Celebrating Our Differences
In my everyday existence there is rhythm. My life has a soundtrack, a pulsating beat which inspires, words that move me, and a flow as smooth as butter. I performed an experiment recently where I attempted to survive a day without music. I failed miserably. Like air,…
David “Hummingbird” Walton Welcome to our serenade! Due to my personal relationship with this mellifluous energy, I cannot wait to hold open the Garden Gate to this transformational, consoling, mystical, heart aching, life-generating gift. It has walked with me, made me swoon, cry, and often rocks me…
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! – Psalms 100:1-5 ESV When I was a young girl, I wanted to make music…sing for all occasions, celebratory, sacred because music touched my soul and renewed…
“Music is defined as vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.” -Oxford Dictionary Recently, my bonus father, Wayne Lambert and I sat at the kitchen table discussing his affinity for music. Over the…
I still can’t believe she’s gone. I can’t believe I won’t be calling her to let her know I made it home to Colorado okay just for her to talk my head off about music and just talk my head off in general…. And then for her…
Linda’s parents, Rosemarie and Bill Dunn I grew up in a household that loved music. Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of listening to the radio and watching my parents dance. I learned and still know most of the words to a great number of…
“Music is not in the notes but in the silence between them.” – Achille-Claude Debussy, (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) Claude Debussy (pronounced day-boo-see) was a French composer whose most recognizable composition is arguably “Clair de Lune,” which means “Moonlight” in French. Find it online…
Life’s need perfectly balanced!!!! –Sarin Basley Ingredients: 2 cloves garlic 5Tbsp. lime juice 3Tbsp. palm or brown sugar* 2Tbsp. fish sauce 2T bsp. dried, chopped shrimp – chop 1Tbsp. olives 1 yellow tomato sliced and diced 1 -1/2 pounds green papaya, halved and seeded Equipment: Julienne peeler…
Don Cornelius and the Staple Singers on Soul Train Image: Wikimedia Commons “Music picks the strings of your soul.” -Victorine Basley Goldston. One of my best boys texted me late one evening, “Yarbrough, I’m in the basement jamming some Boy George and Culture Club. As soon…
It’s 4 a.m., my alarm blares and I lay there thinking, “Do I really have to get up? I can just be overweight, out of shape and eat what I want. The Mister will still love me, so it’s cool”. I said the last part while stumbling into…
