by Diana Waring | Jun 24, 2014 | Miscellaneous
For the past few weeks, I have been sharing back stories for the 62 bloggers on our Experience History Through Music launch team. By request, I would like to share it with you: So, more back story. . .this one brings us up to the present—with a bit of a miracle...
by Diana Waring | May 19, 2014 | Miscellaneous
I love this week’s topic. Experiencing the bubbling up of real joy is one of the most precious, wonderful gifts life has to offer, isn’t it? Joy is possible at all ages, in multi-faceted ways. Consider these few: successfully riding a bike for the...
by Diana Waring | May 8, 2014 | Miscellaneous
Sitting by the beach at Lake Erie only a few days before Mother’s Day, I am pondering the concept of “choice” in love. In the English folk song, “Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier”—which was a favorite tune during the American Civil...
by Diana Waring | Apr 30, 2014 | Miscellaneous
I have been thinking a lot about the realities of life for a slave in America, prior to the Civil War. Research on the slave spiritual, Wade in the Water, reveals a connection between the experiences of the ancient Israelites as they fled enslavement in the...
by Diana Waring | Apr 21, 2014 | Miscellaneous
Ok, I’ll admit it. I love to sing. I’ve sung onstage, in church, in the shower, at meals, in the car, and at Starbucks in Auckland, New Zealand, and, most recently, in a fabulous performance of Beethoven’s 9th. Singing with my...
by Diana Waring | Apr 9, 2014 | Miscellaneous
The word “freedom” is a loaded term. In America, it evokes images of everything from the first day of summer vacation to the slaves being freed after the Civil War, and everything in between. Since you and I have never lived under the helpless, hopeless,...