# carol (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover carol. Page: Feed: --- ## [Obsidian for Academics: The Absolute Beginner’s Guide](https://girlinbluemusic.com/obsidian-for-academics-the-absolute-beginners-guide/) _2026-08-07 · Amy · Girl in Blue Music_ Set up your Obsidian vault for academic success with this beginner's guide to Obsidian. In this post and video, I walk you through setting up your very first vault, themes, learning basic markdown, as well as introducing you to plugins, bases, and templates. If Obsidian overwhelms you, but you know it'll help you in your academic work, then this post and video is for you! ## [Keeping up morale](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/keeping-up-morale) _2026-08-01 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ on being pregnant in a record breaking hot summer ## [The Bare Necessities: Song Type as a Highly Diagnostic Feature in the Disney Sound](https://girlinbluemusic.com/the-bare-necessities-song-type-as-a-highly-diagnostic-feature-in-the-disney-sound/) _2026-07-29 · Amy · Girl in Blue Music_ People categorize objects differently, depending on context, by comparing the features of the objects present. While structural alignment theory is useful in the exploration of categorization, it does not identify which essential features are required for musical category membership, like genres (Gentner and Markman 1994; 1997; 2005; Markman and Gentner 1993). Tversky (1977) addresses this by… ## [If You Give a Mouse a Melody: In Search of the Disney Sound](https://girlinbluemusic.com/if-you-give-a-mouse-a-melody-in-search-of-the-disney-sound/) _2026-07-28 · Amy · Girl in Blue Music_ Watch the video version here! This post comes from a talk I gave at AMS-SMT in November 2025. Slides are \[ \] [Listen](https://girlinbluemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/shooting-star-hercules.mp3) ## [Baby on Board](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/baby-on-board) _2026-07-25 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ Some happy news... ## [One Month. Three Places. One Inspired Bored Peach.](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2026/07/one-month-three-places-one-inspired-bored-peach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-month-three-places-one-inspired-bored-peach) _2026-07-08 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ I m Back! I m back from an artist residency at The Bored Peach Club on the island of Gozo, Malta, after spending nearly a month photographing Amsterdam, Gozo, and Malta. What a journey it was! Ironically,… ## [Happy birthday, America!](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/happy-birthday-america) _2026-07-04 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ on still being proud to be an America ## [Blog Carnivals around the Indie Web](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/blog-carnivals-around-the-indie-web/) _2026-06-29 · pablo · pablog_ Over on powRSS I’m putting together a list of blog carnivals happening around the web. Send me an email if you are hosting or participating in another community's carnival! IndieWeb Topic: Masks, Identities & Cosplay hosted by Joe Crawford EmacsWiki Topic: Programming hosted by AndyDrop Bear Blog Topic: An album that got you through a hard time hosted by Evie ## [On finishing a book](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/on-finishing-a-book) _2026-06-27 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ a conversation with my novelist sister in law Keelia Clarkson ## [Brighton](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/brighton) _2026-05-30 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ sun, seaside, and alternative spiritualities ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ow4DwtMMVPFK) _2026-05-30 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Hello, Paul Simon, my old friend](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/hello-paul-simon-my-old-friend) _2026-05-16 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ Growing up and growing old with Paul Simon ## [From the Unhinged Bio of Carol Schiraldi](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2026/05/from-the-unhinged-bio-of-carol-schiraldi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-the-unhinged-bio-of-carol-schiraldi) _2026-05-14 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ Carol Schiraldi is a Texas-based fine art photographer, former database architect, accidental surrealist, part-time night wanderer, and full-time collector of strange light. She has spent the last several decades photographing things that normal people walk… ## [Nottingham+Southwell](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/nottinghamsouthwell) _2026-04-25 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ Robin Hood, Castles, an exceptional Deli, and Green Men Galore! ## [Inside the Curiosity Factory](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2026/04/inside-the-curiosity-factory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-the-curiosity-factory) _2026-04-21 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ What is The Curiosity Factory? The Curiosity Factory grew from a period of reflection. During the pandemic, we turned inward. It was a period of extended navel gazing, if we’re being honest. And the times?