The Quiet Girl

 I made a post several years ago about visiting Virginia's Explore Park on a field trip when I was 7 and heard the lady with the hat play the dulcimer. Today I'm going to talk more about these types of activities and reiterate that they need to continue in our world.  Visiting Explore Park with my school was not the only time I went there when the park ran a living history museum. Since I grew up approximately 5 minutes from the park, my parents took me there as a little girl on their own. Explore Park still has "Artisan Saturdays" where local artists, musicians and makers come and demonstrate their arts. I don't remember if that was what my Dad took me to as a kid, but I remember it was very similar.  It seemed to be a combination of a living history show and a maker day.  I remember, when my Dad took me, there were people dressed in costume, but there were also people wearing regular clothes with tables set up showcasing their art. My memories of the event are v...

                                                                                  Andrea Davis on Pexels  I recently watched the movie Out Of Africa while on vacation. It is a good movie, although it is very long, almost 3 hours. (It also features the calm, lovely second movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in its score). Towards the beginning of the movie, Karen, the main character, is sitting with friend Denys in front of a fireplace. For entertainment and fun, after finishing their regular everyday conversations, the fun activity of the night was to tell and make up a story! Karen and Denys went back and forth, each character adding more to the story. What a breath of fresh air! I enjoy writing on this blog, poetry, songwriting and music composition in its many forms, but ...