Dolly Parton (January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026) I make a point to appreciate all the little things in my life. I go out and smell the air after a good, hard rain. These small actions help remind me that there are so many great, glorious pieces of good in the world....

Angine de Poitrine at the 2026 KEXP BBQ (photos Mackenzie McAninch) Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before— Shel Silverstein My partner Erika and I found dancing joy in a most unlikely place last...

The secret of tango is in this moment of improvisation that happens between step and step. It is to make the impossible thing possible: to dance silence. —Carlos Gavito "The most sought-after leads have a very special quality," suggests Laura Riva in her...

Image from the article “Shake Rattle and Roll” by Big Joe Turner Now flip, flop and flyI don't care if I die— Big Joe Turner Big Joe Turner, dubbed the "Boss of the Blues", hailed from Kansas City, Missouri and was a master across multiple genres including blues,...

Dancing til Dusk, Hing Hay Park July 30, 2026 (Constance Brinkley photo) Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. —Ludwig van Beethoven Using half a dozen metal singing bowls, our family friend, Trevor, performed a sound bath last Monday...

Dancing til Dusk, Hing Hay Park (Constance Brinkley photo) What we need to do is convince people that every single body is a dancing body. —Peter Lovatt, dance psychologist and former professional dancer Back in 2025, my post — Warning: Dance may be...

Isadora Duncan and Mata Hari The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music...Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. —Charles Baudelaire “The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.” So said Mata Hari who, in the early 1900s, became a...

I hear the music, I feel the beatAnd for a moment, when I'm dancing, I am free—Free, Florence + The Machine(from the album Dance Fever, also containing the song Choreomania) Around this time of year in 1374 — June 24 to be exact — a dancing plague gripped the town of...