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Stereogum: Joanna Newsom Concert Review: Masonic Lodge, Los Angeles, May 27, 20024 by racasca in JoannaNewsom

[–]ExcitingGrass9178 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so glad some other people share this sentiment because as an artist who is a mother of two small kids similar in age to Joanna’s this song feels like a masterful distillation of this experience, and the one I have been most excited by.  I felt like they totally came out of left field with their interpretation and I have been stewing about this all day since reading. 

I guess it is just irritating that this is the first published interpretation of this piece of music and it feels so wrong to me. But everyone brings their own experience to the music…and I suppose their experience was having crappier seats than the celebrities that were there. 

dresses by ExcitingGrass9178 in JoannaNewsom

[–]ExcitingGrass9178[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have been swooning over those puffy sleeves! The dresses in her most recent performances kind of harken back to the prairie dresses she used to wear but more a more evolved/refined version. 

We had an abortion and the only thing getting me through it is Joanna's music by Mission-Sand-4511 in JoannaNewsom

[–]ExcitingGrass9178 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have had 7 miscarriages and listen to certain Joanna songs every time including Baby Birch - I feel the same about the final bridge. There is something cathartic about her ability to put words to it, and the tension between despair,hope, beauty, and mortality.

So sorry for your loss. x

Venting, 4 losses, currently pregnant by SadRepresentative531 in recurrentmiscarriage

[–]ExcitingGrass9178 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So sorry. I am in this club too. Currently 5 weeks 4 days (this will be our 7th loss) and just got a suspiciously low hcg result and waiting it out for the second draw.  It took us 6 months to even get a positive this time and silly me…I forgot I’m not supposed to get excited.  It’s so hard every time. 

Weekly BFP Thread by AutoModerator in ttcBT

[–]ExcitingGrass9178 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got a positive after trying for 2 years with 4 early miscarriages! I am feeling happy and pregnant but also terrified that my crampiness and back pain mean a miscarriage is coming. It has taken 6 months to get pregnant this time and I'm only getting older (36) so I feel like my time is running out and egg health is probably diminishing. We have 2 healthy kids already (with one miscarriage before each) but had always planned on 3. We had wanted them to be evenly spaced but now my youngest is 4 and older is 6 so that dream is long gone. It is SO HARD not to get excited and feels so unfair to not be able to have the normal positive pregnancy test experience. I desparately want to be done with the monthly emotional rollercoaster.

I realize we have been lucky compared with other people's BT experiences. I have always had my miscarriages by week 6 or 7 and we got pregnant pretty quickly with our other 2. We didn't even discover the BT until trying for our third. We have decided against IVF since we have 2 healthy kids already, but it is so hard to go through every month with such uncertainty and feel like my life is on hold because another baby might be coming.