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Prayer Music

I am no stranger to recording, but this is a new project. At the end of last year, I felt the call from God to start recording music again (I had gotten weary of

The Spiral Journey

In the early Irish church, there was this concept of ‘journeying for the love of God’: peregrinatio. The Celtic people, though agrarian and strongly tied to the

Happy (Belated) St. Brigid’s Day

Today — well, a couple days ago — is the Irish holiday, ‘Saint Brigid’s Day.’ Though her origins are obscure, she is generally regarded as being an early proponent,

From the Composer’s Desk

It snowed last night as I was working on the ‘clean’ copy. 🎼 Even when I wrote stuff with just lyrics and chords, I’d write it out a few times in pencil where I

Composing

It decided last night to RAIN. A LOT. And so this morning, I sat down and did some composing. ❤️ It’s been a while. I think I only wrote one or two songs last year,

My Journey into the Prophetic

How do I begin to explain how my life has changed over the last week?? Let’s start with how my prayer life has blossomed. As I mentioned in my post last week, over

Happy New Year! The Spirit is Moving!

Hey there Steemians! My holiday was extra busy — how about yours? This is about the first time I’ve had to sit down and trawl through my feed in weeks.... maybe

Merry Christmas — Breton style!

Merry Christmas! 🎄🥰 Here is a beautiful carol from Brittany (the region of northern France and moden-day Normandy), that I learned some years ago by ear from the

Brighter Days: a Celtic E.P.

Available for purchase at As I mentioned in my previous post, this holiday season is going by SO FAST. 😳 Between all the baking, reading up on the healing musician

Kitchen Sessions: Con Cassidy’s + Daniel Collins’ Father’s Jig

Con Cassidy’s + Daniel Collins’ Father’s Jig on my Celtic Sweetone. 🎶 These were two of the earliest jigs I learned, thanks to my grandmother’s support of my Irish

Quem Pastores Laudavere

On Saturday I attended an SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) Yule event, and performed this pretty 15th century Christmas hymn for bardic. Alas, no videos were

A New Musical Chapter

Hey Steemit! How are you? I dropped off the radar this week, but I have been music-busy and am very excited about a new chapter: This book (by Stella Benson) is

Apples in Winter

BRRRR! 😶❄️🌬 It was a VERY cold morning here on the farmstead. And yet, a couple of my antique apple trees still carry their fruit! It amazes me. Please enjoy my

Renegade Music

I feel so renegade. I concealed carried a weapon of musical destruction today... and wanted to pull it out in church amongst unsuspecting worshippers.... (hey, they

Eleanor Plunkett

The weather cleared up today, even if we are still facing very high winds here. I stand at my kitchen sink and look out the window onto my front yard; the leaves

Tinwhistle Belt Holster

For a while now I’ve been oogling the tinwhistle “belt holsters” I occasionally see on Etsy, marketed toward the Ren faire and SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism)

Dropping My Leaves

Autumn is in full swing here, and today the winds arrived with much rain and storm. I keep intending to film and record another video, but the weather keeps delaying

Autumn Calls

Autumn calls, To the plaintive tune Of ancient music, Stepping quietly over forest ground Dropping leaves in a haze of gold Around her feet. I listen to her sing

Thom 'Mormhran' Potter

I rejected the Church in the latter part of the 80s, and soon went on a path that took me to the Druidic Craft of the Wise, First Church of Satan, and now the Order

Mid-East Rebec Bow Review

Over the last couple years, I’ve been diving into the “Performance” book Jeffrey Kite-Powell, cutting right to the chase and reading the chapters that immediately