Ashley Puenner

// We sing because we have something to say // #mezzolife

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Before the pandemic, there was 1 person worth $100 billion. Now there are 10.

Before the pandemic, those 10 people were worth $650 billion. Now they are worth $1.4 trillion.

And the Senate is ready to shut down the government and deny vital services to avoid taxing them at all.

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

THIS. I hate every time we have a drill, and it's so sad that the kids feel like it's normal now.

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

In opera, you get the added benefit of also paying to (sometimes) have the privilege of being ignored 😂

This is such a kind policy to implement:

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

We get thousands of job applications but respond to every one because people spend the time to put together their submission and it seems only right.

If we can give people this basic decency with a very small HR team, what's your corporation's excuse?

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

@ticketingqueer Thanks!! 🥰🥰🥰

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

Gave a much older man a business card at a gig 4 years ago (he was in the choir & requested one to contact for a possible upcoming job), & now he calls every 6-12 months to ask me on a date. A PSA: this is NOT an acceptable use of a business card. (Yes, he called today.)

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If we learn anything from this wretched pandemic, it's that:

1) Workers are always essential.
2) Healthcare is a basic right.
3) Conspiracy theories can be deadly.
4) The stock market isn't the economy.
5) Wages are too low to get by on.
6) Billionaires aren't the answer.

[Sarah Colonna @sarahcolonna]

I dunno if "after every mass shooting" should just roll off the tongue like this as if it's an inconvenience to you?

[Peter Hicks @poggs]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but your choice to give up the last eleven or so months of your regular life, being careful and socially distancing, could very well be the reason somebody else is alive today - and it will *always* have been worth it.

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

@absolutment Have you read Burnout? It really helped me look at this from a different angle. Also bonus points that it's written by 2 sisters and one of them is a prof. choral conductor!

[Miss White PE @Miss_L_White]

What I have found interesting whilst in lockdown is the promotion of all the subjects that in school get the least appreciation; Art, Music, Sport. If they are all essential for keeping us sane in lockdown why aren’t they just as essential when it comes to funding?

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

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[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

Meanwhile, I'm not a district employee, just allowed in to teach (with background check), so if I push back too hard, I assume there is a possibility of losing my visitor privileges.

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

@shoemaker703 Steam, rest, and keep hydrating! Tea will make you feel better, but does not directly affect the folds since liquids go down the esophagus and not trachea...Also pineapple has a natural anti-inflammatory, bromelain. Feel better!

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

This, but with singing. And also any kind of creative work, I'd imagine. Nice to read and ponder this today, and step back to look at the bigger picture.

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

@ticketing_queen Also, I am also struggling and working towards prepping and eating better-for-me foods, especially when busy. Let me know if you want to swap recipes - maybe that can help both of us fight the good fight!

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

@ticketing_queen You are an awesome human, just remember that 💕💕💕

[Ashley Puenner @apuenner]

@absolutment I love them and all their earnestness