Best Book Ever, Book / Author Quoted, Event, Memoir, Music 23 Aug 2018 The Bluegrass Family History “Where did the morning go?” sings bluegrass band Blue Highway – a reflection many ponder as we grow older. Bluegrass fans and artists are very aware of family history, and make up a family! Personal historian shares Memories from World… DWilbrink No Comments
Local History, Memoir, Music, Show & Tell, Time to Tell 09 Apr 2015 Kidnapped! Startling Stories from Show & Tells: Time to Tell 6 Mabel’s true story about a baby-kidnapping ring is poignant and universal. She inspired the song Time to Tell. Deborah Wilbrink No Comments
Book / Author Quoted, Event, Music, Time to Tell 15 Mar 2015 Opportunity is Ticking, It’s Time to Tell 4! Now is the Time to Tell Your Family & Personal History! It just got easier... for you to "tell", and easier to persuade someone you love that it's time to tell! This project started with a song inspired by Mabel's Story about her early life, kidnapped from a cotton field. She wanted to get that recorded! Soon I found myself… Deborah Wilbrink No Comments
Local History, Memoir, Music, Show & Tell, Time to Tell 08 Jan 2015 Time to Tell 1: The Baby Kidnapper Mabel’s true story about a baby-kidnapping ring is poignant and universal. She inspired the song Time to Tell. Deborah Wilbrink 4 Comments
Book / Author Quoted, Music, Writing Coach 21 Mar 2014 Dolly Parton Uses Imagination in Writing Blue Smoke by Dolly Parton (If you can't see the video above, you can click the title to hear the song.) Dolly has the imagination of a great writer. Even her charity promoting reading at a young age is called Imagination Station. With a song called Blue Smoke, Dolly draws from her imagination as well as roots with the bluegrass,… Deborah Wilbrink No Comments
Local History, Memoir, Music, Philosophical 07 Nov 2013 Farm Memories from Jesse McRae Many of America's memoirs deal with a life on the farm that the rest of us can only imagine. Here's one tribute from my friend, Jesse McRae, to small farm life that's rapidly passing. Or is it? With the local foods movement, I see many younger people taking up small farming. What memories can you share about farming? Any farmers… Deborah Wilbrink 2 Comments
Memoir, Music 18 Jun 2013 Falling Star Song for Rita Recently a beloved friend died after a stalwart battle with cancer. Rita had smiles and a glow for many, she was a teacher and practitioner of Buddhism. As I walked past my guitar the next morning, it called to me, and Falling Star is the result. Fortunately, her family allowed me to sing and play it at the funeral, and… Deborah Wilbrink No Comments
Media, Memoir, Music, Philosophical 04 Jan 2013 House Concert in Nashville Memory Lane writers perform in Nashville. Deborah Wilbrink 5 Comments
Memoir, Memory Information, Music 17 Dec 2012 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Another Nose For Truth in Memoir Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s origin teaches us the meaning of truth in memoir. Deborah Wilbrink No Comments
Memoir, Music, UPDATE! 30 Sep 2012 Bluegrass Fans Talk Family History Bluegrass fans shared unique stories and ideas as they visited the Perfect Memoirs table this past weekend at the IBMA Fan Fest in Nashville. A Florida woman writes her family history and poems in song form, and she sings them around the house to subliminally share family history with her children. A devoted bluegrass fan and volunteer lives in a… Deborah Wilbrink No Comments
