"Odd-Ditties" - debut video!

What fun stuff are you denying yourself??

CAN YOU STOP THAT – AND START TO PLAY MORE?

Yesterday morning, I was fed up.

(Are You Fed Up With Something, Too?)

SICK TO TEARS of making infinitesimal but necessary edits to my script for “Inconnue,” the play-with-music we’ll perform at the Château de La Napoule in 2.5 weeks.

So I STOPPED.

And allowed myself to do something else.

(Can you do that??)

You see, a lyric hook popped into my head over an apéro Saturday evening.

Sunday morning, I let it pop out.

First, I whipped off a lyric.

Then I warbled a semi-ok audio demo.

Then cobbled together a quick-and-dirty video.

(btw, I have selective amnesia for how to make a video, keep forgetting what's best - Quik Time, iMovie, You Tube, Canva?

Answer below...

ANYWHO - I was glued to my desk from 8am until 4pm. On a beautiful Sunday. Loving every minute.

WATCH IT here.

A few years back, every day I’d write a DAILY DITTY.

First thing in the morning, I’d think of something that tickled me, then toss off a fun little lyric (written to a well-known tune).

They were homages to friends and places and holidays and foods – even little songs to sing together during Covid.

(“Don’t Touch Your Face!” & “Hit Me With A Third Shot”)

watch here

People loved them and came to expect them – it was like a big accountability group.

And that made me step up, keep going.

I did that every day for ten months.

I was never happier.

I want to feel that way again.

It's time for Daily Ditties 2.0 - “Odd-Ditties.”

My Odd-Ditties live in the cross-cultural space of France and US. What’s weird, where.

IMHO.

(Really? Escargot spit is anti-aging?)

Detours into Frivolous Land I’ll permit myself from time to time. Breaks from the theatre grindstone.

Beth Blatt