Author Archives: Liza Blue

Podcast: The Perfect Walk

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Perfect-Walk1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThere is a difference between a hike and a walk.  On a hike your mind must stay focused.  On a walk, your mind can take off to other destinations. Follow Liza Blue on: … Continue reading

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At Peace with Ticks

The other day at bell choir rehearsal we were practicing a tricky piece that had a riff of competing doublets and triplets, and I requested that we drill on several problematic measures. Just as we launched into the piece, I … Continue reading

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Podcast: At Peace with Ticks

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Ah! Wonderlic!

I am a sixty year old woman with nothing obvious in common with a pro football player. My forty yard dash could be timed with a clogged hour glass, my bench press might not exceed a full load of laundry, … Continue reading

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Podcast: Ah! Wonderlic!

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Occupation: Housewife

It seems very strange that I didn’t put everything together until I was cleaning out my parent’s safety deposit box after their deaths. The bank clerk handed me the little card they had filled out, probably just after their marriage … Continue reading

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Podcast: Occupation Housewife

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Occupation-Housewife.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSContemplating my mother struggles with the 1950s ideal of Occupation: Housewife Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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A Parent Death

I was in my early fifties when I started to wonder where I would be exactly when I learned that my mother was dying. Would I be in the midst of a routine errand, idling in traffic at the busy … Continue reading

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Podcast: A Parent Death

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/A-Parent-Death.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhy didn’t I choose to stay at my mother’s bedside as she died?  It’s still a mystery. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Symbolic Gestures

In college, I was convinced that symbolism would be my downfall. I’d never graduate. It all started in high school when I was a new sophomore in an all-girls boarding school. Mr. Shohet, my English teacher, seemed like an aggressive, … Continue reading

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