Author: PamelaM
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Snow Geese Arriving in Vermont
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Read more: Snow Geese Arriving in VermontWe thought about going to Vermont this weekend to Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area near Middlebury. The snow geese are starting to arrive. There are about 3000 there now, the ranger said on the phone this morning, and they were very camera-friendly, staying near the fence, instead of way back in the marsh. Last year…
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Inspiring Myself for Conservation
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Read more: Inspiring Myself for ConservationI am excited about this new choral piece The Future of Life. I always am before the premiere. But the theme, biodiversity, is particularly resonant in the real world. Since I wrote it, I’ve felt a bit obsessive about wanting to be better about conservation and energy efficiency. There’s a lot going on in my…
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Birds and Spiders
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Read more: Birds and SpidersWatching snow geese in Vermont is my idea of a good time, so why does my choral music gravitate to spiders?
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Notes on writing “The Future of Life”
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Read more: Notes on writing “The Future of Life”It’s never been easy for me to find poetry that I want to use for choral music. Most seems too intimate. Essays have been what grabs me. It seems that choral music with all those voices needs to be about something big. So after reading The Future of Life by Edward O. Wilson, entomologist and…