We sing the sad songs all the way through
Why sad songs and tragic stories are essential for our happiness
Dear Dragon Slayers,
This week I’ve been working on writing and recording some test episodes for a possible Weirdo Poetry podcast. Each episode has a theme, and the themes vary as widely as zombies, toaster ovens, and love.
Earlier this week, I was working on an episode with the theme of grief. The format so far is I share some of my poems and a short monologue, with each episode running less than 10 minutes.
Here’s a comic adaptation of one of the poems from the podcast:
While in the middle of this podcast project, I took my three older kids (I now have three teenagers!) to see Hadestown.
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