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From Nature to Nature — Part 1: The Quarry Gardens
The last two weekends have felt like a quiet kind of triumph — moving from a sort of caged stillness into something unexpectedly powerful. The weekend before last, I wrapped up the first ever acoustic music series in the Whangārei Quarry Gardens’ abandoned tunnels. It felt like stepping into a held breath. Months of preparation…
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Opening the Floodgates: Blue Skies Ahead
I have been away too long. My Patreon tab has been open in my browser for months. I’ve started more than fifty blogs and closed every one of them. Not because I didn’t have anything to say — I had too much, and I didn’t know whether it was appropriate to share it. Or fair.…
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Just an update!
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Science for Sociopaths feat Natasha Hine: A Gallery
✨ Welcome, new patrons! ✨ I’m so glad you’re here. Whether you’ve just joined us or have been along for the ride for a minute, thank you for supporting this ever-evolving journey of music, exploration, and brave-making. Your presence allows this work to deepen, reach further, and be shared with care. This time last week, I…
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Heartbeat & Hustle: Festival of Consent & NZ Music Month
Taking a moment to pause, breathe, and connect with you—my closest friends and allies here on Patreon. I’ve just wrapped up ArtBeat, a month-long celebration of the arts in my small adopted hometown of Whangārei, where I had the huge honour of organizing the main music events – Festival Stage, Instrument Petting Zoo, & more.…
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Anchored in Music & Community: Finding My Place Without Ancestral Roots
I was born in the United States, where ancestry is often a casual identity marker for long-assimilated immigrants. Even as early as elementary school, peers will ask, “What are you?” The expected answer isn’t “human” or “American,” but rather something like “Polish and Italian.” It is a unique shorthand for heritage, even as many of…
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Spinning Plates & Holding Space: Valentine’s Day Livestream
Dear friends, I haven’t written in a while. The past eight months have demanded more of me than I ever anticipated—managing the #MeToo style sexual harassment situation in our community has taken all my mental and emotional energy. But I feel like I’m finally stepping up (or more like leveling up, Yu-Gi-Oh style) into the…
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Reflect. Celebrate. Optimize: A Year in Review with Maggie Cocco Music
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The Cab Driver
For a moment yesterday I found myself a captive audience, having unwittingly provoked the cab driver. He asked where I was from, and I’d followed up by asking how he liked living in this city. His response was sharp: he’d loved it when he moved here twenty years ago, but now it was “ruined” by…
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Keep your heart good in the bad times
I have struggled with words for many months now. I’ve questioned how to share my life and art with you when every small win has seemed too trivial to mention and every loss has felt too monumental to burden you with. Running what feels like a local chapter of the Me Too movement in a…
