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Song Stories, Quiet StoriesEarth Mom :| 23Hello! And welcome! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories podcast episode 23, Earth Mom. I’m your long lost host, Carolyn Murset.
Today is Blue Can Recycling Day in my little town in southwest Utah. I look forward to this every other Thursday morning event that began here just a few years ago, so much that I wonder why I haven’t had my picture taken beside that royal blue 43 inch high polyethylene hinged bin. Wouldn’t it be cool if it were made from recycled materials?
My environmentally conscious, almost tree-hugging inclination began with a fire...2021-06-1100 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesRemember 2020? : | 22Hello, and welcome! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories episode 22, Remember 2020? I’m your host, Carolyn Murset. It’s been a while since my last visit here, in April. The new isolated lock down quarantine period here and throughout most of the world had been going on for a little over a month then, and was already feeling old to most of us.
Here in the southwestern part of the United States, excluding the west coast, Covid-19 cases weren’t as high in number as they were on the east coast, and in California.
Neverthel...2020-11-1717 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesHomeless Teens in Crisis : | 21Hello, and welcome! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories, episode 21, Homeless Teens in Crisis. I am your host, Carolyn Murset.
Who would’ve thought as 2019 drew to a close that in a few short months our world as we knew it then would be turned upside down and almost unrecognizable. Not unrecognizable due to a natural geological or weather related disaster, but unfamiliar due to public buildings, places of worship, national and city parks, schools, and higher institutions of learning being closed to the public.
Unfamiliar with new phrases such as Social Distancing, COVID...2020-04-1314 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesTwelfth Night : | 20
Happy 2020! (Instrumental Guitar music credit: Chris Richter)
Today’s the very last day of the year. If you’re familiar with the Christmas song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, according to the original tradition, today would be the seventh day of Christmas. Many, including retailers have taken this 12 day tradition and used it as a countdown before the beloved holiday. Many have used it as a challenge to find 12 people or families to secretly leave gifts for on the doorstep. Every year, including this one, my husband and I have found gifts on our doorstep from...2020-01-0116 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesMary Lee Bland : | 19Hello, and welcome! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories episode 19, Mary Lee Bland. I’m your host, Carolyn Murset.
Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers arrived into the Salt Lake Valley of the American West, on July 24, 1847, where the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints settled after being forced from Nauvoo, Illinois, and other locations in the eastern United States.
Before I continue with Mary Lee’s story, I will first explain: Following the Mexican War which ended in 1848, Utah bec...2019-07-2422 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesSilver Curls : | 18Hello, and welcome! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories, episode 18, Silver Curls. I’m your host, Carolyn Murset.
Every night for years, Tom, my father in law sat at the head of the dinner table. And every night after eating the last bite, he scraped the plate with a fork. And scraped. And scraped, until his wife Mary, who wore the pants in the family exclaimed, “Thomas! That’s enough!”
Even though one doctor had told him he was diabetic, he managed to eat a quart of vanilla ice cream every night at bedtime. H...2019-06-1218 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesIn Memory : | 17
Memorial Day Chrysanthemums are now on sale at my local grocery store. It seems like the day after Mother’s Day, retailers stock their shelves with potted plants or, silk and plastic flowers and wreaths suitable for placing on the graves of loved ones. But the original meaning of the holiday, to honor those American men and women who died during combat.has become somewhat lost over the years.
The holiday, was established in 1866 following the Civil War, when General John A. Logan, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the...2019-05-2620 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesHomebody : |16
A granddaughter of mine recently celebrated her birthday. My husband and I emailed her an animated Amazon gift card. Our daughter sat her soon to be six year old in front of the computer and told her “Pick out some things you’d like with the gift card that Grandma and Grandpa sent you.”
Forty-three pink and purple items totaling $1800 later, our daughter luckily caught her little one’s excitement before that “Buy Now” button was clicked on, and trimmed the shopping cart down to three sparkly choices within our gift card amount. Phew!
