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Carol R

@pianoladycr.bsky.social
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Author of "Music and Nature: Reflections on a Pianist's Life," and "Life in Miniatures: a view from the piano bench." 3rd-gen Juilliard grad (DMA, U. Washington). Believer in truth, hope, humor, and light. 🏳️‍🌈https://carolrichwrites98552882.wordpress.

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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
After Bach By Wm. BRONK In cello suites we learn the way despair, deepest sadness, can and must be phrased as praise, thanksgiving. Of course we knew this anyway but mightn't have dared it on our own. And the way the sadness can be in part to accept the absence of One to say it to. #classicalmusic
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Abel Selaocoe plays Bach: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Home. Heaven on earth. This is the Dungeness River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A bit of peace. Dungeness River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. Enjoy!
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💜 Big 💚 Roux 💛 @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 01/05/2025
Oh okay. I’ll go cry forever now. Thanks.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On my morning walk.. sound up! Enjoy! #PNW #Olympicpeninsula
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
My view at the moment. Finding peace where I can.
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Xen and Zoe from 13 years ago. Litter-mates and best friends. #dogsofbluesky
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Had to say goodbye to dear sweet Xen recently. Run free, joyful puppy! Run free! #dogsofbluesky
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Has anyone lost their head? It's on the props table backstage! #Nutcracker
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Happy Solstice to all! ❄️❄️❄️
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
"If I had influence with the good fairy, I would ask that her gift to each child be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life." -Rachel Carson-
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Protect All Wildlife @protectallwildlife.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Look at the joy on the faces of the dogs at Fetcher Dog rescue centre as they pick their own Christmas presents! 🎦 Credit: www.fetcherdog.com #AdoptDontShop #DogsOfBlueSky #Dogs
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Ya gotta love sleeping puppies! When they were just new, 13 years ago. #dogsofbluesky
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
TONIGHT- Join me along with a FAN-tastic cast for a live radio performance of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. This rendition of the timeless holiday classic benefits the #EdAsnerFamilyCenter, a truly worthy cause!!! 🎄 ❄️ 🎅 🤶 ✨ 🎁 🔔 ☃️ 🌟 J Streaming SATURDAY at 8pmET/5pmPT on TrillerTV PPV
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Zoe and Xen from 13 yrs ago. Forever young. #dogsofbluesky
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Paperback books are like velveteen rabbits — there to be loved and squeezed and read and stuffed into shoulder bags and left in the sun and read again until there's nothing left but the best kind of memories
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The view from the wings isn't mere illusion. Every show is shiny and new. It's magic. I wish this for each one of you this holiday season.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
My pup Zoe from when she was new, 13 years ago. #dogsofbluesky
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Xen running free! #dogsofbluesky
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Even though I've retired from performing, I can't help but recall decades of celebrating the season by playing the Sugar Plum Fairy solo from the orchestra pit. Here's a photo of my personal score. I've led a charmed life! I feel gratitude every day.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Meet Xen, Zoe's sister, proving that she's got springs for legs! #dogsofbluesky
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I recently noticed that when my pup Zoe and I are cuddling, she sniffs my face three times in succession, over and over. I tried it with her, and now I feel like we understand each other on a whole new level.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Happy Sunday from the Pacific Northwest! I took this shot in the Hoh Rainforest, not too far from where I live. Gratitude.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Happy Saturday, everyone! Zoe sends her love ❤️.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Ten years ago, after a performance with the Oregon Symphony, I got home and was overcome by the need to sit down at my computer and start writing. I stayed up writing feverishly until 2am. I've since self-published two memoirs on my life as a professional pianist. You just never know what's next.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
This. Just because.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is Zoe. If I look deep into her eyes, I get the feeling that she knows things.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Another train shot, this time in the Rockies.
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Carol R @pianoladycr.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I have a fondness of trees and of long-distance train trips. This photo, my first post on Bluesky, combines the two. Taken minutes ago from a train traveling through the Cascade Mountains in my home state of Washington.
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