The whole megillah

Thanks to batshua for showing me this.

velveteenrabbi reviews Megillat Esther, a graphic novelization of the scroll that is apparently very faithful and very good. If you're any combination of Jewish and a comics fan, you should definitely check it out. And, if you're sold on it, there's an amazon.com purchase link at the bottom of the linked review.

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Zoe Mulford is

a singer-songwriter who is currently living, loves some people, and expects at some point to die. She hopes her music will appeal to those with similar experiences.

I shared some of her music (via iTunes — I haven't worked any of it up yet, although I will soon) at Boskone — about which more later. She's a sophisticated lyric-smith who writes really deep but totally accessible songs about life. And, while it's not new, there's a wonderful story about how I met her...

It was at a Swarthmore alumni weekend, I think. We were having a roundsing in the Meetinghouse, when some people who were having a birthday party in another room in the Meetinghouse overheard us and came in to find out what was going on. The birthday person was a Mrs. Mulford, one of the pillars of Swarthmore Meeting, and her adult daughter Zoe, a singer-songwriter, was there to celebrate and perform.

We sang the birthday round, and mingled a little with the other group at their invitation, and I talked a bit with Zoe, and mentioned my own songwriting. And she, hearing my description, dropped the word "filk". I don't think she's ever been to a filk event, but she expressed some interest. She's in Rockville, MD, so the next time the FNEFC is Contata...

Song: "The Code of the Goddess"

please read the lyrics or listen to the MP3 before ( reading further... )

cronetab

She is Time, too.

Per folkmew's suggestion and madfilkentist's inpiration, I've added a Crone verse to "The Code of the Goddess". Both lyrics and MP3 have been updated.