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Beyond the Notes | 15. The Quiet Gifts of Falling Short
I failed, yet in my rejection of societal expectations, a tiny seed was planted. What if these 'failures' are simply detours on life’s journey? What if…
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Beyond the Notes | 14. Tracing the Path Home
In many respects, Woodstock sums it up: a desire to reconnect with nature, and a collective and optimistic hope and yearning for something deeper; for a…
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Beyond the Notes | 13. Tears Through the Years
One of the simplest, yet deeply poignant and heart-wrenching emotions of the human soul, tears can fall for loss and gain. We have cried before and will…
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Beyond the Notes | 12. Embodying Time and Place
In a turbulent world, we can find comfort in music, in the familiar, and in the evocative combination of music, landscape, time and place, all of which…
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Beyond the Notes | 11. At the Haunted End of the Day
In a visually overstimulated world, our senses remain ever-fascinated by the juncture between the known and the unknown. In a world of explanation, we…
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Beyond the Notes | 10. When the Earth Stands Still
Of all the people who pass through our lives, it is often those willing to offer a listening ear whom we remember most fondly, yet perhaps it is nature…
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Beyond the Notes | 09. The Mysterious and the Unknown Remain
In a world of certainty, perhaps we might find comfort in facing and accepting the unknown. Maybe we need to cling harder to the mystery and magic we…
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Beyond the Notes | 08. Seasons of Life
On a journey of never-ending change, of growth, of development, of hard times and good times, we all crave those constants, those people or things which…
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Beyond the Notes | 07. Scarecrows
In a throwaway society, where all too often, the many are sacrificed for the few, perhaps the scarecrow is the ultimate personification of the…
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Beyond the Notes | 06. A Self-Confessed Night Owl
From the tiniest light, a feint glow on a far-off horizon, dawn brings a new day, with new hope, and new possibilities, the sun's rising, an…
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Beyond the Notes | 05. Ask Me No Questions
In a world where promises are broken, often from the top down, it is easy to understand why so many of us seek firmer foundations elsewhere; a…
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Beyond the Notes | 04. The Last Place in England
Vast, infinite, and with unrelenting power, where the last place in England lies exposed to 5,000 miles of the sea, but where a comforting reminder of…
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