April Lynn JamesApr 122 minOf Sonnets and AngelsApril is National Poetry Month, and it occurs to me that you may be wondering how Madison and I began playing together. An excerpt from...
April Lynn JamesApr 51 minTime 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...
April Lynn JamesSep 26, 20212 minThree Things My Research Taught Me, Part 3Thing Number Three: Intellectual pursuits will only take one so far. When I returned to Queens College for my music degree (my second...
April Lynn JamesSep 18, 20212 minThree Things My Research Taught Me, Part 2The second of three posts about what my research on operas composed by women taught me about life, the universe and everything.
April Lynn JamesSep 11, 20212 minThree Things My Research Taught MeAs many of you know, I spent a good portion of my life researching operas composed by women. As a singer knowing how competitive the...
April Lynn JamesMay 3, 20212 minPlay Your Way JoyfulA 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...
April Lynn JamesMar 25, 20212 minBeyond Ac and Alt-AcIf 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...
April Lynn JamesFeb 20, 20213 minFrom MA to MAThis month’s blog post was originally going to explore the connections between my research on Maria Antonia, Electress of Saxony and my...
April Lynn JamesJan 2, 20212 minHawk-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...
April Lynn JamesDec 6, 20203 minA 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...
April Lynn JamesNov 8, 20202 minCycles of Earth and SkyBlessed Samhain, everyone! I know what you’re thinking: wait, didn’t we celebrate that last weekend? Well, yes and no. What we celebrated...
April Lynn JamesOct 6, 20203 minHappy Mad Hatter Day!A few suggestions to help you celebrate Mad Hatter Day .
April Lynn JamesNov 15, 20171 minMadisonnets 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...
April Lynn JamesFeb 26, 20172 minLove yourself first, Part 2Mom 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....
April Lynn JamesFeb 19, 20172 minLove yourself first, Part 1People have been talking about Carrie Fisher’s and Debbie Reynolds’ passing within days of each other. There was a lot of shock and...
April Lynn JamesFeb 11, 20172 minI was not the problem, Part 2Mrs. Levin was taken ill mid-year, and was replaced by a substitute: Ms. Levine. She was the complete opposite of our permanent...
April Lynn JamesFeb 5, 20171 minI 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...
April Lynn JamesJul 23, 20163 minFlorida Holi-dazed, Part 3One of the things that properties like this are selling is escape: Escape from the sometimes-gritty reality of urban living. This brings...
April Lynn JamesJul 16, 20162 minFlorida Holi-Dazed, Part 2Saying no to the manager meant that I was transferred to manager specialist number two, the third older man that I would speak to that...
April Lynn JamesJul 9, 20163 minFlorida Holi-dazedCities vs. suburbs. Perhaps that’s the issue. In March 2016, I spent my Spring Break week in the Orlando Florida Metropolitan Area, and I...