I wrote and recorded this song in the days after everything shut down with Covid, five years to this very day (March 13, 2020 – it was a Friday, and I remember talking to my students at dismissal about this virus we had all started to hear about, and one student in particular was quite anxious about what he was hearing, and I was trying to keep him calm, and then we said goodbye as they left the building and we didn’t return to the classroom for the rest of the school year) and when I recorded the song on my laptop, I asked my talented wife to sing along with me. In the song lyrics, I was capturing the sense of quiet and that feeling of isolation — the pulling back from the world — from the shutdown. We then shared this song out to our family, school and friend communities as a musical connection. It’s odd to listen to it now, and think back on those days. Five years. Man.
Peace (in song),
Kevin
Five years, wow! Have also been reflecting on how much (and how little) has changed since then
Your reflection prompted me to look back to see what I was writing in March 2019. I found this article. https://tutormentor.blogspot.com/2019/03/we-need-lot-more-good-luck-in-world.html
It’s one of many where I show the influence of you and the #clmooc community.
PS: I don’t recall you mentioning your wife often in your posts. She has a beautiful voice. Is she a teacher, too?
Yes, she is a school librarian (and was a writing project educator before me, and a teacher years before I became one — back when I was still a newspaper journalist). And a beautiful singer (and beautiful person).
Kevin