The ups and downs

January 28, 2020  /  Marci Jackson

Life with toddlers can frequently feel like the never ending cycle of Groundhog Day. Same routine, same toys, same diapers, over and over until you pass out on the couch at 8:52 pm because you’re done in! Then there will be one small moment where the light shines on why you do what you do. Today it was the looks on my kids faces when they saw that the seeds they had planted in their own “greenhouse” had sprouted. They just looked up and with a big ol’ smile said “Mom! The seeeeds!!!!! They grew up!” Yep, they sure did, kids, they sure did.

Plant the seed. It’s worth it.

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**Premiere Performance info**

November 16, 2024, Marci will be performing for the 1st time the pieces written for her by composer Daniel J. McIntosh. The pieces are set to William Blake’s “Songs of Innocence.” Never have all 19 poems been set to music before, so this is a performance NOT to be missed. Not only will it be sung, but the poem and art that Blake engraved will be projected during the performance.

Before and after the performance, there will be a special display of the pieces that have just been newly printed by Michael Phillips specifically for Marci and these performances. This is FIRST time since Blake printed them that all of the Songs of Innocence have been printed in his style of printing/engraving.