Story-Power

Dave has loved theatre since his first performance in the Opera Carmen at age 6. Since then he teaches acting and has led actors workshops and founded The Northern Colorado Actors Studio. He also acts in his spare time. He recently directed, Constellations, Orson's Shadow, and Antony and Cleopatra, Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost, Chimes at Midnight, Twelfth Night, King Lear, As You Like It and the regional premiere of Gloria. In his 30 years as an actor favorite roles include: Mr.Paravicini in The Mousetrap, Alf in Peter and the Starcatcher, Edgar in King Lear, Horatio in Hamlet, Orgon in Tartuffe, Benjamin Franklin in 1776, and Theo Maske in The Underpants.

Dave and his rescue cat, Dammit

Okay, I have to explain Dave's Cat's Name. Dave found an abandoned kitten. He tried out several names on her, but she didn't respond to any of them. Then one day, Dave was looking for something, and said, "Dammit" because he couldn't find what he was looking for. The kitten meowed. "What?" Dave said to himself. So he said "dammit" again, and she meowed again. "You want that for your name?" He asked her, and he said "dammit" again and again, she meowed. Dave gave in to her wishes and that's now her official name.

Stories Worth Visiting Again

Wuthering Heights, Novel, Emily Brontë, (1939 version) William Wyler, Director, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, John Huston (uncredited) Screen Writers

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (1943 version), Robert Stevenson, Director, Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson, John Houseman, Screen Writers

Becoming Jane Eyre, Novel, Sheila Kohler, Play unknown playwright

The Expanse, Book Series, James S. A. Corey, (2015 – ) Breck Eisner and 15 other Directors, Daniel Abraham, Mark Fergus, Ty Franck, Creators and Writers

George R.R. Martin, Author of The Game of Thrones Series

Star Trek: Lower Decks, TV Series (2020 – ) Juno Lee and 3 others, Directors, Mike McMahan, Creator and Writer, Garrick Bernard, John Cochran, Ben Joseph, Ann Acacia Kim, and 13 other Writers

Star Trek: Discovery TV Series (2017 – ) Bryan Fuller, Creator, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jonathan Frakes, Douglas Aarniokoski, Lee Rose, and 16 other Directors, Bryan Fuller Alex Kurtzman, and 67 other Writers

Star Trek: Picard TV Series (2020 – ) Kirsten Beyer, Creator, Handle M. Culpepper, Jonathan Frakes, Akiva Goldsman, Maja Vrvilo, Douglas Aarniokoski, Directors, Kirsten Beyer, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and 18 other Writers

Star Wars Franchise, George Lucas, Creator

What Should I Read Next podcast at Modern Mrs. Darcy with Anne Bogel

I Claudius Novels I Claudius and Claudius The God by Robert Graves, TV Mini Series (1976) Herbert Wise, Director, Jack Pulman, Robert Graves, Screenwriters

Mystery!: Cadfael Novels by Ellis Peters TV Series (1994 – 1998) Graham Theakston, Ken Grieve, and 5 other Directors, Simon Burke and 9 other Screenwriters

My favorite Cadfael book, The Pilgrim of Hate, book 10 by Ellis Peters

Masterpiece Theatre, WGBH Boston, PBS (Janurary 10, 1971 – )

Bridgerton, Novels, Julia Quinn, (2020 – ) Chris Van Dusen, Creator, Julie Anne Robinson, Sheree Folkson, and 3 other Directors, Chris Van Dusen, Jess Bromwell, Abby McDonald, and 10 other Screenwriters

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Novel, Seth Grahame-Smith, Burr Steers, Director, Burr Steers, Seth Grahame-Smith, based on Jane Austen's novel, Screenwriters

Death Comes to Pemberley Novel, P.D. James based on Jane Austen Characters, TV Series, (2013 – 2014) Daniel Percival, Director, P.D. James, Juliette Towhidi, Screenwriters

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Play by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, Dramatist Play Service

Pride and Prejudice, Novel Jane Austen, and many play, movie and TV Series iterations.

Downton Abbey, TV Series (2011 – 2016) Brian Percival, David Evans, Philip John, Andy Goddard, and 10 other Directors, Julian Fellows, Creator and writer, Tina Pepler, Shelagh Stephenson, Writers

Highland Glen Lodge Bed and Breakfast, Anchorage, Alaska, Afternoon Tea

Outlander Novel Series, Diana Gabaldon, TV Series, ( 2014 – ) Metin Huseyin, Stephen Woolfenden, Anna Foerster, and 19 other Directors, Ronald D. Moore, Developed by, Diana Gabaldon, Ronald D. Moore, Matthew B. Roberts, Toni Graphia, 23 other Screenwriters

Scott Hamilton, Story~Power Ep. 20 "Movie Making and More"

WandaVision TV Series (2021) Blends styles of classic sitcoms such as, I Love Lucy, Donna Reed, Ozzy and Harriet, Leave it to Beaver, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Modern Family and more. Matt Shakman, Director, Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dhor, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Megan McDonnell, and 20 other Screenwriters

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend TV Series (2015 – 2019) Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, Creators, Stuart McDonald, Main director, and 25 others, Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, and 24 other screenwriters

The Coward, Playwright, Nick Jones

The Box Set for theatre introduced by Elizabeth Vestris and popularized by Marie Wilton

Closet Dramas are dramas meant to be read individually, or in small groups. Hroswitha of Gandersheim is one writer mentioned by Dave in this conversation.

