I have finally entered the blogging world!  Hi World!

I’ve wanted to start a blog about everything that comes into my head and inbox regarding cultural events and “happenings” in the city of Toronto where I’ve resided for 4.5 years.  It might take me some time to get used to writing publicly, or regularly, or even just to navigate what a blog site entails.  I’ll try to start with just catching up on the things that I feel should be more general knowledge but might only be known by those of us entrenched in the daily artistic grind.

It has been a day of getting myself in gear.  I’ve been self-employed for the last year, managing a few small dance companies and taking various contracts for festivals in Toronto.  I finally registered a business today – Magic Penny – to help me develop an identity at the beginning of my career.  This will be another topic I approach later; the excitement and fear of navigating the creation of a small business and articulating who and what I do to the masses.

See you along the road…

My credit crunch themes of ornithology and graphs and animals… now theme tunes too. Try these lyrics for Friday afternoon:

Magic Pennywords and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1955 and 1958.
Love is something if you give it away,
Give it away, give it away.
Love is something if you give it away,
You end up having more.

It’s just like a magic penny,
Hold it tight and you won’t have any. 
Lend it, spend it, and you’ll have so many
They’ll roll all over the floor.

For love is something if you give it away,
Give it away, give it away.
Love is something if you give it away, 
You end up having more.

Money’s dandy and we like to use it,¹
But love is better if you don’t refuse it.
It’s a treasure and you’ll never lose it
Unless you lock up your door.

For love is something if you give it away,
Give it away, give it away.
Love is something if you give it away,
You end up having more.

So let’s go dancing till the break of day,
And if there’s a piper, we can pay. 
For love is something if you give it away,
You end up having more.

For love is something if you give it away,
Give it away, give it away.
Love is something if you give it away,
You end up having more.

Når jeg ikke har mulighet til å følge opp denne bloggen akkurat nå er det fint at noen andre er i aktivitet, slik kan jeg samle styrke og komme tilbake når tiden er inne. Fint at vi er flere som kan veksle om å dra lasset.

Altså: dagens anbefaling: Magic Penny

Og dessuten denne, en historie som inneholder polyamori. Under broen.

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