WRITING MALVINA
THANKFUL FOR AZTECS AND ZULUS
AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
When my mother was writing her newsletter, Sporadic Times, she would often put in a household hint or a recipe. This was nothing new; when she was working for the People’s World in the thirties and forties she did a household column. So today a quick lunch idea I discovered when I was trying a no-
GREEN FESTIVAL TIME AGAIN
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
I went to the festival to see my good friends at Reach and Teach, who bring my CD, Sun Sun Shine, to festivals and conferences and schools, and to hear Starhawk, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, and Luisah Teish. I was naming the array of speakers to my Syracuse friend and described Starhawk and
“IT’S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW”
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Since I last posted, I’ve been to WoMaMu (Women Making Music) and FAR-West Folk Alliance. I’ll report on the Folk Alliance Regional West Conference first, while it’s fresh in my mind. It’s a conference on folk and acoustic music as a profession, with workshops during the day and showcases nearly
CAPITALISM AND BIG NUMBERS
Thursday, October 22, 2009
So I was standing at the box office last night and I heard myself say “Two for Capitalism” and I thought that doesn’t sound right. I liked most of the movie a lot, especially the swing version of “The Internationale.” Just googled it and found it was sung by a New Jersey lounge singer named Tony
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Today bloggers in one hundred fifty countries are blogging about different aspects of climate change. I’m blogging about going to the Children’s Music Network National Gathering outside Asheville, North Carolina, which fits right in. As I said in my last post, the Magic Penny Award went this year
Welcome to my blog: I’m writing a biography of my mother, songwriter/activist Malvina Reynolds, and blogging about writing and doing research for the book, and about what I do when I’m not writing the bio, which includes writing songs, storytelling, reading, swimming, and hanging out.
Writing Malvina
Name: Nancy Schimmel
Habitat: Berkeley, California
Current quote: Michael Pollen asked people for their food rules; here’s a good one:
“Eat food in inverse proportion to how much its lobby spends to push it.”—Kirk Westphal
New Reading: Gertrude and Claudius, a novel by John Updike.
Favorite Movies: Born Yesterday, Hard Day’s Night, My Dinner with Andre, Lone Star, Fargo, The Sting, Chicago, Harold and Maude, Roman Holiday, Bagdad Cafe, The Iron Giant, Babe
Site for books & CDs by Malvina and me
lyrics to over 400 songs
includes song lists by subject, article about Malvina
