When it comes to the arts—and how to nurture your child’s inner artist—I have some opinions. At one time, all three of my children were majoring in the arts in college: one studying classical ballet, one studying piano at a conservatory, and one studying...
The world is bigger than us. That should be obvious, but sometimes we live with cultural blinders. What I mean is that we go through our day, thinking thoughts in our own language within our own culture. And we don’t really pay attention to the reality...
In the spring of 2000, my family (Bill & I, plus our three teenagers) went to the FPEA convention in Orlando, Florida. FPEA has always been one of our favorites, but this time we were particularly excited as Bill Anderson, the author of Musical Memories of Laura...
Have you ever wondered where speakers come from? I mean, how do THEY get to stand up and speak THEIR minds? What motivates someone to do what most consider the scariest activity on the planet—speaking to an audience? Well, I can’t answer for most speakers,...
For the past few weeks, I have been sharing back stories for the 62 bloggers on our Experience History Through Music launch team. By request, I would like to share it with you: So, more back story. . .this one brings us up to the present—with a bit of a miracle...
I love this week’s topic. Experiencing the bubbling up of real joy is one of the most precious, wonderful gifts life has to offer, isn’t it? Joy is possible at all ages, in multi-faceted ways. Consider these few: successfully riding a bike for the...
