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I've been blogging since 2010, with different blogs for different topics. With this one, I'm bringing everything together, gradually moving posts here from older blogs, which is why you see long past publication dates on some of them.

If you click on the ALL POSTS button at the top of this page, you'll see, in chronological order, all the posts on this site.

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Marie McKinsey

May 21, 2022
2 min

Coloring Music

Early in my landscape design career, I learned that adding color to drawings was important if I wanted to sell my work.

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Marie McKinsey

Jul 23, 2021
4 min

The World's Oldest Pearl Jam Fan

I've been called the world's oldest Pearl Jam fan. But it isn't true.

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Marie McKinsey

Mar 7, 2021
2 min

Two Happy Songs with Unhappy Lyrics

Sometimes all we know of a song is the chorus. If we don't know the words to the rest of the song, or the words are in a language we...

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Marie McKinsey

Feb 13, 2021
1 min

Little Boxes Made of Ticky Tacky

I grew up in San Francisco's East Bay area, in the 1950s. My early memories are of orchards, vineyards and farm fields that grew every kind

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Bear McCreary: The Man Behind the Outlander Music

Marie McKinsey

Sep 8, 2014
2 min

Bear McCreary: The Man Behind the Outlander Music

I can't imagine a composer more suited to creating the score for the Outlander TV series than Bear McCreary. Growing up, he attended the Sco

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Marie McKinsey

Apr 14, 2014
1 min

A Gaelic Blessing

This fun little song was part of my community choir's 30th Anniversary concert. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed sing

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Marie McKinsey

Feb 23, 2014
1 min

Sleeping With Mozart

How is it possible to share a bed with a man who has been dead for 222 years? It's simple - try learning to perform his music. It stays wit

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Marie McKinsey

Nov 14, 2010
2 min

HONK! If You Love Music

Note: This post was from 2010 when HONK! Fest West was held in the West Seattle Junction. If you want to attend the 2021 version, which will

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