song choices explanations!

Tonight's quote: “[when I was little] I just wanted to go fast, so what happened was that [my mother] put the little bells on my shoes and that way i was free to roam and she could hear me as I ran ringing through the house…If you let me onto your land, I might be very wild, and I will not be able to totally change myself, but you can always track me by the tinkle of my lively clamor.” Tonight is about loving the untamed parts of yourself. Give a little yell, do a little dance. Have fun with it. 

For more information on Smith College's lectures on translation (that are free and open to the public via zoom), contact Prof. Carolyn Shread at [email protected]. They run from around 7 to 9 on Monday nights. Today's quote was about wanting to be touched and wanting to be held, and I hope you get to do that soon! Have a great night. 

some song choice explanations

Tonight's quote: “I am supposed to be touched. I can’t wait to find the person who will come into the kitchen just to smell my neck and get behind me and hug me and breathe me in and make me turn around and make me kiss his face and put my hands in his hair even with my soapy dishwater drips. I am a lovely woman. Who will come into my kitchen and be hungry for me?” It's my favorite! Buckle up for some songs about yearning. Hold someone's hand. You know the drill. 

For more information on Smith College's lectures on translation (that are free and open to the public via zoom), contact Prof. Carolyn Shread at [email protected]. They run from around 7 to 9 on Monday nights. Today's quote was about being confident in yourself and your actions, and I hope that describes you! Have a great night. 

Some explanations for song choices!

Today's quote from Jenny Slate's book Little Weirds is: “I was drinking my beer [in the Norwegian airport] and I saw a business lady buying a hot dog, and she was doing this in her business outfit and it was normal to her. In the USA, a businesswoman would not feel so free or dispassionate about buying a hot dog in an airport. I can’t really imagine an American business woman doing this without imagining her either laughing or crying about it. Her hot dog purchase would be a sign of something going on with her. This Norwegian woman was just having lunch.”

Enjoy!

For more information on Smith's lectures on translation that are free and open to the public via zoom, contact Carolyn at [email protected]. They run from around 7 to 9 on Monday nights. Today's quote was about love, and I hope you hug someone you love soon! Have a great night.

some explanations!