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Alma Drake
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Sound Medicine Woman, guitarist, songwriter, certified sound healer, writer, solution seeker and comfort provider.
All I want for Christmas this year is a guarantee that 2027 will be the Year of the Accountability Komodo Dragon.

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The Long Dark and the Longest Night
It's the most wonderful time of the year
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December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Winter came on like WOWZERS and I am here for it.

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Bitter Beauty
And suddenly it was winter ...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We are the microcosm and the computer and the great big mystery, too.

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All a Part, Part of All
As Above, So Below, and Within and Without and All Around
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November 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Songwriters write fiction … and then again sometimes we’re just real stealthy about the truth.
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Tumbledown
The Robbie Robertson school of songwriting
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November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Major developments! Breaking news! My brain starts to winkle something out! Woo hoo!

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What Do I Want, Part 3
Coinkidinks and Accidental Meanderings FTW
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November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Too many gone too soon. Here’s another song about a youthful departee.

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Mr. Gravity
Checked out early
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November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Gumption sometimes needs to just … stop.

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Give Me Gumption
Give me strength.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Wheels within wheels, spirals and cycles, that’s what we live in, not “linear” time. Sheesh.

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Circles Turn
Ever and always
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November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Oh yeah, I was on a quest ...
AND then I got distracted because ... reasons ...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Swampy music for a rainy day ...
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If You Follow the River
A swampy Summer song for a rainy Autumn day
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October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Five and a half years ago I could life.
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Five and a Half Years
Can you believe it?
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October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
An old old song from the Before Times (way before, before the before time) about not having enough words to say what needs saying, which seems to be a common theme in my life.

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Beyond Words
What do you say?
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October 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“How do you want to feel” with your life vs “what do you want to do” with your life is some powerful territory to explore.

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Maybe it starts with the feels
Some of the best things do ...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Early voting is HAPPENING. You know what to do.

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Witches Work is Never Done
Early voting is happening NOW
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October 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Re-inventing the self is messy, but nearly always worth it.

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Misrule
Welcome to the dark side ...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A misty river at sunrise leads to a library of light …

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The Forest's Tale
An early morning drive along a mist-covered river
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October 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Unity, hope, and a dash of love.

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Homeward Bound
Unity, hope, and a little love
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October 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’m crazy excited about taking songwriting into a healing context.

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Songwriting Is For Everyone
A new program from SoundWorks that I'm crazy excited about!
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October 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Sometimes we need to be reminded that we already shine.
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Luminous
Form follows focus
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September 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I just got back from another visit to the lovely place this song was written for and about. The loons, alas, have taken their mournful cries southward already, which bodes.

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Loons
The ones that fly, not the other ones
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September 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I hope you have someone who loves you for who you really, honestly, truly are.

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Desire Dance
Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow
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August 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It’s not spring anymore, but sitting on the dock by this gorgeous, still, clean lake, having a cup of green tea and watching the sun wake the world up by inches, is another glorious kind of spring. I’m loving my time in far northern Minnesota.

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If You Don't Know
You don't know ...
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August 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Spontaneous collaboration is better than spontaneous combustion. I think we can all agree on that. Thanks to Virgin Monk Boy for dropping the hook for this song to hang on.
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Every Moment is Incense
... if you breathe it right
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August 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Things often happen for good reasons. The memory needs a jog, and away you go.

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Happy Accidents
Aren't they all, really? No? Just me?
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July 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lots of creative work going on here!
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Creative Flurries
My favorite kind of weather
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July 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM