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You MUST send Valentines
You must send Valentines. I’ll tell you why below, but first I have to admit I always disliked Valentines Day. And then last year – 5 years into a single life I hadn’t planned on – I gave it up. Instead of hating Valentines Day, I challenged myself to send Video...
30 Days of Love Songs
NEW CHALLENGE! 30 Days of Love Songs – Leading up to Valentine’s Day. I’m on a mission to learn about emotional vulnerability and one of my challenges is to get on Facebook Live every night for 30 days and sing love songs. One Project, TWO Playlists...
Love Stories from the Harp – For Valentine’s Day
Every year around Valentine’s Day I like to look back at all the love stories past. So I decided to make this composite blog so I can find them and share them more easily! It’s a whole lot of romance all on one page. Enjoy! NEW in 2020 – “20...
The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn
One of the songs I heard my mother sing when I was a kid was “Nature Boy” by Eden Ahbez. It was one of the pieces I cut my teeth on when I was learning to ‘fake’ music from chord charts. It has a haunting melody with simple, beautiful chords. There’s one thing I just...
My Mother’s Mexican Hat
NOTE: This story includes an audio file related to the story – if you want to listen while you’re reading, here’s the song: My parents were divorced when I was very young and my mother and I went to live with my Aunt. Aftrer a year or so the three of...
My First Kiss
This is a story I wrote out in 1996 when my local NPR station challenged listeners to write in about their first kiss. This was mine — read on the air Feb. 14, 1996. I lived in North Carolina. He lived in California. When I met him, I was visiting my...
Love Gone Bad – Past the Expiration Date
“If music be the food of love … then what’s that smell?” Love Gone Bad by Deborah Henson-Conant (words & music / voice & harp) https://hipharp.com/cv/audio/neveralbum/LoveGoneBad-HensonConant-Valentine.mp3 I go hot and cold with...
HipHarp Valentine’s Guide
Every year, for Valentine’s Day, I share romantic music & stories. Each year, I look back and re-share them in a post like this. So please share the links below with YOUR Valentines! Love Songs for Peter: In 2013 I created a special musical valentine for my...
Love Songs for Peter
In the 2nd grade I bought a pack of valentines for everyone in the class. This year I made only ONE – and I made it by hand for my beloved friend Peter. It’s a jazz-harp collection of 4 classic jazz standards: “As Time Goes By,” ...
