"To all the birds, from the smallest to the largest, we send our joyful greetings and thanks." ~from Robin Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass. A year ago, we wrote about lessons we had learned from the birds in Bird Lessons 101 . This past year, we learned more lessons from bird-watching excursions and observations, during our music travels and daily lives, and we would like to share them with you here. Dean birdwatching with Mom at Egan's Creek on Amelia Island From the Carolina

"I have confidence that spring will come again! Besides this, you see, I have confidence in me!" ~Richard Rodgers, from The Sound of Music For many of us, as we head into the new year with resolutions in mind, getting through the cold and dark months of January and February requires emotional fortitude and faith that spring will indeed come again. The start of the new year, with its unknowns, can inspire as much fear and apprehension as it does excitement. The Sound of Music

"Say it reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope." ~Kate DiCamillo Wherever we journey, we love to check out the local public library. Although each library is unique, we know that we can expect a thriving hub of community activity and information. The most obvious reason that libraries are awesome is because they store books. A fun fact is that the term "bookworm" was originally used as

We woke up to the same sound that had lullabied us to sleep: Pine Creek, at the bottom of the steep bank from our campsite, engorged with...

Musicians can learn a lot from birds. We would like to share some of our recent bird moments and what they have taught (and continue to...

A monarch caught our attention, flying across our line of vision as we sat on a bench facing Our Lady Star of the Sea cathedral after...

The couple who owned our camper before us added the bumper sticker, "Not all those who wander are lost." This is a line from a poem that...

“When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may...