{"product_id":"summers-memory-the-autumn-sequel-9781495816338","title":"Summer's Memory: The Autumn Sequel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer's Memory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis the final season of my journey as follows my remembrance, \u003cem\u003eFor all too soon\u003c\/em\u003e. Although not complete by any means, it is my story of the \u003cem\u003enow \u003c\/em\u003ein my journey as an individual, a music teacher, and that of a rather adventuresome fellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA true story, although it bears some imagined outcomes from past seasons. This is a remembrance of winning, of losing, the givers and the takers, as lived in the autumn of Richard's years. These are the stories that have \u003cem\u003eyet to be told - \u003c\/em\u003ethose about courage and music; about ideals, adversity, and success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere I to pick one theme to sum up my passion for advocacy on behalf of my students, it would be about a striking incident within a university music department conference while advocating for a blind student: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout to submit to defeat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, I sat, thought, and calmly said to myself, \"Richard, remember the many others that you had to defend their right to music literacy. Stand up to these doubting professors! Dramatize if you have to, but whatever you do remember your own words: '\u003cem\u003eNot this time you don't. This is her shining moment, and not you or anyone else is going to take that from her!'\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAnd so, if Richard can leave this world one day feeling that he has done his best to contribute some things to ponder in his little stories, then maybe, just maybe there might be a glimmer of hope for others to turn the tides into a new millennium of healing and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWere it not for the dreamers, the practical folks of the world would have nothing to do! \u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eR. Taesch \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard E. Taesch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781495816338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Richard E. Taesch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42835536216245,"sku":"9781495816338","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_65658bc2-ed41-414c-b147-19d06ca899ef.jpg?v=1681222524","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/summers-memory-the-autumn-sequel-9781495816338","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}