Lend Me A Tenor, Playwright, Ken Ludwick

The Restoration of the Stuart Monarchy, 1660 Charles II becomes King. Theatre begins to flourish again

The Year of Living Dangerously Novel, C.J. Koch (1982) Peter Weir, Director, David Williamson, Peter Weir, C.J. Koch, Screenwriters

Sarah Bernhardt, Actress ( 1844 – 1923) Recognized as the first international stage star

Lucille Fletcher, (1912 – 200) American screenwriter of film, radio, and television.

Elspeth Eric, (1907 – 1993) American Actress working on stage, radio, television, writer for CBS Radio Mystery Theater, The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater

Celeste Sage-Tate Story~Power Ep. 22, "Subtle Feminism in Classic Movies"

Suspense Radio Show on YouTube

Katherine Hepburn, (1907 – 2003) American Actress

The Group Theatre,A theatre group founded by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasberg to be a theatre company devoted exclusively to the Stansilavsky Method of acting. It ended in the late 1930s.

Bringing Up Baby (1938) From a story by Hagar Wilde, Howard Hawks, Director, Dudley Nichols, Hagar Wilde, Screenwriters

Cary Grant (1904 – 1986) British/American Actor

Rosalind Russell (1907 – 1976) American Actress

His Girl Friday (1940) Based on the American stage play Front Page by Ben Hecht, Howard Hawks, Director, Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Screenwriters

Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) Iconic British director, writer, and producer with a signature style in the suspense genre

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip TV Series (2006)

Saturday Night Live (1975 – ) TV Variety Series

Guy de Maupassant, (1850 – 1893) French author of "The Hand", and "The Necklace" Considered to be the father of the short story

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 – 1873) Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. One of his vampire stories predates Dracula by Bram Stoker

Henry Graham Greene (1904 – 1991) English writer and journalist considered by many to be one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century

The CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1974 – 1982) Himan Brown, creator, E.G. Marshall, host (1974 – 1982), Tammy Grimes, host (1982)

Inner Sanctum Mysteries (1941 – 1952) Himan Brown creator and producer

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Gemma Mikaela Germán was born, raised, and still lives in a small border town called Douglas, AZ. She earned her BA in Secondary Education and her MA in Reading and Curriculum from Grand Canyon University.

Gemma is currently a 7th grade reading teacher where she is guaranteed laughter at least twice a day. It is her dream job. What other occupation can you have a teenager describe the scent of your classroom as, "It smells like a butterfly in here"? She received the honor of being Cochise County Teacher of the Year in 2017.

One of Gemma's hobbies is teaching Folklorico to her middle school students. She loves teaching her Mexican culture to both students and the audiences that they perform to. Gemma's culture is also brought forth in her writing. She loves to weave her Mexican roots into the stories she writes.

Twitter: @GiGi1539

Finding Your Niche

Douglas Oral History Project Beth Henson and Ceci Lewis Story~Power guests episode 24 "Every Life is a Library", aired June 9, 2021

Grimm's Fairy Tales, Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm

Black Beauty, Anna Sewell

The Baby Sitter's Club series, Ann M. Martin

The Chronicles of Narnia series C.S. Lewis

The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling

The Lord of the Ring series, J.R.R. Tolkien

Room Magazine

Room's 2021 Creative Writing Mentor In Residence Program Mentees! Mentor Téa Mutonji

Cat Beat Sheet

Bec McMaster, Court of Dreams series and more

The Invisible Library series, Genevieve Cogman

Maya Angelou, Poet, Memoirist, Civil Rights Activist (1928 – 2014)

The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan

The Giver, Lois Lowery

A.D. Trosper, The Raven Daughter series, and more. Upcoming Story~Power guest episode 28 to air August 4, 2021

Stacy Bennett, Quest of the Dreamwalker, Call of the Huntress, books 1 and 2 of the Corthan Legacy series. Upcoming Story~Power guest episode 29 to air August 18, 2021

Telenovelas de Univision

Unpublished work in progress by Gemma Germán, Through a Villain's Eyes

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018 – ) Carlton Cuse, Creator

Jane the Virgin (2014 – 2019) Jennie Snyder Urman, developed by

Ugly Betty (2006 – 2010) Silvio Horta, developed by

Queen of the South (2016 – 2021) M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller, developed by, Novel, Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Killing Eve (2028 – 2022) Based on Luke Jennings Villanelle novels, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, developed by

Stan Lee (1922 – 2018) American comic-book writer, editor, publisher, executive vice president of Marvel Comics

Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare

Folklorico, a collection of traditional Mexican dances that emphasize local folk culture. States mentioned, Jalisco and Vera Cruz

