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Ethnic Food - At a multicultural potluck, a white middle-class friend brought out a can of fruit cocktail to represent food from her heritage. And I finally found my ethnic food. | |
| Middle of the Night - There is a sweetness that comes from facing the loss of something precious. For a short time, I faced the possibility of losing my voice. This song was born then. | ||
| Britches - I'm 6'2". I never played basketball, but I used to outgrow my trousers at an alarming rate. Imagine my confusion when my mother would tell me I was "getting too big for my britches." | ||
| Groove Pilgrims - Paul Cebar and the Milwaukeeans inspired this poem with their generous, groove-tasty music. | ||
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Rainbow Sleeves - This sweet song by Tom Waits reaches
for a friend facing dark times. |
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| Brink of Freedom - Voice and percussion blend in an urgent plea to go for it! | ||
| Phantom Cafe - There is a truck stop in the middle of the Iowa cornfields that rose out of the snowy darkness one cold night ... | ||
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Never Leave Dreams Undone - The title says it best. | |
| Home with You - An introvert's love anthem. | ||
| Ordinary Things - "Come Contentment" - the tune hummed behind the poem - is one of those mystical Shaker tunes whose music lingers on long after the notes end. | ||
| Sun won't Stop - This song by Holly Near and Steve Wood is the most cheerful song about death we've ever heard. | ||
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Promise - On a twisting dark highway in the middle of a blizzard, this Celtic-flavored song showed up to help me home. | |
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