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  • THE BLOG - Freedom From Within

    Bird on My Porch
    A bird showed up on my porch today Feet planted, standing quite still. Body trembling, unable to...
    Shadow on The Wall
    He comes and goes, And hardly anybody knows He’s been at all, Until they find he’s paid a call....
    Sometimes a Monster
    There’s a girl whose roots Were trampled and twisted Raised in the shadows, Rejected and shamed,...
    On Christmas Day
    He gets up early Christmas morn The sky is soft and gray The house asleep He pictures angels...
    Judy Garland’s “Over the Rainbow”
    If there is such a thing as a perfect song, “Over The Rainbow” must be it. Introduced by a...
    Bruce Springsteen’s “Long Time Comin’”
      Today’s blog is about Bruce Springsteen’s song, “Long Time Coming’,” from his 2005 album Dust...
    John Lennon's Songs "Mother" and "Cry Baby Cry"
    There’s a Beatles song on the White Album, “Cry Baby Cry,” that is a strange, almost dream-like...
    Freedom From Within
    Today I’m writing about the song that gives this newsletter its title. It’s part of a new musical...
    The Evening of My Best Day
    Time is a blur in Rickie Lee Jones’s song, “The Evening of My Best Day.” She sings it in a...
    I Dance and Dance and Smile and Smile
      Dory Previn was a brilliant songwriter, author, poet and playwright, and a vibrantly creative...
    Sometimes a Monster
    I am excited to be launching my blog, “Freedom From Within: Words and Music with Peter Melnick."...
    Freedom From Within
    “Freedom From Within” (home demo) Vocals: Aubrey Haddard      
    Out in the Bushlands
    Recorded live at Ha-Simta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee...
    FAST RUNNING TRAIN
    My trauma, damage and dementia tune. Vocals: Aubrey Haddard Rough Mix from the album, BETTER...
    He Is Away
    Recorded live at Hasimta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee...
    O Sun, Ah Moon
    Recorded live at Hasimta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee...
    Returning to the River
    Recorded live at Hasimta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee...
    Rumi's Field
    2021年1月22日
    “Politics need not be a raging fire destroying everything in its path,” President Biden told us...
    Valentine to Faith
    2021年1月17日
    I just finished reading a wonderful novel by Victoria Foyt, VALENTINE TO FAITH, about a journey...
    New Year in America
    2020年12月30日
    A lot of what I write has to do with family trauma that wends its way through the generations —...
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