Cascarones or Confetti eggs (Tia – aunt)

Huber Middle School, Douglas, Arizona

Ray Borane Middle School, Douglas, Arizona

Brené Brown, Researcher and Author

Elizabeth Gilbert, Author

Dr. Maria Church, Love Based Leadership, A Course in Leadership: 21 Spiritual Lessons on Power, Love and Influence, Story~Power guest episode 25 aired June 23, 2021

NetGalley For book reviewers and other professional readers to read yet to be published books for the purpose of writing reviews

Ross B Lampbert, author of The Eternity Plagueseries

Love Life, with Parrots: a memoir, Cappy Love Hanson

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Dr. Maria Church knows what it is like to lead a team. With over 25 years working for Fortune 500 companies, local governments, non-profits, and academia, she is intimately familiar with all the ups and downs of holding a senior leadership position in both the public and corporate worlds.

Today, as CEO of Dr. Maria Church International, includingGovernment and Corporate divisions as well asLeadership Development University, Maria brings that depth of knowledge and her unique qualifications – specializing in organizational culture, change agility, and leadership development – to the aid of companies, teams and individuals.

Dr. Church, best-selling author of Love-Based Leadership: The Model for Leading with Strength, Grace, and Authenticity, and A Course in Leadership: 21 Spiritual Lessons on Power, Love, and Influence has started a long-needed movement to revolutionize the workplace by transforming leadership at all levels through a seismic shift from fear to love.

Her organizational culture work has realized her clients over 300% ROI, intentionally reshaping their cultures to pursue clear strategic objectives and become differentiators in their marketplace. She holds a Doctor of Management degree in Organizational Leadership and has been teaching for several universities for the past 20 years winning numerous faculty awards.

Maria is part of the elite 17% worldwide that has earned a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation from the National Speakers Association. And, as probably the recognized expert in organizational culture and leading with love, she has been sought out to speak on many in-person and virtual stages across North America for associations, corporations, local governments, and non-profits.

Her message is simple, compelling, and transformative. Because of that, she has been featured on radio shows, television interviews, and in both magazine and newspaper features. Maria writes numerous articles on leadership for a variety of periodicals and hosts an online leadership series, Dr. Maria TV. Splitting her time between Scottsdale and the restorative canyons of Southern Arizona, Maria continues to work with high-performing organizations while working on her next book about exemplary corporate and local government cultures.

She is a classic rock and classic Motown junkie who one day hopes to learn drums from Keith Moon and Benny Benjamin in Rock-n-Roll Heaven.

Bridging Leadership and Spirituality

Army Brats, Michael Cerepanya

Loved Based Leadership, Dr. Maria Church

A Course in Leadership: 21 Spiritual Lessons on Power, Love, and Influence, Dr. Maria Church

The Power of Intention, Dr. Wayne Dyer

Pam Grout, Author, "Metaphysics, Travel, and Cultural Stories", Ep. 21

Brené Brown, Researcher, Professor, Storyteller, Author, Podcast Host

Elizabeth Gilbert, Author

Gregg Braden, Author merging science and spirituality

Forbes Magazine

Sierra Vista Community Theatre

Oprah Winfrey, TV personality, entrepreneur, Humanitarian

Roxanna McGinnis, "Support Your Local Indy Bookstore", Ep. 16

The Monument Fire, 2011, Cochise County, Arizona

Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona

Coronado National Memorial

Dudley Court Press, full-service, hybrid publishing house

Tohono Chul Park Botanical Gardens & Galleries

Boulder Crest Foundation

Beth Henson and Ceci Lewis, Douglas Oral History Project, "Every Life is a Library", Ep. 24

www.ACourseInLeadership.com

www.LoveBasedLeadership.com

www.Dr.MariaChurch.com

http://www.youtube.com/c/Drmariachurchtv

www.CorporateLeadershipSolution.com

www.GovernmentLeadershipSolutions.com

www.LeadershipDevelopmentUniversity.com

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Our mission is to collect the untold stories of Douglas through collaborative community conversations, preserving the voices, memories, and lessons of our elders through oral and video recordings and making our discoveries available to the public. We volunteer our time and share a passion for local history and a commitment to story-telling. Ceci Durazo Lewis and Ginny Jordan were born and raised in Douglas, their grandparents were founding pioneers. I arrived in nearby Bisbee in 1983 and am honored to be included. Ceci completed her PhD in Mexican-American Studies in 2016 at the University of Arizona with a traveling museum exhibit and dissertation that focuses on the agency of women of Mexican heritage in Douglas during the first half of the 20th century. Her work has become the model for our current collaborative conversation data collecting. I received a PhD in History from the same university in 2015 and am the author of Agrarian Revolt in the Sierra of Chihuahua (University of Arizona Press, 2019). Ginny is a lifelong community member and has a deep understanding, love, and commitment to the people and the town of Douglas. We primarily serve the community of Douglas and its diaspora; we also serve the larger audience for local history interpreted and placed into a broader context.