If I have t...2019-05-1320 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesPaint Me a Picture : | 15Meet my guest and friend, Lauretta Swansborough. We met almost 20 years ago, when she and I were cast in A Man Who Came to Dinner. In this 2001 community theatrical production, I played the nerdy resident nurse, and she played the neighbor with the jar of pickled pigs feet. She had one line, and I had two lines, “Yes, sir!” and “No Sir!”, repeated at least twenty one times. I got to wear comfortable nurse shoes and stuff a Whitman’s chocolate bon bon in my mouth before my character’s final exit. She got to wear a fur coat.
2019-04-1123 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesValentine’s Day Herstory : | 14
Do you have fond memories as a school child bringing a shoe box to school in mid February, covering it in red or pink paper, then gluing on heart shaped paper doilies, or cut out paper hearts, then having your teacher or parents cutting a rectangular slit on top of the box for your school mates to insert their mini Valentine envelope treasures? I do.
And, if I was lucky, a conversation candy heart would be tucked inside, saying, “Be mine”, or “You’re far out.” Is it obvious I grew up during the 1960’s a...2019-02-1415 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesGirl Plus Guitar : | 13Come with me, back to the year 1973. I was fifteen years old, and my older sister and brother had just spent the past decade listening to the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel on vinyl record LP’s. I wore bell-bottom pants, and parted my long, straight hair in the middle. I liked to sing, so all this 1970’s teen needed was a guitar to accompany herself. Paul Simon’s guitar playing spoke to me, and as for George Harrison?....Something in the way he played moved me…
So, guess what I wanted for Christmas? It just so happened that my band teac...2019-01-2220 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesMy Trujillo : | 12Hello and welcome!! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories. This is podcast episode 12, My Trujillo, the third bonus episode of my one-woman original musical play, Tales of Tila, which premiered at the Electric Theater, St. George, Utah in October, 2018. I am your host, Carolyn Murset.
Grandma Tila is sitting right next to me. I invited her to visit us one more time. If you’ll remember, she wasn’t here for the last episode when, I told you some of my own Christmas stories, including a couple with my other Grandma, and let you listen to some of my songs an...2018-12-3117 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesWinter Brown Noel : | 11Hello and welcome!! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories. This is podcast episode 11, Winter Brown Noel. I am your host, Carolyn Murset.
In previous episodes, I’ve always had, or pretended to have a special guest with me. That isn’t the case today. The Christmas stories and the songs you’ll hear will be my own.
As I write this, the month of December is half over. Thanksgiving came earlier this year, and many folks put their Christmas decorations up the day after that, or even a few days before then.
My husband and I have been married quite...2018-12-1534 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesChristmas in Taos : | 10Hello and welcome! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories. This is podcast episode 10, Christmas in Taos. I am your host, Carolyn Murset. This is the second bonus episode of the new original one-woman musical, Tales of Tila, which premiered at the Electric Theater in St. George, Utah, in October 2018.
I promised you earlier in this episode that I would tell you how to make biscochitos, our traditional Christmas cookie which is one of the things I gave to the children who came around to our house that morning. Do you like the taste of black licorice? If you don’t...2018-12-1027 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesRelatively Speaking : | 9Simonita Miera Trujillo and Federico (Fred) Trujillo, 1929.
Hello and welcome!! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories. This is podcast episode 9, Relatively Speaking. I am your host, Carolyn Murset. This is the first bonus episode of the new original one-woman musical, Tales of Tila, which premiered at the Electric Theater in St. George, Utah, in October 2018.
My special guest, Grandma Tila will arrive any minute now. Episodes 1-7 go in order chronologically. so if you haven’t yet listened to those episodes in this series, it might be a good idea to do that now, then come back. That woul...2018-11-0821 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesGhost Stories by Gary Payne : | 8Follow @mursetcarolyn
Hello, and welcome! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories. This is podcast Episode number 8, Ghost Stories by Gary Payne. I am your host, Carolyn Murset.
We interrupt our regular programming because it will soon be Halloween. It’s nothing to be afraid of, unless you’ve tried to move to a different location in order to retire and your respite lasts all of a couple of weeks.
You may not have seen Gary Payne onstage here in southern Utah. For the past decade and a half, practically every time I’ve attended or volunteered at a cultural ev...2018-10-2115 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesThe Temple and the Ledger : | 7Follow @mursetcarolyn
Hello, and welcome! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories. This podcast Episode, The Temple and the Ledger, is number seven in the series from the new musical, Tales of Tila. I am your host, Carolyn Murset. My special guest, Grandma Tila will arrive any minute now, so if you haven’t yet listened to the earlier episodes in this series, it might be a good idea to do that now, then come back. No worries if you don’t listen in order. The stories might make more sense if you did though.
