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HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY!
HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY!
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Friday, June 6, 2014
LINDSEY STIRLING...
not just another violinist
“The same reasons I was told I wouldn’t succeed are the reasons people travel hundreds of miles to see me now,” she laughs. “Because it’s different. Because it’s something you haven’t seen before…”
Lindsey is a classically-trained violinist. She combines her love of the violin with her love of futuristic music and dance. Her You Tube video "Crystallize" has racked up an amazing 78 million views.
filmed at the ice sculptures... Midway, Utah
Stirling, a modern independent recording artist, was raised in a small Mormon community in Gilbert, Arizona. Her conventional childhood was rocked as she struggled with an eating disorder in early adulthood. Having nearly given up the classical training she worked so hard for, the violin became her comfort as she healed.
After being eliminated from America's Got Talent, Lindsey began composing and is now selling out concerts in Europe, America, Russia and Asia.
"The challenge is to love yourself for who you are, be your best self, and to encourage others to do the same.”
Lindsey Stirling...
a very young remarkable woman of a certain age!
a very young remarkable woman of a certain age!
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
A LONG DAY...
Just sat through an eight hour seminar our school is hosting. Its based on the bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. I am exhausted to say the least and we have two more days to go.
Stephen and Sandra Covey
Dr. Covey is brilliant. This video clip is over an hour and a half long so you might not want to watch it all at once. It is, however, worth listening to. What is offered is profound. Hope you find it as worthwhile I as did.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
SUMMER IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS ...
It took it forever, but it is finally here... early summer... beautiful blue skies and temperatures that stay right around eighty. I am loving every moment, knowing that the real heat is on its way.
The back side of Mt. Timpanogos
I live in the country on an acre. I keep most of it in grass because its easier to mow that to pull weeds. My little neighbor lady is in her 90s and not up to doing either one. This morning her son brought over two "lawn mowers" my favorite kind.
They will have those weeds down to the nubs in a couple of weeks.
Willie Holdman Photography
Monday, June 2, 2014
MEET HARRIETTE THOMPSON...
running full speed through life!
At the age of 76 Harriette Thompson made her marathon debut. Now fifteen years later she just finished the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon as its oldest competitor, setting a new record in her age group of 7 hours and 7 minutes.
She trains, running loops around the small lake in back of her retirement community in Charlotte, North Carolina.
With no arthritis in her hands, knees or feet she says she only feels her age after a race.
"Some young girls come in limping. At least I don't feel that bad."
Harriette first began running to accompany a friend who was "walking" for leukemia and lymphoma.
Because some of her friends had suffered from cancer she took on the challenge, generating more than $90,000
Because some of her friends had suffered from cancer she took on the challenge, generating more than $90,000
The mother of five and the grandmother of 10 she has lived a "grand life" as a classically trained pianist.
Harriette was a soloist with several symphony orchestras around the world and played three times at Carnegie Hall.
She sailed across the Atlantic with her children, relocating to Vienna where she infused them with culture and taught them a new language.
Still passionate about her music, it fills the halls of the retirement home she shares with her husband Sydnor. Her 9-foot, 6-inch Bösendorfer piano that once sat on the stage of the Vienna Concert House, now sits by the window of her living room.
Harriette Line Thompson a truly remarkable woman!
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Sunday, June 1, 2014
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS...
I spent some time this weekend reading about Maya Angelou. What an example of perseverance and becoming a better version of one's self.
All that I listened to were in awe of her very essence. She morphed from a life filled with pain to a truly beautiful human being. She makes me want to try harder to be more gentle and forgiving and less self-serving!
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
and floats downstream till the current ends
and dips his wing in the orange suns rays and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage
can seldom see through his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
of things unknown but longed for still
and his tune is heard on the distant hill
for the caged bird sings of freedom.
The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn and he names the sky his own.
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
of things unknown but longed for still
and his tune is heard on the distant hill
for the caged bird sings of freedom.”
Still I Rise
Maya Angelou
Her words and her example will live on...
"Become somebody's rainbow in the clouds"
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