Ceci Lewis, Beth Henson and Ginny Jordan

Douglas Oral History Facebook page

Mayor Donald Huish, Douglas, Arizona

The Gadsden Hotel, Douglas, Arizona, U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution

Ceci's great-grandfather's store: El Volcan

Cochise County Historical Journal

Mr. Rivera, coffin builder on International Street

Mining group: Tombstone, Bisbee, Copper Queen Mine, Douglas, Arizona was where the smelter was located

Benson, Arizona

Fort Huachuca, Arizona home of the Buffalo Soldiers

Douglas History Facebook page

Douglas Williams House, James Douglas Mine owner

Bisbee Co-op

The cities Beth lived in in Mexico, Zacatecas, Mexico City

Sierra Madre Alliance in Chihuahua, Mexico

University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Agrarian Revolt in the Sierra of Chihuahua, 1959 – 1965, Elizabeth Henson

Cochise College, Cochise County, Arizona

Bisbee High School, Bisbee, Arizona

Buena High School, Sierra Vista, Arizona

Tombstone High School, Tombstone, Arizona

Douglas High School, Douglas, Arizona

Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English

Chihuahua City in Sierra Tarahumara in the Sierra Madre

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

Patrick Rhone is a writer, speaker, and author of six books who lives in Saint Paul, MN with his wife and 13-year-old daughter. In his spare time, he restores old homes. Through his writing, he tells personal stories and explores ideas about living a life of mindfulness, compassion, introspection, and truth. He says, "I do so in an attempt to help others. Writing is how I try to make the world a better, friendlier, stronger place." More info can be found at patrickrhone.com or patrickrhone.net.

TheCramped.com

whoatowow.com

Minimal Mac website and podcast

Anatham, by Neal Stephenson

Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy, Jeff VanderMeer

Grant and Alexander Hamilton, by Rod Chernow

CW Pencil Enterprise, New York City

Hadestown (2019) Tony Winner best Musical and more, Anaïs Mitchell (Concept Album released 2010 featuring, Justin Vernon, Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown, Tanya, Petra, and Rachel Haden)

Hamilton, (2015) Tony Winner best Musical and more, Lin-Manuel Miranda Book and Lyrics

Sierra Vista Community Theatre, Sierra Vista, Arizona

The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Penumbra Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota

August Wilson, Playwright (1945–2005)

Non-Fiction Recommendations

The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking, Roman Krznaric

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go From Here, Hope Jahren

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, Adrienne Maree Brown

Fiction Recommendations

The Parable of the Sower, (Parable 1) Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) Parable of the Talents, (Parable 2)

The Murders of Molly Southbourne, and The Survival of Molly Southbourne, Tade Thompson

The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel

Subdivision: A Novel, and Broken River, J. Robert Lennon

The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown

The Expected One, Book 1 of The Magdalene Line series, Kathleen McGowan

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, Suzanne Simard

Shogun, James Clavell, TV Mini-Series (1980) Jerry London, Director, Eric Bercovici, James Clavell, Teleplay

Roots, Alex Haley, TV Mini-Series (1977) Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moore, Directors, William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Alex Haley, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee, Teleplay

The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough TV Mini-Series (1983) Daryl Duke, Director, Carmen Culver, Colleen McCullough, Lee Stanley, Teleplay

Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov Movie (1962) Stanley Kubrick, Director, Vladimir Nabokov, Stanley Kubrick, James B. Harris, Screenwriters

Sixteen Candles (1984) John Hughes, Director, Screenwriter

The Magic of Belle Isle (2012) Rob Reiner, Director, Guy Thomas, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Screenwriters

Other Important Notes

The Waco Messenger

J.J. Abrams Mystery Box TED Talk

ITER Energy Experiment

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

I have had the love of reading since 7th grade. I would spend hours after school just reading and seeing myself in the stories I read. I read many different genres. I do not limit myself. As a Life Coach I have read many books from Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, and Marianne Williamson.

Subtle Feminism in Classic Movies

Actresses discussed

Bette Davis (1908 – 1989)

Ginger Rogers (1911 – 1995)

Rosalind Russell (1907 – 1976)

Katherine Hepburn (1907 – 2003)

Greer Garson (1904 – 1996)

Barbara Stanwyck (1907 – 1990)

Irene Dunne (1898 – 1990)

Movies Discussed

The Holiday (2006) Nancy Meyers, Director and Screenwriter

Now, Voyager – (1942) Irving Rapper, Director, Novel, Olive Higgins Prouty, Casey Robinson, Screenwriter

The Letter (1940) William Wyler, Director, Play, W. Somerset Maugham, Howard Koch, Screenwriter

Kitty Foyle (1940) Sam Wood, Director, Novel, Christopher Morley, Dalton Trumbo, Donald Ogden Stewart, Screenwriters

Tender Comrade (1943) Edward Dmytryk, Director, Dalton Trumbo, Screenwriter

Auntie Mame (1958) Morton DaCosta, Director, Novel, Patrick Dennis, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Screenwriters

Pat and Mike (1952) George Cukor, Director, Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin, Screenwriters