… ## [I really like Sally Rooney](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/i-really-like-sally-rooney) _2026-04-18 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ Of smut and sin ## [As all the flowers foretell](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/as-all-the-flowers-foretell) _2026-03-28 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ On springtime making me feel old, a new pen, and Holy Week ## [Hints and Allegations: Surprising Abstract Photography That Deceives the Eye](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2026/03/hints-and-allegations-surprising-abstract-photography-that-deceives-the-eye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hints-and-allegations-surprising-abstract-photography-that-deceives-the-eye) _2026-03-23 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ Some images tell you exactly what they are. They shout it from the rooftops. “Look at me! Over here! I’m a firetruck!” And then there are some images that don’t. Abstract photography can be like… ## [Nothing is more practical than falling in love](https://joyclarkson.substack.com/p/nothing-is-more-practical-than-falling) _2026-03-21 · Joy Marie Clarkson ☀️ · Joy Clarkson_ Thoughts on good (and bad) signs in dating ## [What If Your Work Ended Up in a Museum Catalog?](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2026/03/what-if-your-work-ended-up-in-a-museum-catalog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-if-your-work-ended-up-in-a-museum-catalog) _2026-03-02 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ Rainy Days and Museums Growing up in New York, rainy days meant one thing: museums. There were so many of them — everything from the Museum of Modern Art to the Museum of Natural History,… ## [Learning to See in Color (Without Chasing Color)](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2026/02/learning-to-see-in-color-without-chasing-color/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learning-to-see-in-color-without-chasing-color) _2026-02-07 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ I didn’t start out as a “color photographer.”I started out as someone who noticed things: an observer. Color came later. It came slowly, almost accidentally, after years of paying attention to light, surfaces, and how… ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6EnFVwZEzalc) _2026-02-07 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [powRSS Mastodon Account](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/powrss-mastodon-account/) _2026-01-24 · pablo · pablog_ I've written a little script for the powRSS Mastodon account to find posts from the Random section on the main site . The idea is to bring visibility to older blogs which may not have published recently. This in turn means you can now follow powRSS in your RSS reader for the occasional low frequency dip into indieweb discovery. Simply add .rss to the end of any Mastodon handle to get its RSS feed.… ## [Portraits from the Land Of Ideological Soup: Cuban Spirit](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2026/01/resilient-spirits-portraits-from-cuba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resilient-spirits-portraits-from-cuba) _2026-01-04 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ Sharing today a portfolio of Cuban portrait photography. I m calling this series, Resilient Spirits: Portraits from Cuba. Though it’s merely ninety miles from the Florida shores, Cuba seems worlds away. It’s a place suspended between… ## [A Whimsical Journey Through Light: Celebrating the Magic of Color](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2026/01/a-whimsical-journey-through-light-celebrating-the-magic-of-color/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-whimsical-journey-through-light-celebrating-the-magic-of-color) _2026-01-03 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ Ever found yourself wandering through a neighborhood that feels like a scene from a holiday movie? That’s exactly what happens when I visit Bent Brook Drive in the Forest Creek neighborhood of Round Rock, Texas.… ## [Christmas Tree EXEC](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/christmas-tree-exec/) _2025-12-25 · pablo · pablog_ \* \* \*\*\* \*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* A \*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* VERY \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* HAPPY \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* CHRISTMAS \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* AND MY \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* BEST WISHES \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* FOR THE NEXT \*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\* YEAR \*\*\*\*\*\* Source: Christmas Tree EXEC ## [How do we fight alienation?](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/how-do-we-fight-alienation/) _2025-12-19 · pablo · pablog_ In 1968, Chilean artist Roberto Matta gave a speech titled The Internal Guerrilla at the Congreso de la Cultura in Havana. It's a speech about art and revolution. Prior to his departure, Matta left with poet Jean Schuster, executor of André Breton's will, a collection of notes titled Infra-réalisme . For Matta, infrarealism is a defense against alienation. Alienation is of course at the root of… ## [The Year 2025 for powRSS](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/the-year-2025-for-powrss/) _2025-12-14 · pablo · pablog_ One of the fun side projects I've taken on this year has been powRSS , the public RSS feed aggregator for the Indieweb. As 2025 comes to a close, I want to put