In this room Heaven bloomed
This is an archive post ~ originally published Apr. 2, 2012 and updated in 2018 In my late teens, I was visiting Edith, my grandmother, in the San Joaquin valley where I stayed with her for part of every summer. She gave me her pincushion and a few spools of thread... read more
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... read more![[Harp-Lever-Pedal-Voice] The Nightingale](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Nightingale-Cover-Gumroad-v6-250x250.jpg)
[Harp-Lever-Pedal-Voice] The Nightingale
The Nightingale (for harp solo or harp & voice / lever or pedal harps). This is Deborah’s top-selling sheet music. It includes five versions of “The Nightingale,” from Beginner to Advanced, for harps in Eb or C, some versions for harp instrumental and some for... read more![[Harp-Pedal] Für Elise – The One Classical Piece my Mom could Play](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/FurElise-Gumroad-ProductMini-Square-250x250.jpg)
[Harp-Pedal] Für Elise – The One Classical Piece my Mom could Play
My mother could play ONE classical piece on piano – Beethoven’s “Für Elise.” I didn’t know it at the time, but when I hear that piece today I realize how much influence it had on me as a composer, just in terms of the way it’s... read more
How I met my mother
This is a special Mother’s Day message – and a question: Where is your mother in you, now? This picture is my mother and me when I was little. My biggest childhood heroes were my mother, my aunt, our post-mistress who had a wooden leg, and my dad’s dog. I... read more
My Favorite Aunt – A Music Video for Mother’s Day Eve
[First posted May 10, 2014 at 10:53] My mother’s kid-sister, Gloria, has always been my hero. My cousins and I fought over her, bragged about spending time with her, and tormented each other with presents we got from her – as simple as a matchbox. After my mother... read more“The Nightingale” (Orchestral Version)
This is a song for harp, voice and symphony – a memory of my mother’s voice – from my album “Invention & Alchemy” read more
Counting Fish
It was in Calaveras County, in the foothills of the Sierras in the ’60’s. I was 6. We went to a forestry preserve – maybe a fishery, and likely in Big Trees State park. We walked into a small flat meadow, where a forest ranger in short sleeves knelt... read more
This is the gift
Yesterday, on the bike path, pedaling home from a stint at the Kickstand Cafe with my computer, there was a small group ahead of me on the path in sunlight that looked almost dusty: A mother – or grandmother – and a child. Like it would have been when I... read more