Woman of the Year (1942) George Stevens, Director, Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin, Screenwriters

Random Harvest (1942) Melvyn LeRoy, Director, Novel, James Hilton, Claudine West, George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis, Screenwriters

The Valley of Decision (1942) Tay Garnett, Novel, Marcia Davenport, John Meerhan, Sonya Levien, Screenwriters

My Reputation (1946) Curtis Bernhardt, Director, Catherine Turney, Clare Jaynes, Screenwriters

Stella Dallas (1937) King Vidor, Director, Novel, Olive Higgins Prouty, Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman, Screenwriters

My Favorite Wife (1940) Garson Kanin, Director, Original story, Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack, Leo McCarey, Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack, Screenwriters

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Richard Boleslawski, Director, Original story, Mary McCarthy, Sidney Buchman, Screenwriter

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Pam Grout is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 20 books including the brand new, Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (and Therefore the World.) She's a freelance writer who has published with Scientific American Explorations, Outside, Men's Journal, People magazine, Travel + Leisure, and many other publications. She's the creator of the TV series Going Rogue, and the wacky proliferator behind two popular blogs. Her current focus is the 222 Foundation she started to honor her magical daughter, Tasman, who has been guiding her from the nonphysical since October 15, 2018. Pam can be reached at www.pamgrout.com and @PamGrout on all the socials.

Metaphysics, Travel, and Cultural Stories

Pam Grout book I've read:

E-Squared

E-Cubed

Thank and Grow Rich

Art and Soul Reloaded

A Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore the World)

Pam Grout's Blog

A Course in Miracles, Foundation For Inner Peace

Gary Zukav, Seat of the Soul, Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics, The Heart of the Soul: Emotional Awareness

Other Metaphysical authors

Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles", Illuminata: A Return to Prayer

Deepak Chopra, Quantum Healing, The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life

Gregg Braden, The Divine Matrix, Wisdom Codes, Human by Design

Wayne Dyer, Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao, Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting

Ben-Hur (1959) William Wyler, Director, Novel A Tale of the Christ, General Lew Wallace, Karl Tunberg, Gore Vidal, Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Screenwriters

Pam's Travel Blog, "George Clooney Slept Here"

"All I Need to Know I Learned from Traveling"

222 Foundation Links:

"India as related to 222 Foundation"

"A Treatise on Eternal Possibility"

"I want to Give Money Away Now …"

"Taz-Grouts 222 Fund"

"Forever Celebrating Taz with 3 New Projects"

"My Magical Taz Snapshots of a Life Filled with Gusto, Grace, Goodness"

"Vigorously and Relentlessly Making New Possibilities"

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Scott Hamilton is a resident of Sierra Vista for the last 27 years. He has studied film and acting for the last seven years. His experiences come from both stage and film, with a strong passion in the film industry. He is credited with films such as The Righteous Twelve, Highway 666, and Firesides Tales. He produces, writes, directs and acts in shorts on his YouTube Channel New Idea Productions. Besides acting, Scott is also an avid cosplayer. Portraying characters from Superman, Star-Lord, Green Arrow, Natsu, to his latest Shazam!

Scott Hamilton

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The Righteous Twelve projected premiere July 4, 2021, Avondale Pictures, Anthony Adams, Oliver Lucas, Lance Rand, Don Schroth, Ian Van Cleve, Chuck Williams, Directors, Stephen Donnelly, Chuck Williams, Screenwriters

Also by Avondale Pictures available on Prime Video

Shake Off the World (2015) Chuck Williams, Director and Screenwriter

Amazed by You (2017) Mark Hannah, Director, Stephen Donnelly, Mark Hannah, Chuck Williams, Screenwriters

New Idea Productions, Facebook, YouTube The First Quest

Arrow (2012 – 2020) James Bamford and 51 others, Directors, Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Creators, Teleplay writers and 46 others, Actor Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow

Star Lord of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) James Gunn, Director, James Gunn and 10 other Screenwriters

Superman Movies (1978, 1980, 1983, 2006)

Shazam! (2019) David F. Sandberg, Director, Henry Gayden, Darren Lemke, Bill Parker, Screenwriters, Shazam Creator, C.C. Beck

The Incredibles (2004) Brad Bird, Director and Screenwriter

Bridgerton Series (2020 – ) Julie Anne Robinson, Sheree Folkson, Alrick Riley, Tom Verica, Directors, Chris Van Dusen, Creator and Screenwriter, Novels by Julia Quinn, Jess Brownell, Abby McDonald, Joy C. Mitchell, Geetika Lizardi, Leila Cohan-Miccio, Sarah Dollard, Janet Lin, Writers

Phoebe Dynevor and Conan O'Brien Interview

The Country Wife, William Wycherley

Vertigo Comics

Chicago Med (2015 – ) Michael Waxman and 40 others, Directors, Michael Brandt, Creator and Writer plus 28 others

