We could all use one of these!!!

https://youtu.be/VSTHfiVb5SQ?si=q-iMe2xXp2I7_It_

Here’s an homage to my women friends. Thanks to everyone who sent photos to use for the video!

This is a song about abortion. I went to a Moth Slam at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley and heard a story that was a lot like the first verse. My brother went to school with someone who had been raised by his grandmother after his mother died from a botched abortion. That is the story of the second verse. The third verse is too true for too many young girls, even though I didn’t specifically hear about Betty.

I got to perform it at a reading of the play “Roe” put on by the Actors Ensemble of Berkeley June 12 at the David Brower Center, and at a concert put on by Great Labor Arts Exchange at the Labor Notes Conference in Chicago on the 18th. Several people are using it on radio stations and podcasts. I feel obligated to express what is in this piece.

I can’t say enjoy, but if you think this is an important song about an important issue, please do share it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB7f1F4HCKg

Here’s a video about the way the news is presented these days.

I hope you enjoy this funny video. Too many of us can relate!!

The e-book is $4.99 and the paperback is $9.99. If you order it and enjoy it, please do write a brief review.

If you are one of the people who absolutely hate Amazon to the point where you won’t order anything from them, I will have a limited amount of books which I will sell for $11 each (includes tax) if you want to pick one up at my house. Or I can send you one for $14.50 (includes tax and postage). You won’t be able to write a review unless you buy the book from Amazon, but at least you can read it and let people know if you like it.

Here’s my new song – it should boost your spirits, that’s what it’s for! Enjoy.

And here are the lyrics:

COMING OUT OF STAGNATION (Hali Hammer)

C   G  C     2020, what a year

F    C         Worries and tribulation

F C G C    But now the coast is almost clear

F   G   C    We’re coming out of stagnation

C   G  C     Time to breathe more easily

F     C        I got my vaccination

F C G C    Now I’m close to feeling free

F  G   C     I’m coming out of stagnation

E    Am     I can hug my family

E    Am     See my friends at last

D    G        Leave the house so gratefully

D    G        But I still need to wear my mask

C   G  C     When the world is back on track

F     C        There will be jubilation

F C G C    We’ll be thrilled and that’s a fact

F   G   C    Coming out of stagnation   (Instrumental)

E    Am     Right now we are feeling shock

E    Am     Like we’re crawling out from beneath a rock

D    G        Looking round and taking stock

D    G        But in time it will be over

C   G  C     One day this will all be past

F     C        Time for celebration

F C G C    Life will normalize at last

F   G   C    When we’re out of stagnation

Whistled verse – F  G  C   Coming out of stagnation

Hi All,
My new CD, “Days of My Life”, has finally arrived!

You can listen to a sample of each song on the HearNow site and get digital downloads from several sources at: https://halihammer.hearnow.com/

If you’d like a physical copy, you can do one of the following:

1) If you’re local, call me at (510) 649-1423 or email me at halih@yahoo.com. If you pick it up, it will be $10. Or for $15 I can either deliver it to your house or mail it to your address. Cash, check or PayPal.

2) If you’re not local, send a check made out to Hali Hammer for $15. Include your address and I’ll mail it out to you. Mail your check to: Hali Hammer, 1609 Woolsey Street, Berkeley CA 94703

3) If you prefer to order through PayPal, send the $15 payment to halih@yahoo.com. Drop me an email with your snail mail address so I know where to send the CD. – Thanks and Love, Hali