together a summary of the things that went on. I'm a strong believer of building in public, and that includes talking about the goals, successes and failures. Here is how powRSS did this year, from May 21st when it launched to today,… ## [Release schedule for lettrss books](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/release-schedule-for-lettrss-books/) _2025-12-14 · pablo · pablog_ lettrss now has a release schedule so you can see book progress! Today Chapter 3 of A Christmas Carol was sent out via RSS. Next chapter is out on Monday. lettrss calendar There's still time to follow along :-) ## [Lost Media: Konpeito Tapes](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/lost-media-konpeito-tapes/) _2025-12-12 · pablo · pablog_ Konpeito Media Winter 2021 Cover In the winter of 2021 I discovered a Gemini capsule called Konpeito Media. KONPEITO was quarterly Lo-fi hip hop & chill bootleg mixtapes, distributed exclusively through the Gemini protocol. Each tape was a half-hour mix, clean on side A and repeated on side B with an added ambient background noise layer for atmosphere. Tapes were generally released in the first… ## [Next on lettrss: A Christmas Carol](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/next-on-lettrss-a-christmas-carol/) _2025-12-09 · pablo · pablog_ Last week we finished reading The Wizard of Oz on lettrss . Thank you to everyone who read along! For December, I thought it would be fun to read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. This one is also a short book with ~29,000 words and an estimated reading time of 1 hour and 45 minutes. I'd love to know what books you'd like to see next! Some of you have e-mailed me with ideas for doing poetry or… ## [Re: the overstated importance of connectivity](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/re-the-overstated-importance-of-connectivity/) _2025-12-01 · pablo · pablog_ This post is mirrored from my website at ENOCC.com Ava published a great piece on the way social media platforms exploit our desire for human connection. Which is why the need for connectivity in the way these companies mean it and push it is a big lie just to further their financial interests and has nothing to do with how humans actually pursue, facilitate and experience true connection, and we… ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FvXS7ww8B1IS) _2025-12-01 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [Chasing Autumn’s Quiet Magic: A Soulful Day of Photography in My Borrowed Garden](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2025/12/chasing-autumns-quiet-magic-a-soulful-day-of-photography-in-my-borrowed-garden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chasing-autumns-quiet-magic-a-soulful-day-of-photography-in-my-borrowed-garden) _2025-12-01 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ The other day, the light was just perfect for photography. I wanted to go out for a while, thinking it might be nice to just get outside for a little bit, and figuring I would… ## [I made an 88x31 button for powRSS](https://pablo.bearblog.dev/i-made-an-88x31-button-for-powrss/) _2025-11-30 · pablo · pablog_ I think 88x31 buttons are cute so I made one for powRSS. You can grab it from https://powrss.com/powrss-88-31.png Here it is on my blog's footer! ## [When the Moon Kissed Gaudí’s Masterpiece: A Dance of Imagination](https://blog.carolslittleworld.com/2025/11/when-the-moon-kissed-gaudis-masterpiece-a-dance-of-imagination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-the-moon-kissed-gaudis-masterpiece-a-dance-of-imagination) _2025-11-13 · carolslittlew · Carol's Little World_ There I was, lost in the vibrant chaos of Barcelona, when I stumbled upon this architectural marvel that felt like it was whispering secrets from another world. Can you feel the energy radiating from it?… ## [How to Connect Zotero and Obsidian for the Ultimate PhD Workflow](https://girlinbluemusic.com/how-to-connect-zotero-and-obsidian-for-the-ultimate-phd-workflow/) _2024-12-31 · Amy · Girl in Blue Music_ How to connect Zotero and Obsidian: a full walkthrough of my workflow, including a free template you can copy and paste. ## [How to Start Learning Music Theory: A Guide for Beginners](https://girlinbluemusic.com/how-to-start-learning-music-theory/) _2024-12-28 · Amy · Girl in Blue Music_ A guide on how to start learning music theory for those who have no idea where to start! Includes free resources (courses and exercises) ## [Secular Carols (and their original titles)](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/secular-carols-and-their-original-titles.html) _2024-12-24 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ Secular Carol (Original Title in Parenthese) 8 Rejoices of Winter (7 Rejoices of Mary) https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/8-rejoices-of-winter-7-rejoices-of-mary.html Away in A Burrow (Away in a Manger ) https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/away-in-burrow-away-in-manger\_16.html Blessed Be the Working Class (Blessed Be the Maid Marie)… ## [A note about my thoughts on winter songs, by Swampyre McCobb](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-note-about-my-thoughts-on-winter_16.html) _2024-12-16 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ Not so long ago I spent a lot of time, energy, and a bit of financial investment in ideologies that would no longer hold significance for me. Leaving religion can be to varying degrees traumatic; my religious practices provided