Winters’ Day In
Conversations on life, faith, stories, and creativity from author Talena Winters.
Pour a cuppa and stay awhile.
Slow Fade (Poem for my Grandma)
Now, all I see is the slow fade
When you look at me, who do you see?
Inconveniences I Would Rather Have (and “Things I’ll Never Do” song)
On Wednesday, I found I was grieving all the things that Munchkin will not get to do that I wanted him to be able to do. I find that writing songs helps me deal with very stressful and emotional topics, so I wrote "Things I'll Never Do". Here is a quick scratch recording on a video for this song.
My First Music Video
A music video for a song I co-wrote called “The Nails (I Did This For You)” in celebration of Easter.
How a conversation with Broadway composer Timothy Huang changed me
My online encounter with Broadway composer Timothy Huang, and how it moved me.
“Let Me Love” is Top 5 Finalist in Song of the Year Competition
"Let Me Love" won a songwriting award!
Prosody: Aristotle’s Gift to Songwriters
For week 2 of the Pat Pattison songwriting course through Coursera, we have been learning about prosody, or the elements that create unity in a song. Specifically, we have been learning how line length and the number of lines both affect prosody and what effects they have on the song in general.
The Busy Creative Entrepreneur Mother’s Lament (poem)
A poem about a week in my life. Any other ADHD, creative, home schooling, entrepreneur mamas out there that can relate?
A Love Song For My Honey
A new demo recording of a song I wrote for Jason by my friend Richie Owens.
Ode of the Moving (A Pioneer’s Poem)
A parody of “In Flander’s Fields” about the “joys” of moving.
Clothes I Used To Wear (poem)
In my closet, hanging there
Beneath the dust and disrepair
Is evidence I used to dare
To don these clothes I used to wear...