Love Is a Living Thing: How I Gave Up and Found Love

02/10/22 • 27 min

I love a good love story, so I decided to share the improbable story of how I met my true companion a bit later in life. (Even though we'd met as kids when my search for baklava in a town we'd both just moved to landed me in his dad's bakery!)
I get candid about my own struggles to find harmony in the realm of romance, in spite of most things in my life going pretty well.
I also talk about the dance of how how I made what I thought was an impossible list of characteristics I was looking for in a companion and vowed not to date anyone who didn't meet them ALL, how my partner and I got to know each other when we were both a bit "gun-shy", and a mystical moment when I first started to believe we could have something truly special together!
I also share three of the qualities that I believe comprise a great relationship, and what makes this one so different (and fulfilling) for me.
Thanks for listening to my stories, and please feel free to share yours with me---I'd love to hear what you're dreaming of in love or a tale of how you met YOUR sweetie! Contact me at [email protected] or over on the 'gram @kentuckycarla
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All Join Hands: Growing Up Dancing in Appalachia

So many dances in my childhood began with the caller shouting, "All join hands and circle to the left...!"
The community of loving hearts and lively music that I grew up in anchored my love of the art forms, and I enjoyed sharing with you some of the elements of how I became an improvisatory flatfooter and clogger who makes music with my feet!
A few things I talk about include: how most of our "square dances" in Eastern Kentucky are done in circles, how I learned old-timey and more contemporary styles, and how I went from learning steps and choreography from other people to learning how to put the steps together to "dance the fiddle tune."
You'll also hear a little tune from Marion Sumner, who along with banjoist Lee Sexton, provided an important part of the soundtrack to my early dancing life.
And finally, I'll talk a bit more about what inspired me to create the Appalachian Flatfooting & Clogging Academy!
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Marion Sumner plays Sally Goodin
Appalachian Flatfooting & Clogging Academy

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10 Songs I Really Love (And Why I Love Them!)

This was a hard episode to record, because there are SO MANY songs I love.
And, full disclosure, this list might vary on any given day--just as yours likely would!
Some of these you will likely have heard, and I hope that others will be a delightful discovery.
I tried not to include too many by the huge pop stars and bands that everyone has heard, although I couldn't resist a couple of my British Invasion faves.
And a few others I had to leave off since I made an accompanying playlist, and the songs I was thinking of were not on Spotify.
Give it a listen, and let me know a few of your favorite songs! Bonus points if it's one I've never heard before!
Spotify Playlist: 10 Songs I Really Love

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