Thanksgiving Song Grateful for each hand we hold Gathered round this table. From far and near we travel home, Blessed that we are able. Grateful for this sheltered place With light in every window, Saying welcome, welcome, share this feast Come in away from sorrow. Father, mother, daughter, son, Neighbor, friend and friendless; All together …Read More
Author: Dr. Joel Ying, MD
Physician-Educator-Storyteller. Integrating the power of story into medicine, healing sessions, workshops, speaking and performance.
Florida Storytelling Festival moves to January 2019
“I didn’t learn stories, I just absorbed them.” ~Donald Davis Florida Storytelling Festival Come absorb stories in the Historic Mount Dora, the highest place in Florida. Don’t worry, it’s not that high, only 184 feet! The annual Florida Storytelling Festival celebrates the 35th year! Thursday, January 24 – Sunday, January 27, 2019 Nestled up against …Read More
The Pendulum by Dwight Lyman Moody
The Pendulum There was once a pendulum waiting to be fixed on a new clock. It began to calculate how long it would be before the big wheels were worn out and its work was done. It would be expected to tick night and day, so many times a minute, sixty times that every hour, …Read More
Storytelling as Healing – A New Course at FGCU
It’s official. I’m teaching “Storytelling as Healing” at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in Ft Myers, Florida, for the Spring Semester that starts in January 2019. (Yes, I still have trouble calling January Spring, even in Florida, but that’s Academic Life.) As part of the Integrated Studies Department, the class will meet every Wednesday 4:30pm …Read More
Remembrance Day – “In Flanders Fields”
November 11 is Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. (While November 11 in the United States is Veteran’s Day, the British Remembrance Day is more similar to Memorial Day in the United States.) Remembrance Day honors the end of World War I and honors those that died in the war. Wearing a …Read More
#24: Music Together (Luke Burhenn)
“To make the world a better place by making it more musical.” The mission of Music Together has spread to over 3000 locations and over 40 countries. Parents bring their children from infants to 5 years old to a weekly community music experience. With music and songs from around the world, the curriculum creates the …Read More
Poem: Dear Ancestor
On this All Souls’ Day (November 2nd), there are many different traditions from around the world to honor our dead. The simplest is taking the time to visit the cemetery. Looking into the past, the ancestors that we can never really know stretch back through time, weaving us into the web of the planet and …Read More
Andrea Bocelli & Matteo Bocelli – Fall On Me
Today’s inspiration: Father and son team up for a duet. Watch Andrea Bocelli and Matteo Bocelli Fall on me With open arms Fall on me From where you are Fall on me With all your light
Save the Turtle
Mary was a spitfire of energy, which more than made up for her small stature and sleight build. With sheer determination, she kept 4 kids, 3 dogs, 2 cats, a bird, a gerbil, fish, and a husband in one orderly household. She loved her animals, and her kids were always bringing something home to nurse …Read More
Creativity is like washing a pig
“Creativity is like washing a pig. It’s messy. It has no rules. No clear beginning, middle or end. It’s kind of a pain in the ass, and when you’re done, you’re not sure if the pig is really clean or even why you were washing a pig in the first place.” ~ Luke Sullivan Read …Read More