When I wrote THRU: An Appalachian Trail Love Story, one of my characters named Sky Writer composed a tune as she hiked north to track the emotional experience of walking from Georgia to Maine — a sort of natio
which is focused on the need to Accelerate Action for gender equality. And while the disparity between men and women in the music industry remains,superstars likeLady Gaga,Ariana GrandeandKarol Gare working to shape the music industry into a more inclusive, safe place for all artists to create ...
adam and eve, from the bible, were running around the garden of eden naked. they didn’t know they were naked until they ate the food of knowledge; some interpret that as the first time they had sex. they were naked all this time. that’s what happened when i really first heard her...
"We recorded my first song, ‘It Was You’, in late 1963 at the home studio of Barry Gray, who wrote music for children’s TV puppet series like Thunderbirds and Fireball XL5. Dick James, The Beatles’ co-publisher at the time, heard ‘It Was You’ and signed me to his company. ...
Mark Twain wrote a book about Joan of Arc. Based on transcripts of her trial. Age 15, hears the voice of God. England controlled France and she was called to liberate her nation. She was illiterate, poor, and from a remote town yet she told people about it. Completely ridiculed and ...
The song’s lyrics, meanwhile, are intriguingly ambiguous about whether the object of his desire is spiritual or sexual. It was also one of the first songs that Townshend wrote on piano; he happily recalled that its refreshing simplicity was “caused by my inability to play!” 42 “Let’s...
Paterson wrote of her two characters Jeff Arons and Leslie Burke inBridge to Terabithia. IMHO: this beautiful insight speaks of the character-writer connection, too, as well as, ultimately, the character-Reader connection. Fortunately, it wasn't too late in my Writer's Journey to learn ...
In my notes for this bit, I just wrote “bless.” We lose even more time admiring the church, but that seemed well justified as it was pretty stunning. The problem is, the more enthusiastic we seem about the church (beer fuelled, although it was lovely and we do love a church), ...
Time for a deep dive on 'Queen's Gambit' star Anya Taylor-Joy's husband Malcolm McRae and their super low-key but very in-love relationship.
My next door neighbor moved a while ago and wrote a note that said, “I found my people!” She is an artist and refinishes furniture and had a little store downtown the same time I did and moved out of state to Oregon and found a little shop that rents out space, similar to ...