Many thanks to those of you who...2018-10-1920 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesThe Secret City : | 6Hello, and welcome! This podcast Episode, The Secret City, is number six in the series from the new musical, Tales of Tila. I am your host, Carolyn Murset. If you haven’t yet listened to the earlier episodes in this series, it might be a good idea to do that now, then come back. The stories might make more sense if you listened in order.
Many thanks to those of you who have already sent me your story contributions. It would be wonderful if more of you family members sent me stories. I’m waiting for your memories of Christmastime at Grandm...2018-09-2218 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesLa Família : | 5Tila and daughter Lula.
Hello, and welcome! This is Song Stories, Quiet Stories podcast episode, La Familia, number five in the series from the new musical, Tales of Tila. This is your host, Carolyn Murset. If you haven’t yet listened to Episodes Zero, and One through Four in this series, it might be a good idea to do that now, then come back. No worries if you don’t listen in order. The stories might make more sense if you did, though.
Thank you, Carlos, Lynn, Irene, Sam and Mary for sending me your story contributions. Don’t be surprised...2018-09-0621 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesEl Presidente Trujillo : | 4Hello, and welcome! You’re listening to Song Stories, Quiet Stories. This podcast Episode, El Presidente Trujillo, is number four in the series from the new musical, Tales of Tila. This is your host, Carolyn Murset. If you haven’t yet listened to Episodes Zero, One, Two and Three, please do so now, then come back.
Thank you, Carlos, Lynn, Irene, Sam and Mary for sending me your contributions. Don’t be surprised if they show up in a later episode! Are you ready to get your Spanglish on?
Hola! This is Tila Miera Trujillo. Not really, it’s her granddaughte...2018-08-1520 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesThe Great War : | 3Hello, and welcome! This is Song Stories, Quiet Stories podcast Episode Three, The Great War, from the new musical, Tales of Tila. If you haven’t yet listened to Episodes Zero, One and Two, please do it now, then come back. By that time our special guest might be here.
She’s promised to visit us during the next four episodes, and I’d love for her to come for more than that, but that will only happen if more of you family members send me stories.
Thank you, Carlos, Lynn, Irene, Sam and Mary for sending me yours. Don’t be surpr...2018-08-0317 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesBoarding School : | 2Click on the player's triangle above to listen.
Hello, and welcome! This is Song Stories, Quiet Stories podcast Episode Two, Boarding School for Girls, from the new musical, Tales of Tila. This is your host, Carolyn Murset. If you haven’t yet listened to Episode Zero and Episode One, please, do it now, then come back. By that time our special guest might be here. She’s promised to visit us during the next five episodes, and I’d love for her to come for more than that, but that will only happen if you family members send me stories.
Hola! ...2018-07-2012 minSong Stories, Quiet StoriesTortilla Tale: | 1Hello, and Welcome! This is Song Stories, Quiet Stories podcast, Episode 1, Tortilla Tale, from the brand new musical, Tales of Tila.
We’ll have a special guest with us, these next seven episodes. I wish she could stay with us longer, but that could only happen if you relatives out there sent me more stories…Are you ready to get your Spanglish on? Here she is!
Hola. This is Tila Miera Trujillo. Actually, it’s her granddaughter, la Carolina pretending to be me. She’s too shy to use her own voice, to just be herself. But, because of her, some of you...2018-07-1114 min
Song Stories, Quiet StoriesHello and Welcome! | 0Follow @mursetcarolyn
Hello, and welcome! This is Song Stories, Quiet Stories podcast, Episode Zero! I live a quiet life as many of you do, out of the spotlight. I'm a friendly, half-Hispanic grandma, singer/songwriter tortilla maker. I obsess about a few things, and one of my passions,.... Is keeping a journal and writing a personal history.
I have volumes and volumes of handwritten, type-written, digital, and photo journals. I want you to keep one, too, if you don’t already. You don’t have to obsess about it, and you can call it whatever you want. Just write something about the ev...2018-06-3017 min