The Last Living Shepherdess
Avigail looking through an old window pane
My Joni Mitchell songbooks and guitar on the music room table

Hello, my name is Avigail!

Welcome to my small creative corner; once a prairie girl and shepherdess, now a music maven who loves sharing her music and the pleasures of a beautifully arranged musical life.

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Lessons & books

The Shepherdess Journal

My writing about music and prairie life lives on Substack. Here’s a peek at the latest.

September 7

Both Sides Now — A New Lesson is up!

Avigail walking along a prairie fence line at sunset with her guitar on her back

This beautiful tune was one of the first I ever learned to play. It is so well known and genuinely simple to play…

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August 12

Start Here: Welcome to The Last Living Shepherdess

Avigail in a blue headscarf holding a lamb close on a misty prairie hillside

For years, I carried the feeling that music belonged to other people; it was a longing inside of me to be musical and creative…

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August 6

A peek inside my music studio

My sheepdog resting among guitars, songbooks and an open scrapbook on the studio floorA signed black-and-white portrait drawing

I am preparing to release a batch of new tunes, field guides and videos for you. Can you guess what songs are coming and by what artist?…

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The flock moving through green misty hills, with a shepherd watching over them
From the hills with the flock
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A little about me

I grew up close to where Joni Mitchell grew up, about 100 miles or so away, spending time in the prairie hills, feral and free amidst the sweeping fields and wildflowers of the Northern Prairies.

I believe in passing on what may one day become lost knowledge and my goal here is to share what I have learned with you!

~ Avigail

Get in touch

If you have a question about a lesson or a book, write to me — I read every note.

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From my music room & bookshelf

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The books, journals and little pieces of gear I actually reach for.

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