She's unearthing sweaters, observing the warm hues of the turning leaves and contemplating the transformational tendencies of this season, just days after, yet another, school shooting in Colorado.
Your host Mama Jill reflects on autumn with bittersweet memories. She reiterates her "mission" for the podcast, to share the joyful soul of Colorado through the unique perspectives of its special people and places. Yet she shares there is also a deeper goal of this work, which was recently validated in a separate interview she heard with NPR host of Fresh Air, Terry Gross; sharing our stories can help us learn about and connect with others no matter how different they may be and, perhaps more surprisingly, deepen our knowledge about ourselves.
And finally, in this ten minute chat, Mama Jill bares her soul about one particularly difficult autumn a few years ago that changed her profoundly. This story is punctuated at the end of this chat by an excerpt of master Colorado song-writer, Matthew Kowal's song, "Kerosene." Hear the full performance of this song in the upcoming Sunnyside Music Festival episode coming soon.
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