
Aria plays with her Airedale friend Dietrich at the #spreckels organ while Carol Williams plays a fittingly upbeat tune.

Aria plays with her Airedale friend Dietrich at the #spreckels organ while Carol Williams plays a fittingly upbeat tune.
Aria, Arthur, Elphaba, Charlie, and special guest Cora the Chihuahua react (or in some cases, don’t react) to a macarena flamingo and singing zombies. Comments comments
Hi everyone, it’s the Fourth of July. Independence Day. And that’s what I want to talk about… Independence. In case you don’t know me, my name is Karin Willison and I recently turned 40 (shh, don’t tell anybody). I live in Indiana after spending many years in California. You may have noticed I…
Steam Powered Giraffe is one of my favorite bands. Besides being musically top-notch with excellent vocals and solid songwriting, they’re among the most unique and original bands performing today. They’re a part of the genre known as steampunk, a modern day interpretation of Victorian and Edwardian conceptions of the future. Think of steam powered cars,…
One year ago, my life changed forever. One day, I was enjoying a simple but peaceful Thanksgiving. The next, I was staring down the barrel of a gun, feeling a stranger pulling me from my wheelchair and leaving me helpless on the floor. I laid there not knowing if I would be shot, and whether…
When I was a little girl, I had to do physical therapy every day because of my cerebral palsy. It was boring, exhausting, and sometimes painful. I hated it. I would scream and cry, and refuse to cooperate. The only thing my mom found that would help was music. She soothed me with classical…
Happy New Year everyone! 2016 is gone, and I know I speak for a lot of people when I say it wasn’t a great year. I lost one of my best friends to cancer, mourned with the world as several of my favorite celebrities including David Bowie and Carrie Fisher passed away far too soon,…