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When the Paths of Spirit and Discipline Intersect

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Ed Ames was performing (with the Ames Brothers) before I was born and he is the same age as my Dad, 89. I first knew of him as Mingo on the Daniel Boone TV series. To me, Ed Ames singing The Impossible Dream  at 82, the way he does, reminds me of my Dad, and I think it’s because there is a familiarity of spirit and discipline. Daddy has done a lot of things during his life. He was in the Navy during WWII, then the Air Force after he finished college, and then the Army National Guard after that. He went on … Continue reading When the Paths of Spirit and Discipline Intersect

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Hearing Verses Seeing

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What you merely hear can elicit  a very wrong image inside your brain. I am one of those people who has a vivid imagination and what I hear someone say or sing produces images that once again, today, I learned, can prove to be something entirely different than what a speaker or writer intended. I was browsing bloggers who have responded to today’s Daily Prompt: elicit. One of the blogs I visited belongs to “deepspeakingup” who writes about Ringing in Wintery Love. Although her writing about food was good, what elicited a response within me was her photograph of the knights and the little girl. … Continue reading Hearing Verses Seeing

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Life Stories Session III

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This is the week of better understanding, the week the light bulb switches to on for many within this writing class. Once again, our resident Storyteller, Jean Cameron,  played our hearts with another poignant tale from her life. Thank you so much Jean for illustrating the art of storytelling and allowing us into your life. The seeds planted by past classes as memory triggers took hold within the fertile soil of our minds and worked their magic. Roots begin to grow and spread, little by little, tunneling their way downwards into deep recesses and across expanses of our personal histories. … Continue reading Life Stories Session III