Ann’s stories can quietly rest in peoples’ hearts, inspire action, encourage involvement, or lead to deeper insight. 

Ann’s Stories reflect a rich spectrum of emotion and experience. They are compelling to listen to, or to read. They are gently humourous and insightful. And they are reflective of the perspectives honed over a well-lived life. Some provoke laughter, others provoke tears. The unifying thread is her deft balance of warmth, insight, and poetic turn of phrase.

Ann’s story inspiration sources include:

 

  • An early childhood spent in South Africa, and adult interaction with revered Zulu Sangoma, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
  • Travels to 74 countries and a lifetime of spiritual quests
  • Touring and performing experiences
  • Healing Journey workshops in North America and Europe with people at the end-stages of life, and three decades of creating and delivering arts and consciousness workshops.
  • Meaningful interactions with spiritual leaders, entertainment world luminaries, creative icons, and fascinating people and fellow travellers from all walks of life

A selection of Ann’s stories

Stepping Onstage

Stepping Onstage

Stepping Onstage In junior high school I was in a quartet, harmonizing the songs of the day at school dances. I began to play the guitar at 14, when a friend gave me an old one that was no longer...

Music and Lyrics and Brel

Music and Lyrics and Brel

A passion for writing songs and a great friendship was born when Valerie Hennell and I met. I was playing the lead in a university musical, and she and I began to write songs together. She wrote the...

Looking Back with Love

Looking Back with Love

Looking Back with Love Valerie Hennel was my manager and dearest friend. We were two impassioned innocents without a clue as to what we were doing or where we were going. We wrote songs together,...

The Floating Stage

The Floating Stage

The Floating Stage One of the most memorable stages I performed on was a floating stage. At the Elora Arts Festival in Ontario the stage was on a raft which floated in a gorge. My band and I got to...

Laughter on Molokai

Laughter on Molokai

Laughter on Molokai One of my most unusual concert locations was the Kalaupapa Leper Colony on the island of Molokai in Hawaii. I spent four days there after being invited to do a concert, and loved...

A Voice in the Darkness

A Voice in the Darkness

A Voice in the Darkness At the beginning of a week-long workshop I always ask the participants what brought them here. What was their desire, motive, hope, need, or intention in coming? In a singing...

From Tunisia to Kairos

From Tunisia to Kairos

From Tunisia to Kairos I had been travelling for over three years and didn’t know whether I would ever return to singing. Then, in the city of Tunis, where I was spending a few days, a remarkable...

Dining with the Queen

Dining with the Queen

Dining with the QueenOn the day that I was dine with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as the date of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, I was in rehearsal for a play....