Joan Ellison
@joanellison.bsky.social
Singer of the Great American Songbook & loving restorer of Judy Garland's orchestral arrangements, living in Shaker Heights, Ohio 🌈
#KeeperOfTheFlame #RetroMusic #Symphony #OldHollywood #CleanAir
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Reviving Judy Garland's "Merry Christmas" — Joan Ellison
In her 1949 MGM film, In the Good Old Summertime , Judy Garland sings a lovely but oft-overlooked Christmas song appropriately titled, “Merry Christmas.” Fred Spielman, who had been a prominent cabar...
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New blog post!...
'In her 1949 MGM film, In the Good Old Summertime, Judy Garland sings a lovely but oft-overlooked song appropriately titled, “Merry Christmas....” '
www.joanellison.com/blog/2026/1/...
#inthegoodoldsummertime #moviemusicals #greatamericansongbook #judygarland #filmorchestration
'In her 1949 MGM film, In the Good Old Summertime, Judy Garland sings a lovely but oft-overlooked song appropriately titled, “Merry Christmas....” '
www.joanellison.com/blog/2026/1/...
#inthegoodoldsummertime #moviemusicals #greatamericansongbook #judygarland #filmorchestration
Last straw. I stayed a subscriber for this long because I wanted to support the excellent journalists, but I'm done.
February 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Last straw. I stayed a subscriber for this long because I wanted to support the excellent journalists, but I'm done.
A Spell Against Stagnation: John O'Donohue on Beginnings www.themarginalian.org/2023/12/30/j...
A Spell Against Stagnation: John O’Donohue on Beginnings
“Our very life here depends directly on continuous acts of beginning.”
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January 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A Spell Against Stagnation: John O'Donohue on Beginnings www.themarginalian.org/2023/12/30/j...
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This Weekend Is One Of The Best Of 2026 For Stargazing — What To See
This Weekend Is One Of The Best Of 2026 For Stargazing — What To See
A new moon on Sunday, Jan. 18, means dark skies and some of the best stargazing conditions of the year. Here are the bright stars, constellations and objects to see.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This Weekend Is One Of The Best Of 2026 For Stargazing — What To See
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Great overview from @xpostfactoid.bsky.social on how to get your ACA-specific MAGI into the subsidy-eligible range if you're otherwise a little over the 400% of FPL "subsidy cliff" xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/gift-of-th...
Gift of the malleable MAGI: Getting on the right side of the subsidy cliff
As Republicans have restored the ACA's income cap on subsidies for now, those with projected income modestly over the 400% FPL cap should look for legal ways to reduce the income that counts
xpostfactoid.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Great overview from @xpostfactoid.bsky.social on how to get your ACA-specific MAGI into the subsidy-eligible range if you're otherwise a little over the 400% of FPL "subsidy cliff" xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/gift-of-th...
New blog post!...
'In her 1949 MGM film, In the Good Old Summertime, Judy Garland sings a lovely but oft-overlooked song appropriately titled, “Merry Christmas....” '
www.joanellison.com/blog/2026/1/...
#inthegoodoldsummertime #moviemusicals #greatamericansongbook #judygarland #filmorchestration
'In her 1949 MGM film, In the Good Old Summertime, Judy Garland sings a lovely but oft-overlooked song appropriately titled, “Merry Christmas....” '
www.joanellison.com/blog/2026/1/...
#inthegoodoldsummertime #moviemusicals #greatamericansongbook #judygarland #filmorchestration
Reviving Judy Garland's "Merry Christmas" — Joan Ellison
In her 1949 MGM film, In the Good Old Summertime , Judy Garland sings a lovely but oft-overlooked Christmas song appropriately titled, “Merry Christmas.” Fred Spielman, who had been a prominent cabar...
www.joanellison.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
New blog post!...
'In her 1949 MGM film, In the Good Old Summertime, Judy Garland sings a lovely but oft-overlooked song appropriately titled, “Merry Christmas....” '
www.joanellison.com/blog/2026/1/...
#inthegoodoldsummertime #moviemusicals #greatamericansongbook #judygarland #filmorchestration
'In her 1949 MGM film, In the Good Old Summertime, Judy Garland sings a lovely but oft-overlooked song appropriately titled, “Merry Christmas....” '
www.joanellison.com/blog/2026/1/...
