Michelle Held

Been working on a new song and relearning how to walk this week. No big deal.

Always trying to come to terms with carrying on the day-to-day while devastation unfolds all around. My heart aches for the flood victims in Texas.

Breath is an anchor.

“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.

Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.

You know it’s bad when they’re protesting in the suburbs. #handsoff

The stillness of Sunday morning—the sacred space between the effort and the obligation.

Helpless. The first song my fingers ever found on a guitar. Born from Neil Young’s memories of polio as a child—the lyrics don’t say it, but it’s felt. Thank you, Neil. #neilyoung #helpless #legendarysongs

What rhymes with unfathomable?

Thank you so much!

Thank you, @geoffwilbur.bsky.social 🙏

An excerpt from my friend Albert Crim:
“At the end of the day though? It’s wealth inequality. NOBODY should be a billionaire in a world where even one person is starving. If that is at all controversial to you, you’ve left the discussion among actual human beings.”

"I keep arguing with people about sense in songs. They don’t have to make sense." -Brian Eno

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I sent out my second-ever email last month. I’m going to try to make it more than a once per year thing. If you wish to know my musical happenings, please make sure to sign up here: eepurl.com/gc9wDL 📷 TJ

Taking time to reflect, realign, and give myself credit for the resilience that’s carried me through this year.

Michelle Held solo folk concert at North Star Lounge in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 14th at 9pm.

Where have all my hundreds of guitar picks gone? This is one of the greatest mysteries.

Hi Bluesky, nice to meet you. Yesterday I cried. Today I tried to shift my energy towards things I can control, like exercise and nutrition. I made a kale salad with homemade tahini dressing and spent over an hour at the gym. Small victories.