The Stand (1994) Mick Garris, Director, Stephen King, Novel and Teleplay, (2020 – 2021) Josh Booth and 5 others, Directors, Josh Booth, Benjamin Cavell, Creators and Teleplay, Additional writers, Stephen King, Jill Killington, Owen King, Knate Lee, Eric Dickinson, Taylor Elmore

MCU – Avengers: Infinity War, (2018) Anthony and Joe Russo, Directors, Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and 10 others, Screenplay

Avengers: Endgame, (2019) Anthony and Joe Russo, Directors, Christopher Markus and 10 others, Screenplay

Spider Man (2002) Sam Raimi, Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, David Koepp

Superman II (1980) Richard Lesser and Richard Donner, Directors, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman Creators, Mario Puzo, David and Leslie Newman, Tom Mankiewicz, Screenwriters

The Hunger Games Movie Series, (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Novels, Suzanne Collins

The Last Samurai (2003) Edward Zwick, John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Screenwriters

The Battle of Thermopylae: 300 Spartans

The 13th Warrior (1999) John McTiernan, Michael Crichton, Directors, Novel "Eaters of the Dead", Michael Crichton, William Wisher, Warren Lewis, Screenwriters

Seven Samurai (1954) Akira Kurosawa, Director, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Screenwriters

Turner Classic Movies

David Gemmell, Drenai Saga Book 1 – Legend

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) Zack Snyder, Director, Story by Zack Snyder, Chris Terrio, Will Beall, and 6 others, Screenwriters

Man of Steel (2013) Zack Snyder, Director, David S. Goyer, and 3 others Screenwriters

Pirates of the Caribbean Series, (2003, 2006, 2007, 2011) Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow

Bones (2005 – 2017) Hart Hanson, Creator, Ian Toynton, and 23 other Directors, Novels, Kathy Reichs, Hart Hanson and 100 other Screenwriters

Dances with Wolves (1990) Kevin Costner, Director, Michael Blake, Novel and Screenwriter

Shogun (1980) Jerry London, Director, Novel, James Clavell, Eric Bercovici, Screenwriter

Jane Austen, Author, (1775 – 1817)

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (1816 – 1855)

William Shakespeare, Poet, Playwright, Actor (1564 – 1616)

Eragon (2006) Steven Gangmeier, Novels Christopher Paolini, Peter Buchman, Screenwriter

The Wheel of Time Series, Robert Jordan

Khe (The Ahsenthe Cycle) Alexes Razevich

Louis L'Amour, Author (1908 – 1988)

Mortal (2020) André Øvredal, Director, André Øverdal, Norman Lesperance, Geoff Bussetil, Screenwriters

WandaVision (2021) Matt Shakman, Director, Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, and 21 other Screenwriters

Smallville (2001 – 2011) James Marshall and 54 other Directors, Alfred Gough, Creator and Screenwriter with 113 others

Star Trek: The Original Series, (1966 – 1969) Marc Daniels and 27 other Directors, Gene Roddenberry, Creator and Screenwriter and 82 others

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996 – 2003) Joss Whedon and 31 other Directors, Joss Whedon, Creator, and 48 other Screenwriters

Angel (1999 – 2004) James A. Contner and 33 other Directors, Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt, Creators, and 41 other Screenwriters

ER (1994 – 2009) Christopher Chulack and 68 other Directors, Michael Crichton, Creator and 99 other Screenwriters

It (1990) Tommy Lee Wallace, Director, Novel and Screenwriter, Stephen King, Tommy Lee Wallace Lawrence D. Cohen

The Langoliers (1995) Tom Holland, Director, Novel and Screenwriter Stephen King with Tom Holland

Centennial (1978 – 1979) Virgil W. Vogel and 3 other Directors, Novel and Screenwriter, James A. Michener, with John Wilder, Charles Larson, and Jerry Ziegman

Automata (2014) Gabe Ibáñez, Director, Gabe Ibáñez, Igor Legarreta, Javier S. Donate, Screenwriters

Ragnarock (2020) Mogens Hagedorn and Jannik Johansen, Directors, Simen Alsvik, and 22 other Screenwriters

The Witcher (2019 – ) Alik Sakhorov and 7 other Directors, Novels and Screenwriter, Andrzej Sapkowski, and 12 others

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Cindy Midgorden is a retired elementary school music teacher. After 35 years of teaching she has heard, and told, many stories! Some of her favorite lessons included using classroom instruments to bring storybooks to life. Life during retirement includes teaching piano lessons to young students as well as being a part of her church's praise band. A graduate of the University of Kansas, she is an avid basketball fan. As a breast cancer survivor, she is learning the sport of Dragonboat Racing and loves to share stories about her escapades with her Dragon sisters.

Cindy lives in Independence, Missouri, with Mark, her husband of 38 years. They have two grown children, a wonderful daughter in law, and a beautiful new granddaughter. And, of course, Jerry the cat. Before Covid life was very busy with many community activities but, since Covid, they are spending more time at home with family and watching movies! She is also an avid reader, cross stitcher, and jigsaw puzzler. She is in the process of learning to quilt and loves to hear stories of her grandmothers and how they quilted.

