I made this short video for Ukraine a few years ago, shortly after they were attacked by Russia. The news hit me hard for about a week.

During that time, I went to listen to my daughter’s high school choir perform “The Star Spangled Banner” (among other moving songs). That night I got inspired to set Ukraine’s war footage to our own national anthem.

(Note: Melanie May is the singer I set this footage to. I love her version. It feels straightforward yet beautifully strained and breathy at just the right moments.)

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We’re speaking with my mother, Christine Mikulasek.  

For most of her life, she’s been a professional sculptor and nomadic adventurer.  

We explore her life and life lessons over four episodes.  

This episode covers my mother’s later and greater years, after the age of 40 when I finally leave the nest.  She’s definitely saved the best for last.  With a newfound sense of freedom, she hones her skills as a master portraitist and spends numerous years in Italy studying marble carving.  She’ll learn to fly a plane.  She’ll take cross country motorcycle trips with a Tom Selleck look-alike.  She’ll hook up with an Alaskan sea captain and find paradise in a Mexican casita near the ocean.  She’ll even discover a love of home and family.  This and much more on this episode of the Life Savor podcast.

Guitar intro

Synth outro