How do we remember to breathe, to sow, to sing in the dark times?
Friends, this is (y)our cordial invitation to:
Seeds & ‘See’ Shanties: How we Sing & Sow in the Dark Times
as we sunset cruise on Cayuga together, Friends!
Wednesday, July 9th from 7 to 9:30 pm, entirely free — as a gift for us all! — compliments of our friends at Discover Cayuga Lake, who so generously invited us to dream up an offering to share with our community, and of course we said / sang:
Sow Seeds + Sing Songs!
So yes, let’s sing, savor the sunset & receive the gift of summer succession sowing seeds as we cultivate community and resist despair, Friends! We’ll sing traditional sea shanties as well as new lyrics to old tunes sailing each other toward more silly, loving & liberatory lands…
…thanks for join us vociferously in body and / or spirit and please do register here 💛
(Note: you’ll see a suggested donation automatically appear and if you’re able to joyfully share such resources, thanks for making their non-profit education mission possible! Either way, we love you more & see you soon!)
The Birth of ‘See’ Shanties
Summer solstice arrived as my mother and I explored the Delaware shore, searching for brown-headed nuthatch and horseshoe crabs, our mouths full of high bush blueberries, first cicadas raucous.
Quite by chance we stumbled into an outdoor sea shanty singalong with dozens of people laughing as they deliciously harmonized. We very nearly shouted each exuberant chorus and roared for the next song and the next.
Looking out at the sea of smiling faces, I thought to myself:
If these songs brought us across oceans, for better and for tender, might they bring us to the next shore together, more loving, compassionate and adaptive?
Playing with lyrics to reflect, grieve, grow and celebrate, ‘See’ Shanties were born!
Less rum…
…and more resilience!
Thanks for singing along…
…and for making up the next generation of songs to cross oceans literal and cultural 💛
Sow Seeds, Sing Songs & Let’s Sail,
Sow Seeds & Sing Songs,
& the Many Possibilities of Fruition