In 2007, I was burnt out–physically exhausted, emotionally drained, and cynical about the future. The daily grind of the hospital had left me with tattered ends. Everyday seemed to be the same. There was little sense of purpose. I decided to make some changes. Vacation helped, but then I returned to the same daily grind. …Read More
Month: December 2019
Florida Storytelling Festival 2020
“You are like family,” I said to Morgen Reynolds last year at the Florida Storytelling Festival in Mt Dora, Florida. “I see you once a year for a reunion.” That sounds a little odd at first, but I was expressing the comfort of seeing someone you know after such a long time. We have listened …Read More
Dancing through the Years
As the 2010’s comes to a close, it’s natural to look back on what has moved us. Here’s a fun video review of the evolution of dance from 1950 to 2019. From Madonna to Michael Jackson, from the Macarena to Gangnam style, music inspires dance … sometimes in crazy ways. When the boredom sets in …Read More
Hair Love ~ Animated Story
“Life is too short to have boring hair.” Storytelling is a powerful vehicle to convey emotion. Matthew A. Cherry goes beyond words with a short animated film that is virtually silent. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart” ― Helen …Read More
Holidays ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Holidays by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The holiest of all holidays are thoseKept by ourselves in silence and apart;The secret anniversaries of the heart,When the full river of feeling overflows;–The happy days unclouded to their close;The sudden joys that out of darkness startAs flames from ashes; swift desires that dartLike swallows singing down each wind that blows!White …Read More
Character of the Happy Warrior ~ William Wordsworth
Character of the Happy Warrior ~ by William Wordsworth Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be? —It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought: Whose high endeavours are an …Read More