much happiness and little strife. Letting go of spirituality, like any satisfying habit, was difficult to say the least. Aside from a few social associations of less… ## [8 Rejoices of Winter (The 7 Rejoices of Mary)](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/8-rejoices-of-winter-7-rejoices-of-mary.html) _2024-12-16 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ 8 Rejoices of Winter (The 7 Rejoices of Mary) I am most familiar with Loreena McKennitt’s version. The melody has long been in the public domain and has been used in many songs. This is the first one I did. I spelled it with the numeral so it could be alphabetized first in honor of that. I crowd-sourced through Facebook what people’s favorite things about winter are, specific to the season and… ## [Away in A Burrow (Away in a Manger)](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/away-in-burrow-away-in-manger_16.html) _2024-12-16 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ Away in A Burrow (Away in a Manger) This one was so quaint and adorable that I had a tough time recording it without laughing. Since recording it, I changed 1 word in the last verse, but I’ll likely not bother going back to re-record. The most popular musical setting in the United States is commonly known as "Mueller". The melody was first published, under the title "Luther's Cradle Hymn", by… ## [Blessed Be The Working Class (Blessed Be The Maid Marie)](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/blessed-be-working-class-blessed-be_16.html) _2024-12-16 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ Blessed Be The Working Class (Blessed Be The Maid Marie) This carol first appeared in the 1901 “Cowley Carol Book”, a collection of 15th-century tunes compiled by G.R. Woodward. - Jwpepper.com Our Changing Climate has a video on Nebula called “Why We Actually Need A War On Christmas” focusing on its commercialization. From that video I was inspired to create a song that reflects class solidarity… ## [Breton Carol](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/breton-carol_16.html) _2024-12-16 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ Breton Carol Loreena McKennitt’s instrumental version is the only one I heard until 2021 or '22, and I’ve yet to hear it in English. The chieftains recorded this in 1987. The album's liner notes state that the music was selected from a publication entitled Tonioù Breizh -Izel (Traditional Tunes from Lower Brittany), which contains over 3,000 tunes collected by Polig Monjarret , who collaborated… ## [By Frozen Paths (Balulalow)](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/by-frozen-paths-balulalow_16.html) _2024-12-16 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ By Frozen Paths ( Balulalow ) Original text is from the 1500s. It's listed on Loreena McKennitt's credits as traditional, unsure about the date of origin for the melody. Other songs with the same title don’t necessarily have the same melody. By frozen paths I come to tell The story of how winter fell To you these tidings true I bring And I will of them say and sing. Inside of you is born the light… ## [Coventry Carol](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/coventry-carol.html) _2024-12-16 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ Coventry Carol Text and melody are both from the 1500s. The original song’s lyrics are rather vague and require that the listener/singer already know the story of King Herod and his shenanigans. I am echoing that nebulousness with these lyrics. Basically, the narrator and 2 women, whether literal sisters or sisters in comradery , are solemnly contemplating the tenuous future of a new member of the… ## [Dark! The winter solstice night (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/dark-winter-solstice-night-hark-herald.html) _2024-12-16 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ Dark! The winter solstice night (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) This is an English Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems. The carol … features … music adapted from " Vaterland , in deinen Gauen " by Felix Mendelssohn. - Wikipedia I wrote these lyrics to celebrate the tradition of telling ghost stories during the Christmas holiday – a tradition that… ## [Do you hear what I hear? (Bing Crosby)](https://trampleprancers.blogspot.com/2024/12/do-you-hear-what-i-hear-bing-crosby.html) _2024-12-16 · Trample Prancers · Trample Prancers' Shenanigans_ Do you hear what I hear? (Bing Crosby) This is a song written in October 1962, with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne. The pair, married at the time, wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song, but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of Christmas. It has sold tens of millions of copies and… ## [Music’s Meaning is Not Universal](https://girlinbluemusic.com/musics-meaning-is-not-universal/) _2024-11-01 · Amy · Girl in Blue Music_ Music’s meaning is not universal. Margulis et al. 2022 show how people from the US and from Dimen, China react differently to the same music. [Listen](https://girlinbluemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/webern-op-28.mp3) ## [Musical Illusions](https://girlinbluemusic.com/musical-illusions/) _2024-10-26 · Amy · Girl in Blue Music_ Let’s play a music game. Below are 2 pairs of tones, and I want you to write in the comments \[ \] [Listen](https://girlinbluemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/tritoneparadox.mp3)