for no particular reason. Maybe this will help release something, some thought or idea or emotion, that's trapped inside me.
Like a lot of "incurables", I have no real idea how long I have left. About a year ago, my…
