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…
Sep 24 2017
Sep 4 2017
Finding your way or caring less so you can care more
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…
Aug 13 2017
The things that can chip away
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…
Jul 6 2017
Fear of Missing Out
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…
Jul 6 2017
Spring Cleaning
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…
Jul 6 2017
Regrets
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…
Jul 6 2017
Music to live by
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…
Jul 6 2017
On Being
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…
Jul 6 2017
Singer's Life Lessons Fuel her Music
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…
Jul 6 2017
The Little Things
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…
Jul 6 2017
On getting out of my own way again
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…
Jul 6 2017
Great Things are Happening
March 5, 2016
I haven't been on here in a while, that doesn't mean I haven't been busy making music though! We just recorded a demo with 3 tracks for my next album.
I'm really liking what we…