Music Soothes the Soul

Pumpernick's Delicatessen & Restaurant Chain

Carnival, Music and Lyrics, Bob Merrill, Book, Michael Stewart, Gower Champion, Broadway Director

KU – University of Kansas

Graceland University

Music Therapy

Kansas City Symphony

Independence City Orchestra

Aaron Copland – Composer (1900 – 1990) The Tender Land Opera, (1954)

Stephen Foster – Composer (1826 – 1864)

James Taylor – Singer-songwriter, guitarist, (1948 – Present)

Carrie Underwood – Singer-songwriter (1983 – Present)

Matthew West – Singer-songwriter, Christian Musical Artist (1977 – Present)

Beach Boys American Rock (1961 – Present) album – All Summer Long

Jim Brickman – Pianist, Radio Host (1961 – Present)

Rascal Flatts Country Rock (1999 – Present)

Sidewalk Prophets American Contemporary Christian (2003 – Present)

Summit Road Christian Band on Facebook

We are Messengers Christian Contemporary Rock (2015 – Present)

Tenth Avenue North Christian Contemporary Rock (2000 – Present)

Steven Curtis Chapman Christian Contemporary Rock (1987 – Present)

Pentatonix (2011 – Present) Albums available on iTunes

The Piano Guys (2010 – Present) Classical Crossover, Orchestral pop, Instrumental Rock, Videos available on YouTube

The Pat Metheny, Guitarist, Pat Metheny Group (1974 – Present) Jazz, jazz fusion, Latin jazz, progressive jazz

Kenny Loggins (1948 -Present) Singer-Songwriter, guitarist Years active (1968 – Present)

John Denver and the Muppets Christmas, (1979) Christmas TV special and album

Hillsong United, Worship music, contemporary Christian, Christian rock, (1998 – Present)

Bruce Hornsby, American Singer-songwriter, pianist, Rock, gospel, heartland rock, jazz, bluegrass, blues rock, years active (1974 – Present)

Little Fires Everywhere, Novel Celeste Ng, Series, (2020) on Hulu, Lynn Shelton, Nzingha Stewart, Michael Weaver, Directors, Liz Tigelaar, Shannon Houston, Harris Danow, and 4 more, Teleplay, Shannon Houston, Poems

Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens

Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper, Movie (2009) Nick Cassavetes, Director, Jeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes, Screenwriters, Also by Jodi Picoult, Songs of the Humpback Whale: A Novel

Gone With the Wind, Novel Margaret Mitchell, Movie (1939) Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood, Directors, Sidney Howard, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, and 2 others Screenwriters

Downton Abbey (2010 – 2016) Julian Fellowes, Creator, Brian Percival, and 13 others, Directors, Julian Fellowes, Tina Pepler, Shelagh Stephenson, Screenwriters

Little House on the Prairie series, Novels Laura Ingalls Wilder, TV series, (1974 – 1983) Michael Landon and 9 others, Directors, Blanche Hanalis, Michael Landon, and many other Screenwriters

Caroline: Little House Revisited, Sarah Miller

Laura Ingalls Wilder Home, Mansfield Missouri

Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling

Game of Thrones, Novels, George R. R. Martin, (2011 – 2019) David Benioff, Creator, David Nutter, and 18 others, Directors, David Benioff, George R.R. Martin, and 7 others, Teleplay writers

Love You Forever, Robert Munch

Mortimer, Robert Munch

Those Miller Girls, The Motoring Millers, Does Anybody Care About Lou Emma Miller?, Alberta Wilson Constant

Denise Grover Swank, The Curse Keepers A Roanoke series, Chosen series

Kim Vogel Sawyer – Author

Becoming, Michelle Obama

A Promised Land, Barack Obama

What Should I Read Next At Modern Mrs. Darcy – Podcast with Anne Bogel

Story~Power Episode #18, Virginia Pfau Thompson, "The Wonders of Art and Travel"

Pulitzer Prize Winning Book List

The Hate U Give, (2018) George Tillman Jr., Director,Novel, Angie Thomas, Audrey Wells, Screenwriter

On Golden Pond, (1981) Mark Rydell, Director, Ernest Thompson, Screenwriter

This is Us, (2016 – Present) Dan Fogelman, Creator, Ken Olin and 28 other, Directors, Dan Fogelman, and 38 other Screenwriters

The Shawshank Redemption, (1994) Frank Darabont, Director, Short Story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", Stephen King, Frank Darabont, Screenwriter

The Partridge Family, (1970 – 1974) Bernard Slade, Creator, Richard Kinon and 27 other Directors, Bernard Slade, and 39 other Television Writers

The Brady Bunch, (1969 – 1974) Sherwood Schwartz, Creator, Oscar Rudolph and 25 other Directors, Sherwood Swartz and 49 other Television Writers

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Barbara Robinson

Star Wars Saga, George Lucas, Creator

The Trial of the Chicago 7, (2020) Aaron Sorkin, Director, Aaron Sorkin, Screenwriter

SAG Awards, Screen Actor's Guild, and AFTRA – American Federation of Radio and Television Artists

