Best Staples Experience Ever!
On Monday, August 8, I had what I’m calling My Best Staples Experience Ever. It began innocently enough. I had a bag of papers to shred....
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April Lynn James
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
Of Sonnets and Angels
April is National Poetry Month, and it occurs to me that you may be wondering how Madison and I began playing together. An excerpt from...
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April Lynn James
- Apr 5, 2022
- 1 min
Time to PLAY!
Over these last two years, the universe gave me plenty of time to reconsider the direction of my life. I am sure that many of us...
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April Lynn James
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
Three Things My Research Taught Me, Part 3
Thing Number Three: Intellectual pursuits will only take one so far. When I returned to Queens College for my music degree (my second...
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April Lynn James
- Sep 18, 2021
- 2 min
Three Things My Research Taught Me, Part 2
The second of three posts about what my research on operas composed by women taught me about life, the universe and everything.
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April Lynn James
- Sep 11, 2021
- 2 min
Three Things My Research Taught Me
As many of you know, I spent a good portion of my life researching operas composed by women. As a singer knowing how competitive the...
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April Lynn James
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
Play Your Way Joyful
A couple of weeks ago, I (plus Madison) put out a call for your help in putting the final touches to our new course, From Play to...
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April Lynn James
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Beyond Ac and Alt-Ac
If you’re like me, and even if you aren’t, you may have believed that someone who earned a PhD worked really hard to attain a high level...
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April Lynn James
- Feb 20, 2021
- 3 min
From MA to MA
This month’s blog post was originally going to explore the connections between my research on Maria Antonia, Electress of Saxony and my...
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April Lynn James
- Jan 2, 2021
- 2 min
Hawk-y New Year!
Spirit blessed me with my first Hawk sighting of the year today, January 1, 2021 (and before breakfast, no less)! I love Hawks. They are...
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April Lynn James
- Dec 6, 2020
- 3 min
A New Venture
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things….” Or rather, the time has come for me to follow through with an idea that...
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April Lynn James
- Nov 8, 2020
- 2 min
Cycles of Earth and Sky
Blessed Samhain, everyone! I know what you’re thinking: wait, didn’t we celebrate that last weekend? Well, yes and no. What we celebrated...
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April Lynn James
- Oct 6, 2020
- 3 min
Happy Mad Hatter Day!
A few suggestions to help you celebrate Mad Hatter Day .
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April Lynn James
- Nov 15, 2017
- 1 min
Madisonnets Launch Party!
This Friday, November 17, at 7pm, I (plus Madison) will read from our first chapbook, Madison Hatta’s Book of Unreasonable Rhymes, and...
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April Lynn James
- Feb 26, 2017
- 2 min
Love yourself first, Part 2
Mom was scheduled to have a check up with her neurologist to try to pinpoint the cause of her leg problems. I was at home that afternoon....
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April Lynn James
- Feb 19, 2017
- 2 min
Love yourself first, Part 1
People have been talking about Carrie Fisher’s and Debbie Reynolds’ passing within days of each other. There was a lot of shock and...
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April Lynn James
- Feb 11, 2017
- 2 min
I was not the problem, Part 2
Mrs. Levin was taken ill mid-year, and was replaced by a substitute: Ms. Levine. She was the complete opposite of our permanent...
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April Lynn James
- Feb 5, 2017
- 1 min
I was not the problem, Part 1
“Hidden Figures” is such an inspiring film. The everyday heroism of these women can no longer be overlooked, even while some of the...
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April Lynn James
- Jul 23, 2016
- 3 min
Florida Holi-dazed, Part 3
One of the things that properties like this are selling is escape: Escape from the sometimes-gritty reality of urban living. This brings...
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April Lynn James
- Jul 16, 2016
- 2 min
Florida Holi-Dazed, Part 2
Saying no to the manager meant that I was transferred to manager specialist number two, the third older man that I would speak to that...
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