Woodsmoke

Indiana

Dismalites

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November 29th would have been Madeleine L'Engle's 100th birthday. I couldn't let the occasion pass without marking it in some way.

The piece is built around snippets from Sarah Arthur's wonderful podcast in support of her book "A Light So Lovely."

Madeleine

A couple of new tunes for your Boxing Day* enjoyment: "Ugly Sweater" is a funny, folky love song from a middle aged guy who's falling apart and is IN NO WAY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. "Back to Banff" takes pieces of the former and pulls them into a nostalgic recollection of a great trip to the Canadian Rockies.

* Not bad for other occasions, either.

Ugly Sweater

This is mostly stitched together from pieces of "Ugly Sweater"-- you could call it a remix-- but it also incorporates a synth-string drone derived from a Leslie matrix model of a fluctuating population of animals (I started with data for the moose population of the Canadian Rockies, but tweaked it heavily until it worked for the song).

Back To Banff

"Why can't they just share the hedge?"

Copyright 2019 by Greg Howard. All rights reserved.

Eishes Chayil / Pentolope

Pentolope

I am hardly the first husband to read the "woman of valor" passage in Proverbs 31 and think "Hmm, yes, pretty sure I know this woman." I understand that it's not uncommon in observant Jewish households for the husband to recite this passage in his wife's honor before a Shabbat dinner. In that spirit, I recorded this in honor of my wife's birthday this year.

My apologies to any listeners who are actually familiar with ancient Hebrew: I myself neither read nor speak the language, and I was working from a couple of transliterations I found online, and a handful of translations I had around the house. I'm sure my pronunciation and cadence leave a lot to be desired, but I hope you nevertheless enjoy the song for what it is.

Copyright 2019 by Greg Howard. All rights reserved.

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