Ask Dr. LJ: Singing.

So, I'm doing this solo with a bell piece that we're playing in late February. And wow, am I out of practice. The piece is slow, with looooong breath lines. (At least long for me.) Breath line was never my strongest suit, even when I was in better vocal condition, and now -- ouch.

So the question is, for you singers out there: what exercises do you recommend for working on breath line?

In related news, there is a distinct shortage of me-accessible musical theater this spring. Foo. Princess Ida is still an option, though I'm not all that wild about Blanche and can't imagine they'd actually cast me as Psyche. But I want to sing somewhere! (Brigadoon isn't happening in Belmont after all.)

(And yes, I went swimming again yesterday. And am going again tonight. I'm a quarter of the way across the Hellespont at its widest. Rawr!)

And rawr!

bookishfellow just set up rawr_comm, for this new fitness-encouragement craze that seems to be going around. It'll help keep the updates from boring everyone on our friends lists, too. :)

Baby clothes!

Well, they didn't come out perfect (at least you can't see the iron mark in the photo...) but they're still pretty cute.

( Sewing photos. )