Category: Music

Oxalis, LHB Conservatory, dry brush filter

It hasn’t been a bad winter. But it’s starting to wear very, very thin. It’s the right time of the year to break out the Manu Chao (The Merry Blues) :

Oxalis, LHB Conservatory, water color filter

Last December, I got an email out of the blue from Marya Katz, a musician and teacher from Blacksburg, Va. She wanted to use one of my sunset pictures for her CD of original hammered dulcimer music, Between Sunset and Stars, which I just received in the mail yesterday. Needless to say, I was honored.

Gardeners who like the lilting music of the hammered dulcimer will resonate with Marya’s music. She describes this 24-track CD (featuring fellow musicians on guitar, bass and flute) as “A collage of songs and tunes which come together to tell a story filled with thoughts and dreams at the end of a busy day.”

I especially enjoyed the liner notes to the tune Suspended Spring.

Shall we dance? Let’s share one last waltz tonight before we put these tunes and our tired souls to bed. This one was originally written to honor the lovely sunny daffodils, smiling boldly to the sliver of sunlight that was peeking through the steely gray clouds, as they daintily plucked up their soft green petticoats (lest they become dampened by the snowy white blanket which was covering the ground below them …)

Ordering info from Marya: CDs sell for $15.00 apiece, plus $1.50 for postage.

Marya Katz
702 Elizabeth Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060

Questions? Email me at either of these addresses: mkatz@mail.mcps.org or maryakatz@gmail.com or call me at my home number: 540-961-4435