iPhone users will find a little purple icon that will take you into the wonderful world of iTunes podcasts. And for those with an Android, check out an app called Stitcher.  

So why are we suddenly concerned whether or not you’re listening to podcasts? Because we want to make sure that you check out OUR new podcast – Musically Speaking. Yes, we are dipping our toes into the podcast waters and so far we’re really enjoying it.

Musically Speaking is a chance for us to not only share a song (which we’re sure you know we LOVE to do!), but it’s also an opportunity to tell how that song came to be, what it means to us, and to explore what it might mean to you. We also laugh a lot! Hope you’ll join us for the music, the message, and the fun!

Musically Speaking is an intimate conversation between Grammy-nominated/hit songwriters Stowe Dailey & Karen Taylor Good (StoweGood)—and you. Individually, these mature women have survived difficult childhoods, cancer, child-rearing, aging parents and the music business. Together, these two sister-friends travel the world sharing their powerful songs and stories via concerts, keynotes, workshops, retreats—and now—podcasts! Their work, described as “music for grown-ups” has been called “life-changing and transformational.” It doesn’t hurt that they’re funny, too. So stop reading this and start listening already!

Musically Speaking Podcast

Here are some numerical highlights of a recent tour of Texas:

20 Days on the road

13 Venues

15 Presentations

3 Hotels

7 Wonderful Host Families

9 Dogs

2 Cats

1,550 Loving Peeps to play in front of

4,050 Miles of java-fueled chatty-chat and mind-numbing map-reading

After all that we are still the best of friends! We are grateful to all who contributed to making this a successful tour and we have fond memories from the cities we visited: Metairie LA, Corpus Christi TX, League City TX, Houston TX, Austin TX, Ft. Worth TX, and Dallas TX.

Here’s hopin’ that we’ll be in YOUR town soon!

Much love,

Karen & Stowe

What a wonderful surprise when you realize the incredible value of your time here on this planet. Your wisdom, your experiences, your knowledge… Joy awaits you, and those with whom you choose to share these beautiful gifts you’ve been given. You’re not done yet, sweet one. No, not by a long shot. You’ve only just begun!

We hope that what we love to do inspires you to do what YOU love to do!

AND we hope to see you somewhere down the road!

With much love,

Stowe & Karen

Look… It’s a bird! It’s a plane!

No! It’s StoweGood!
What started as an exercise in overcoming a fear of heights turned out to be something quite different! Who would have thought that indoor skydiving could lead to profound Spiritual Truths? We were tipped off to this state-of-the-art vertical wind tunnel adventure by Karen’s cousin Solomon, who facilitates corporate team building (something we are getting into ourselves). When he suggested we check out iFly Austin, we decided to overcome our many fears and go for it. Worries that we were too old, too scared or too out of shape were allayed by the staff, who told us that a local senior center brings residents all the time!

So we signed the waiver, took the class, and suited up in our oh-so-cute flight suits, complete with helmet, goggles and earplugs. Then with hearts pounding we followed our fearless leader Tex into the chamber.
As we watched those who would go before us enter the wind tunnel, where wind speeds could reach up to 167 mph, the lessons began.

Our comrade #1 seemed to be fighting the experience. As she flailed about, it was not a pretty sight. Tex gave her what he considered to be THE most important hand signal—BE STILL. Aaaahhhhh… and the moment she was, she was immediately supported by the wind and held aloft! Comrade # 2 began to get into trouble when he forgot the next most important lesson. Turns out the old adage, “Keep your head up” really pays off in the wind tunnel, as well as in life.

At last it was time for Karen to fly. Oh God, she thought, please don’t let me be too heavy for the wind… and don’t let me collapse from holding my breath… and don’t let me go unconscious so I miss the whole two minutes! Fortunately, Karen had a rock-n-roll mantra to hold onto:

Get Back From the Future, It’s time to turn around
Get back from the future ‘cause all you got is now!

Get Back From the Future (from StoweGood’s Love Lives On CD)

It must’ve worked. She was grinning the entire flight!

Then it was Stowe’s turn. As instructed, she entered the doorway, crossed her arms and leaned into it.

Lean into it, lean into it
Then let it go
Lean into it, lean I to it
Now I know
I can relax just a little bit
When I lean into it

Lean Into It (from StoweGood’s Love Lives On CD)

Stowe reports that the most profound experience came at the end of her second flight, when Tex grabbed hold of the back of her suit. As the wind pressure was raised, they FLEW up into the ceiling. “It was a wild ride!” she says, “and for some it could have been quite scary, but when I relaxed my body and trusted that Tex had my back, literally, I felt tears of gratitude for this amazing moment… and for my life.”

Now I’m flyin’ high
No, no, nothing gonna get me down
I’m flyin’ high, my feet are off the ground
Clear blue skies, such a pretty view
Flyin’ high—it’s what we were born to do

Flying High (from Flying High CD)

That’s all for now! Sending lots of love your way.
Fly High!

Karen & Stowe

What a difference a week makes! Last Monday in our home state of Tennessee, it was -5°. Today finds us turning on the air conditioner in sunny Florida as we wend our way from Jacksonville to The Villages, near Ocala. We’ve started our first road trip of 2014 with a bang.

Some of the high points so far are:

• A super great host in Jacksonville who fed us gourmet food, killer coffee and joined us in an impromptu evening of Christmas caroling. What fun!
• An enthusiastic crowd for both of our Sunday presentations
• A surprise visit from The Queen of Heavy Mental—Jana Stanfield
• Special guests (fans from Karen’s country music days) who flew in from Virginia, as well as old friends from St. Augustine and Amelia Island.
• An impromptu mini house concert with old and new friends

Thought for the day:

Unstructured time leaves room for magic.

Going with the Florida flow and sending lots of love your way,

Karen & Stowe