đŸª¶Michelle Tuesday’s Blog
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I’m a professional music educator, y’all. I teach everything from children’s music to classical arias to Gregorian chant to musical theatre to thrash metal. So when you ask me to: Choose your favorite song, artist, band, or orchestra, and blog about it, with a YouTube video attached. I find the task understandably daunting.So I’m gonna…
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Check out this fun 3-month writing event designed to get you writing that novel, memoir, musical, nonfiction manuscript, screenplay, or other long-form written work you’ve been thinking about or were planning for NaNoWriMo. Maybe it’s your year to pull it off! (Don’t worry, the event is free!) The Season kicks off September 1st with the…
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As a professional teacher, I’m interested in pedagogical topics like what makes a good or bad teacher. Obviously, I’d prefer the be the former! So I drew on my own experience and identified the two worst teachers I have ever encountered. My Brother’s Worst Teacher My younger brother had a terrible teacher in the 2nd…
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Since Parkinson’s, I can now completely understand and appreciate spoon theory. However, I prefer to represent my limited energy with a battery metaphor.
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For the record, being married (or having a room- / housemate) is great if the other person cares at all about you and humanity in general. But there are perks to living alone that I miss sometimes. Like when it’s 10:20 p.m., and I find myself feeling well rested and inspired to sing opera for…
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Data centers are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you wouldn’t be reading this blog post, placing that online order, or streaming your favorite show without them. On the other hand, nobody wants them in their neighborhood. Here in Central Ohio, my community apps (Nextdoor, etc) light up regularly with heated discussions titled, “NO…
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A friend recently lamented this his frequent work travel interferes with his ability to practice singing. After all, hotel rooms have thin walls. It brought to mind a story from my college years. This was my reply: That’s such a bummer. I recall in college, living in the dorms, was a similar situation. I lived…
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Sometimes, instruments can be dangerous. No, I’m not talking about whoever did the field testing to quantify how far one can throw a piano. I’m not talking about cartoon characters dropping pianos out windows to squash hapless passersby on the sidewalk below. I’m talking about the glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, or…
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Cindy, teen human and thief hunter, tiptoed around the giant oak and sniffed the foul air. Her boot landed in something thick and squishy, and a slurping sound assaulted her ears. A strong odor burned her nose hairs and made her eyes water. “What-?” She looked down at her foot and gasped. Her boot had…
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Yesterday, I had my six-month followup with my Movement Disorders Specialist (MDS), neurology nurse practitioner, Jessica. She appreciates my tech savvy, and I feel more like a collaborator than a patient with her.
