Our popup is just around the corner! Come visit us Saturday in the backyard at Retrospect for a wonderful day of coffee, live music, neighborly vibes, and goods from our selected makers and merchants.
We are cooking up something special for September with guest singer/songwriter Alli Villines!
Ukulele musician, neighborhood friend, teacher, puppeteer, and a gem of a human.
Septembers vendors will be showcasing stained glass, ceramics, jewelry, organic personal care products, holistic wellness, accessories, and original art. #keephoustonneighborly
Itâs been a tough couple of weeks at the hospital; even though I love what I do and itâs such an honor to play for and with the kiddos, it can still be hard work, emotional work. When people ask how I am, Iâve been saying in my microcosm, things really are okay. But in the macro, the world is just hard and things can be frightening. So today before teaching I took some time to play. For little Alli.
Thanks for the clothes and accessories and Alli doll @yalldolledup đđ
P.S. Canât wait to share with yâall my Tiny Desk Contest submission for this yearđ
#barbiedoll #ukulele #playistheworkofchildhood
On dark days, I wear bright colors. On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.
âI cannot stop to strut, in a world where bells toll. Perhaps you laugh at me. Perhaps the whole United States are laughing at me too! I canât stop for that! My business is to love. I found a bird, this morning, downâdownâon a little bush at the foot of the garden, and âwherefore sing,â I said, âsince nobody hears?â One sob in the throat, one flutter of my bosomââMy business is to singââand away she rose!â
Apologies to Ms. Dickinson, for I will stop to strut on occasion. But it is also my business to love. And it is my business to sing. Even when no one hears.
Dress is from @julyliebe
Experienced a divine night of music by Jazz Houston. I first heard Sarah Vaughan as a teenager and fell in love. So smooth, so musical, so thoughtful, so versatile, so intentional. Itâs the kind of musician I wanted to be and still am striving to be.
Iâll never hear The Divine One Ms. Vaughan live, but hearing Diane Reeves and her trio felt like I was pretty damn close. Been a while since music brought tears to my eyes, but I openly cried at the prayer that was their rendition of Tenderly.
Also had the pleasure of hearing Ekep Nkwelle with the Jazz Houston Orchestra. Just a soul-filling night.
Iâm curious: what music makes you cry?
Put on a âSunday clothesâ outfit today cause all my bras are dirty, and remembered this short piece I wrote back in January.
âThere are no sidewalks on the long Louisiana country road. Hwy 378, also called Theriot Road. I walk along this road every Sunday morning, every Sunday evening, and every Wednesday night. To First Baptist Church Moss Bluff. Itâs a short walk and I like walking. Canât drive yet anyway, and maybe wouldnât want to. We used to laugh âbout my little sister Ashley kickinâ a dead armadillo (or was it a possum?) off of this same road on one of her walks home from church. One of many tall tales from my short family. Much like the terrifying GOD I went to learn about, serve, and worship. Every Sunday.
Now I sleep in every Sunday morning. Now I eat a huge breakfast every Sunday morning. About the time I might have been singing hymns. Now I have sexâŚwell, most Sunday mornings. A lilâ bit different time. Now.
âwritten by Alli Villines, January 2024
âdress: @trashydiva
Hi, Iâm Alli & I make music. Simple as that. Daily. But today, June 21 is Make Music Day! And these are some of the places Iâll be making music, as well as at the hospital and itâs opening night for Tamarieâs Texas Toast of which I am music director! So itâs a big #makemusicday I hope youâll join me in making music today!
I know this #billieeilish quote is more about your art inspiring others to create, but I wanted to explore and highlight how your art can morph and inspire you to create more AND how creating takes time/is a SLOW process for many, myself included.
So, yes, my lullaby album, next to quiet, is definitely intended to provide a possible soundtrack to your rest, and I would be over the moon if it accompanied your dreams, and dang, if it inspired anyone to make a new thing, that would be a beautiful cherry on top. But at the moment, Iâm still so proud that like the end of the clip says, I âjust got it out thereâ at all.
#music #ukulele #artsinmedicine #lullaby #album #albumart #singer #spotify #ukulalli