#inthegoodoldsummertime #moviemusicals #greatamericansongbook #judygarland #filmorchestration
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Good read on what has entered the public domain today, Jan. 1, 2026.
copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
Public Domain Day 2026 Is Coming: Here's What to Know
On January 1, 2026, works from 1930—including Nancy Drew, early Betty Boop, and The Maltese Falcon—hit the U.S. public domain. Here’s what it all means.
copyrightlately.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Good read on what has entered the public domain today, Jan. 1, 2026.
copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
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It's December 1st - which means I get to share weird and wonderful Victorian Christmas cards, starting with one that looks straight out of #StarWars. @markhamillofficial.bsky.social, is that you?
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's December 1st - which means I get to share weird and wonderful Victorian Christmas cards, starting with one that looks straight out of #StarWars. @markhamillofficial.bsky.social, is that you?
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Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation
laist.com/news/arts-an...
A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation
laist.com/news/arts-an...
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
The project, which will include some 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.
laist.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation
laist.com/news/arts-an...
A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation
laist.com/news/arts-an...
Reposted by Joan Ellison
On the evening of November 21, 1934, 17-year-old Ella Fitzgerald won Amateur Night at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. A legendary career was born. #OnThisDay
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On the evening of November 21, 1934, 17-year-old Ella Fitzgerald won Amateur Night at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. A legendary career was born. #OnThisDay
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/a...
Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work
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November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/a...
Grateful to have had this discussion about my musical journey with Lisa Koops and George Blake back in Jan., and it's now out on a podcast! We touch on piano lessons, orchestration, Judy Garland, musical memories, my young nephews and niece...and even martians!
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Parenting Musically • A podcast on Spotify for Creators
Parenting Musically explores ways to make music an important and meaningful part of our families’ lives. This podcast features interviews with well-known musicians and their parents paired with interv...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Grateful to have had this discussion about my musical journey with Lisa Koops and George Blake back in Jan., and it's now out on a podcast! We touch on piano lessons, orchestration, Judy Garland, musical memories, my young nephews and niece...and even martians!
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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This is an example of “just because you can doesn’t mean you should”
#VintageFood
#VintageFood
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is an example of “just because you can doesn’t mean you should”
#VintageFood
#VintageFood
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This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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Cleveland Public Square Voting Booth (1890). Source: Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery.
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Cleveland Public Square Voting Booth (1890). Source: Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery.
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Samhain, the thinning of the veil between the living and the spirit world. The beginning of the darker half of the year. The light this morning was lovely shortly after sunrise here in Glastonbury. #samhain
November 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Samhain, the thinning of the veil between the living and the spirit world. The beginning of the darker half of the year. The light this morning was lovely shortly after sunrise here in Glastonbury. #samhain
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“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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Working on a column about the newly resurrected Committee for the First Amendment. Here are some essential reads that can inform this moment. #nowreading #history #politics #firstamendment
October 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Working on a column about the newly resurrected Committee for the First Amendment. Here are some essential reads that can inform this moment. #nowreading #history #politics #firstamendment
On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/04/l...
On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way,” William Blake wrote in his most spirited letter. “As a man is, so …
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September 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/04/l...
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Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.
Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.
nyti.ms
September 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.
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Amidst all the misery, some really great news.
Nations Ratify High Seas Treaty, Setting Stage for Greater Ocean Protection | Oceana
Oceana’s Chief Scientist Dr. Katie Matthews says, “For the first time, we have the legal foundation to safeguard marine diversity in waters that belong to everyone and no one at the same time. What ma...
oceana.org
September 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Amidst all the misery, some really great news.
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In 2021, high school journalists from our network of Student Reporting Labs asked educators in their schools about the significance of teaching 9/11, what the events meant to them, and why it’s important to study the history before and after that day. https://to.pbs.org/47isJrb
Educators reflect on the significance of teaching about 9/11
For their first assignment of the school year, high school journalists from our network of Student Reporting Labs asked educators in their schools about the significance of teaching 9/11, what the events meant to them, and why it’s important to study the history before and after that day.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In 2021, high school journalists from our network of Student Reporting Labs asked educators in their schools about the significance of teaching 9/11, what the events meant to them, and why it’s important to study the history before and after that day. https://to.pbs.org/47isJrb