Music, Redemption, and Medieval Scotland The Blue Bells Chronicles with LAURA VOSIKA

#realconversations #music #medieval #farming #author#trombone #Scotland CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN — WE THESPECIESHosted by Calvin SchwartzMeet LAURA VOSIKA; “Just a few weeks ago, I was a gueston Laura’s enduring podcast, Books and Brews, so we swapped. Laura’s journey isiconic. Perhaps even the right stuff they make movies about. Growing up in themilitary, visiting castles in England, sites, and happenings in Germany.Raising a large family. A freelance musician. Trombone. I never met a tromboneplayer before. “Trombone players have a certain personality.” Life inMinnesota. Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree in education. Teaching. Band direction.Author of Blue Bells Chronicles. A lot of books were sold. And today ourinterview was conducted on her working farm in Tennessee. Mountains and sheepjust out her window. She’s wondrously delightful, insightful, charming,eloquent, and brilliant. Love talking about her connections to Scotland. One ofmy favorite mood songs is Loch Lomond. She writes about time travel andmedieval Scotland. As I do in these capsules, I like to deposit words andideas.  She wrote a poem at 8 years oldand a novel at 10. She writes about redemption. And Robert the Bruce and histwo-headed axe. The fifties were a safe time. I mentioned how I look like Dr.Brown from Back to the Future. Talked about being an author. Need thick skin.“Love that book so I married the author.” She was born with a midlife crisis.Now you can grasp why I thought there’s a movie here. Enough said.” Calvin🎙️ 819+ Interviews& Videos; 5 ½ years (AI-ranked podcast in these categories in the top 1 -2%Globally!)📺 9,500Subscribers — and growing👉 PleaseSubscribe:https://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEsGLOBAL Reach. Earth Life. Amazing People.**Music, Redemption, and MedievalScotland: The Blue Bells Chronicles with LAURA VOSIKAYouTube:**BIO: Laura Vosika is the author of theBlue Bells Trilogy.  In addition to Trilogy,she is working on several other novels and a non-fiction book on raising alarge family.Laura grew up in the military,visiting castles in England, pig fests in Germany, and the historic sites ofAmerica's East Coast.  She earned abachelor's degree in music and worked for many years as a freelance musician,playing trombone for pit orchestras, ballets, and symphonies, and flute andharp for other venues.  She spent threeyears as a member of the Buz Whiteley Big Band and Farragut Brass Band inBremerton, WA.  After earning a master's degree in education,she took a job as a music teacher and band director.  She has also taught private lessons on windinstruments, piano, and harp for twenty years. In her spare time, Laura likes to playpiano, harp, and flute, do sudokus, and learn Gaelic.She currently lives on her farm inTennessee.CONTACTS:  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauravosikabluebellstrilogy.com (Personal)nightwritersbooks.com (Portfolio)bluebellstrilogy.com (Blog)Blue Bells Chronicles: The Blue Bells Chronicles tellsthe tale of two men who switch places in time. On my site, you will find themusic of Scotland and of medieval times, often filmed in Scotland and often inmedieval locations. I feature these videos on my bloghttp://bluebellstrilogy.blogspot.com/, where I tell more of the songs and thelocations at which they're performed.Books & Brews: Books and Brews began in January2017 as an hour-long radio program at 950 AM in the Twin Cities. We intervieweda poet or author each month and paired four beers with their work. From there,we moved to Books and Brews LIVE! at Barnes & Noble Kitchen, Galleria,where guests joined us for a monthly live event to listen to three authorsread, and sample a beer paired with each reading** WE ARE ALSO ON AUDIOAUDIO “Conversations with Calvin; WE the Species