This is a great NPR story that summarizes much of what I have learned about kindness and how we raise children. Very worth a listen/read. Here
Lee Stanley has been a major musical force in Madison and farther for over thirty years. He’s a songwriter, author, amazing gospel pianist, and all around fine person. His work bringing music and a taste of a powerful artistic and cultural tradition to audiences of many types has been a gift that we have all …
I wrote this song as part of a large project with my friend Sarah Sprague. Songs to teach English to children in Brazil. Sarah does fantastic work in early childhood. A simple song to teach a simple yet important idea. © Stuart Stotts 2010
Mark Helpsmeet does a fantastic radio interview series called Song of the Soul. I was honored to be a guest on the program a few months ago. It’s worthwhile to checkout all the people he’s interviewed. An amazing cast of characters for those of who love acoustic music infused with soul, spirit, and social change. …
Despite the fact that it’s snowing outside on April 10, spring is here. Two days ago it was 70 degrees. Dodger and I went walking and this song appeared. I sang it the next day at a celebration for Week of the Young Child and the call and response nature of it made it work …
The Atlantic just had an article on touch. In light of Joe Biden and MeToo and numerous other issues/trends/discussions in our world today, it raises some good questions.The article examines the known health benefits of human touch; we all need it. At the same time, it recognizes that touch has other implications according to gender, …
Here are the promised handouts from sessions at the ELSA 2019 conference in March. Please download as you need. Thanks for attending the conference. It was my pleasure to be there. Stuart singing the words handout beyond nice handout tableau handout