Spotlight (2015) Tom McCarthy, Director, Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy, Screenwriters

Selma (2014) Ava DuVernay, Director, Paul Webb, Screenwriter

Forest Gump (1994) Robert Zemeckis, Director, Novel, Winston Groom, Eric Roth, Screenwriter

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Virginia Thompson spends her days teaching adults to play in the mud as an Art instructor in Ceramics and Sculpture at Cochise College in Sierra Vista, AZ. She has enough hobbies and interests for about 14 people, yet can't seem to eliminate any of them to free up more time. Along with being a professional potter and occasional installation artist, she enjoys hiking in the Huachuca Mountains and rock climbing on the weekends with her husband and friends, plays the piano and the banjo (but not at the same time), and sings more-or-less on-key with a small skiffle band as well as writing songs for them to perform. She is an avid knitter and crocheter who has begun to experiment with pattern design, sews garments (mostly Covid masks these days) and quilts with the skills her mother taught her, enjoys exploring cooking plant-based international cuisine in her instant pot, and speaks quite passable Japanese and Spanish. She has currently completed reading 32 of the 93 Pulitzer Prize novel / fiction- winning books, and is therefore 34% done with her mission to read them all. Her two adorable cats comprise 98% of her instagram feed @vapfau.

Virginia Pfau Thompson

Empty Bowls Project

Cochise College

NCECA – National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts

National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Scroll Paintings of Japan

Folk Tales from around the world

Fuji-cho, now a part of Sagaken, Nagasaki, Japan

Manga – comic books, "Hadashi no Gen" or "Barefoot Gen" (in English) about Nagasaki and the atomic bombs dropped there during WW II

Furuto Oribe curator of Ceramics for Lord Oda Nobunaga enthusiast of Chado (the Way of Tea) connected to tea master Sen No Rikyū

(Hyouge Mono (2011) Kôichi Mashimo and six other Directors, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Yoshihiro Yamada, Screenwriters, Also in Manga (Comic Book) form

Mission Impossible (1996) Brian De Palma, Director, Based on the TV series by Bruce Geller, David Koepp and Robert Towne, Screenwriters

The Last Samurai (2003) Edward Zwick, Director, John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Screenwriters

Frida (2002) Julie Taymor, Director, Book, Hayden Herrera, Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas, Screenwriters

Taiko Drumming

Six Famous Ancient Kilns of Japan, Set, Echizen, Tokoname, Shigaraki, Tanba, and Bizen

Another ancient kiln, Hagi where they use seaweed water to enhance the clay

Seven Cups Fine Chinese Teas, Tucson Tea House

Casa Vicente in Tucson, Arizona. Temporarily closed.

Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona

Arizona Opera, Tucson Music Hall

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Tucson Museum of Art

Nazca pottery For sale on Etsy

Glastonbury, England

Silbury Hill, Avebury Circle

Stonehenge

West Kennet Long Barrow

Mimbres Potters of Western New Mexico

The Louvre, Paris, France

The Musée d'Osay, Paris, France

Claude Monet, Artist (1840 – 1926)

Édouard Manet, Artist (1832 – 1883)

Notre-Dame Cathedral – Sculpture of Joan of Arc

Scheveningen, The Netherlands

Johannes Vermeer, Artist (1632 – 1675)

Adelaide, South Australia – Tanzania National Aboriginal Cultural Institute

The Prado – Guernica by Pablo Picasso

The Van Gogh Museum – Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Loving Vincent (2017) Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Directors, Korota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, and Jacek Dehnel, Screenwriters

The Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Raj Ghat, Gandhi's cremation location, Delhi, India

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Laos, Bordered by North and South Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and China

Myanmar – The Hunger Games symbol, Movie (2012) Gary Ross, Director, Novel, Suzanne Collins, Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray, Screenwriters

Nepal – Brittney Spears posters

Coca Cola art, Ai Weiwei

Taiwan, Island Nation off the coast of China

Arita- Porcelain producing city in Japan

Pulitzer Prize Book List on Goodreads

The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt

The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington

Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell

The Color Purple, Alice Walker

The Underground Railway, Colson Whitehead

The Known World, Edward P. Jones

All The Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr

The Overstory, Richard Powers

The Valley of Decision, Novel, Marcia Davenport, Movie (1945) Tay Garnett, Director, John Neehan, Sonya Levien, Screenwriters

Get Lit Bookstore – "Support Your Local Bookstore", episode #16

Libro.FM

Hummingbird Digital Media

bookshop.org

Kobo e-reader – audiobook subscription

Mingei Movement in Japan Film Upcycle Stitches post

Ghost, (1990) Jerry Zucker, Director, Bruce Joel Rubin, Screenwriter

Sundays At Tiffany's, (2010) Mark Piznarski, Director, Jennifer Heath, Heather Maidat, Nancey Silvers, Teleplay, Novel, James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet

The Red Violin, (1998) François Girard, Director, Don McKellar, François Girard, Screenwriters

The World Without Us, Alan Weisman

"Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories." ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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