Did you leave the other platforms @Arizona_RN? I miss your posts!

There is no such thing as harmless disinformation; trusting in falsehood can have dire consequences. ~ Pope Francis

The evolution of the Gibson SJ-200: from 1937 custom order to its coronation as the undisputed “king of flat-tops”
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/gibson-sj-200-king-of-the-flat-tops

Joni Mitchell Performs at Star-Studded Gershwin Prize Tribute Concert

Graham Nash, James Taylor, Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox, and more also honored the legendary songwriter

#folkmusic #JoniMitchell

https://consequence.net/2023/03/joni-mitchell-performs-gershwin-prize-tribute-concert/

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_-i-3nPTBF4&feature=youtu.be

#NanciGriffith CD Release Party and Friends 12-8-1984

This is magic.

@JosephMeyer

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_-i-3nPTBF4&feature=youtu.be

#NanciGriffith CD Release Party and Friends 12-8-1984

This is magic.

#folkmusic #austintexas

"An Open Letter To Family and Friends About #fibromyalgia

People with other chronic illnesses that have a significant pain component (e.g. most people with ME/CFS) will likely be able to relate to this and so thus might like to share it also.

https://www.fibrotoday.com/an-open-letter-to-family-and-friends-about-fibromyalgia/

@chronicillness @chronicpain @spoonies #chronicillness #chroniclife
#ChronicPain #Spoonielife
#hiddenillness #invisibleillness
#MEcfs

Update: moved this to my new writing site so there’s a new URL.

Every hashtag on every post on every platform should ALWAYS be pascal case. I wrote this to illustrate how screenreaders read hashtags based on their case.

It’s a small thing that all of us can do to build a more inclusive, accessible internet for all. Please take the time to use pascal case.

Read more:
https://markwrites.io/hashtag-accessibility-by-everyone-for-everyone

#Accessibility #WebAccessibility #Usability #Readability #Hashtags #SocialNetworking #Blogging #UX

Well, thinking it's only fair to give #NanciGriffith another spin, too. So hard to pick out what to share, like digging into a treasure chest overflowing with jewels. So, I just decided to go with a classic live performance that brings a smile, rather than a tear. (I swear I still can't listen to her 2006 album Ruby's Torch without crying.)

Love at the Five and Dime from 1986 (This video is a live ACL performance.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK462XnRjQ

#Music #NowPlaying #Americana #Roots #SingerSongwriter

Today's Tune: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young WOODSTOCK https://youtu.be/4lx86B6a3kc
(Portrait by Joan Baez)

#CSNY #DavidCrosby #Harmony #Guitars #Singing #FolkRock #JoanBaez

The more I peer into the murky underbelly of social and nonsocial media, the more I’m reminded of the song of Willy Dunn: “I pity the country I pity the state And the mind of a man Who thrives on hate.” Born the same day as me, sadly departed before. aka Roha’tiio “his voice is beautiful,” Mi’kmaq/Scottish/Irish background; life full of defiance. Reflections on society and nature that transcend violence and hurt. Merged TS Eliot with a Mohawk Round Dance #folkmusic
https://open.spotify.com/track/7q2RtCla6MGls0uJwVLYg5?si=fab0d219da0048a1

Today's Tune: Cheryl Wheeler BUT THE DAYS & NIGHTS ARE LONG

https://youtu.be/4YaP-7gMv5k

Life is short, but the days and nights are long
Time will heal all these wounds
Some day soon
I'll be rising I'll be strong

But now I'm losing all my battles
Now I'm down and dropping still

#FolkMusic #LyricalGenius #SingerSongwriterMusic #Guitar

New server, new #introduction :
I joined Mastodon in November and am enjoying the slow pace of conversations, the serendipity of exploring an unoptimised feed, and all the greenery, truth-speaking and general nerding out!

I mistakenly assumed that my wonderful follows would come with me when I moved, so I didn't write them down, but c'est la vie, I'll start with follow-backing.

I am interested in #Theology #Science #Poetry #ClimateJustice #SciFi #Songwriting #Christianity #LivedExperience

AT THE END OF THE YEAR

As this year draws to its end,
We give thanks for the gifts it brought
And how they became inlaid within
Where neither time nor tide can touch them...

Days when beloved faces shone brighter
With light from beyond themselves;
And from the granite of some secret sorrow
A stream of buried tears loosened.

We bless this year for all we learned,
For all we loved and lost
And for the quiet way it brought us
Nearer to our invisible destination.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

#HappyNewYear

Today's Tune: Emmylou Harris EASY FROM NOW ON
Quarter moon in a ten cent town
It's time for me to lay my heartaches down
Saturday night I'm gonna make myself a name
Take a month of Sundays to try and explain

https://youtu.be/6CZcXqA_I2w

“There are two kinds of men. Those who are in love with Emmylou Harris, and those who haven’t met her.” ~ #WillieNelson

#EmmylouHarris #SingerSongwriter #QuarterMoon #FolkMusic #Storyteller #Trailblazer

Today's Tune: Nanci Griffith WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES
And I am not alone
While my love is near me
I know it will be so
Until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter
And then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time
For who knows how my love grows
And who knows where the time goes
https://youtu.be/YOeDsYx_u9Q

#TakeTwo #SingerSongwriter
#NanciGriffith #SandyDenny #TimelessMusic #FolkMusic #Musicians

@rossy I posted this song before I found out through her email list that she had lost her husband to Leukemia just the week prior. She kept a concert she had scheduled in Franklin, TN a week later and donated all proceeds to the hospice that cared for him. I have so much admiration for her. Her generosity in a time of such personal pain says everything about her heart and spirit.

I love her new album, but as you pointed out, it would be impossible to pick a favorite.

@rossy I attended a Zoom songwriting course given by her and David Wilcox during the height of COVID, before vaccinations. She has such a warm presence and was a huge cheerleader for all of us. I hope to do an in-person class with her next year.

Media people and organisations, start your own Fediverse servers! This is your chance to be in control of what you publish!

By remaining on Twitter you are helping Musk control you and your readers. You used to be in control before Twitter. The Fediverse is your chance to get back that control.

It is really cheap and easy!

Non-techy people go here:

➡️ https://growyourown.services/grow-your-own-social-network/

Techy people go here:

➡️ https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own/

The @TexasObserver has just started its own server, for example.

Today, President Biden will sign the Respect for Marriage Act. It will nullify the odious act known as DOMA, which had enshrined anti LGBTQ+ prejudice and discrimination into law.
Federal recognition of same sex marriages, by statute, is an important safeguard, but we must still do more. We must now enshrine the protections of Obergefell into law, so that no state can deny same-sex couples the rights and privileges afforded heterosexual married couples.