Silas House says: No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent

A few years ago I had the pleasure of hearing Silas House speak at a NCWN Fall Conference in Asheville, NC.

I knew he was a good writer, but I enjoyed his speech more than anyone I've ever heard at a conference. He definitely has a deep southern accent. He said when he went to New York to speak with his publisher and others, he could tell they had to get used to his way of speaking. 

House, the author of numerous books among his other achievements, tells us how, ten years ago, he did not let someone make him feel ashamed or inferior because of his Kentucky accent. Instead, House enjoyed proving this man wrong.

Read his recent post here.

The Growing Generational Divide - Do you notice it?

Silas House, author, says what I have been saying for a long time. Read his article in the NY Times

here,    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/08/opinion/the-growing-generational-divide.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

What do you think about our generational divide? Do you notice what Silas House says in his article? What can we do about it?

Music to Enjoy is Alive and Well

I thought Folk Music was dead, but today I clicked on the blog of Silas House and learned about a superb young woman who brings back memories of Joan Baez. I was a big fan of Joan Baez, but this young woman, Caroline Herring, has a lower voice, more alto than soprano, and sings in the same haunting way. She writes her music and plays guitar.


Why don't we hear those songs on the radio? I truthfully thought no one was making music that I like. I don't care for most of the new country music and the only modern sounds I hear on radio are gawd-awful twanging blaring sounds, thumping rock and rap that I just can't call music. So I have been relegated to listening to "oldies" on Sirius Radio because I thought the "newbies" were only those things I heard on the popular radio stations. Thanks, Silas, for opening a new door for me.I will look for Caroine Herrings CD's and purchase one.

If anyone knows of her or her music, let me hear from you.

Can you imagine life without music? I think music has played a major part in my life from the time I was a child. One of my earliest memories was of my mother playing piano by ear, and my big sister, June, doing the "trickle toe, " a dance that was one step side to side and a quick twisting of the hips. They always laughed, sharing that special moment.


I grew up hearing my brothers sing, mother sing, and when cousin Vivian and Aunt Annie came, they sang. The mother - daughter harmony still sings in my mind.