Maura Shaftoe

October 9, 2017 

I wonder at the difference between persistence and stubbornness. 

Are they just two shades of the same colour? 

Does persistence imply a desire or a need? 

Is desire a wish or a want…

September 24, 2017 

What if it’s not on the list? 

I’ve written more than 1 blog about having many and varied hobbies, habits, things I do. Some things I do easily, some require effort. Doing 1…

September 4th, 2017 

Finding your way or caring less so you can care more 

Eventually, you need to find your way, the way you are in the world, the way you present, the way you build…

The things that can chip away… 

August 13, 2017 

There’s a thing that can happen. 

With subtlety or obvious effect. 

It’s a thing we do to ourselves mostly, without knowing it or not really on purpose…

April 9, 2017 

I'm multi-tasking.  I'm at the gym, trying to keep much needed cardio in my health and fitness routine.  There's music blaring, and the 5 televisions in front of the cardio area are each playing different shows…

April 30, 2017 

Spring keeps teasing us this year. 

The refreshing rain turns to sleet, freezes, turns to snow.  It's been overcast, seems like the sun has been hiding. 

The buds are on the trees, though, and…

April 23, 2017 

Regrets..Regret...Regretting. 

I've been thinking about regret. 

I have a line in one of my songs, "regrets and all they cost" 

Things I have and have not done. 

Things I have and have…

March 17, 2017 

A few years ago, my son and I took a road trip 

He had updated my Ipod with songs from Bob Marley and Johnny Cash to Years and Years, Frank Turner, Neon Trees. 

We…

November 21, 2011 

I have a myriad of interests to which I apply myself at times wholeheartedly with determination and focus and at times with the casual indifference with which you might treat a good friend, not intentionally ignoring…

February 11, 2012 

Singer's Life Lessons Fuel Her Music 

Annalise Klingbeil 

For Neighbours 

Thursday, December 23, 2010 

While the birth of her son 15 years ago inspired Maura Shaftoe to pursue her love of music…

April 16, 2012 

Sunday morning my cell phone rang, my sister from Ontario called to say it was the first time she had heard me singing on the radio in real time, without me calling to say, I'm doing…

February 1, 2013 

The title of this blog is: On getting out of my own way again.. The again is because I actually wrote this in June of last year, and got in my own way and didn't hit…