Ann L  Vivian

Author, Musician, Thinker

Perhaps you have unexplainable, unprovoked yet powerful feelings of transcendence from an unknown or unidentified source. Do you wish that you could read about someone else who has also been through similar phenomena?

I did.  If you are still searching, or even if you are just curious, WELCOME!

This website, blog, and the spiritual memoir that I am writing,Visions, Visitations, and The Voice: My Intimate Journey with the Sacred, are meant for you. Please come explore with me—I welcome your company, comments, and thoughts.

Growing up with Gloria

It is hard to believe that we, the human species, have just lost two especially important women within eight days of each other. Last week, I wrote about the joy of singing along with Dolly Parton. Today, I have a more serious message about what it was like to “grow...

We Sang Along with Dolly—on Our Road Trips to Vermont*

By now, most of you know that I am a classically-trained musician. I played piano, pipe organ and used my internal instrument to sing. (We will skip the recorder for now). So, what am I doing with Dolly Parton in my title? Well, I am about to let you in on a little...

Anyone Can Create a Podcast—Is That a Good Thing?

Friends, Thank you for your patience this year as I temporarily—and necessarily—took a break from writing. As I did so, I utilized the opportunity to check in with portions of the great Social Media universe that I had been, quite frankly, deliberately ignoring; that...

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