Author: Mrs Walley
Where Opera Began for Me
Posted onMy first-born, Reid, asked me if I knew how I’d heard Opera for the first time: radio broadcast, 78-RPM record played by my Mother at home, or a live performance? After much thinking, I’m pretty sure it was in 1949, when I was 10, while watching a film with my Mother, Dr. Pearl Marie Sampson. […]
Hatha Yoga with Indra Devi
Posted onIn 1953, I learned Hatha Yoga from Indra Devi. Classes were taught at the Masonic Temple in Long Beach, CA.
Visit to Flower Farms Cafe with Sons
Posted onAt Flower Farms Cafe in Loomis, CA, with my sons, Reid and Lance. July 29, 2018.
1985 Recordings – Disc 2
Posted on=== Mrs Walley 1985 Disc 2 === Voice, Harp, and Autoharp – Recorded in 1985 in Redlands, CA for Reid Walley and Lance Walley.
1985 Recordings – Disc 1
Posted onMrs Walley 1985 Disc 1 Voice, Harp, and Autoharp – Recorded in 1985 in Redlands, CA for Reid Walley and Lance Walley.
Hillary Schieve – Mayor Now, Maybe President In The Future
Posted on“I think that’s very appropriate for her. I think she’d be a good [mayor]. And someday, she just might be President. She’s the type.” “I would totally endorse Hillary to become a political leader. She has the aspect of the head in heaven and the feet on the ground. She listens very well. She has […]
My Mother Sang The Role of Micaela in Carmen
Posted onMy mother, Dr. Pearl M. Sampson, sang the role of Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen with the Chicago Lyric Opera in the mid-1920s. This was during the time she was attending medical school in Chicago. My son, Reid, found this on the Internet: Dame Joan Sutherland “Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante” Micaëla’s aria in Bizet’s […]
Grandmother Eldora Thankful Sampson
Posted onMy maternal grandmother, Eldora Thankful Sampson (nee: Hill; b 1866, d 1953) loved to go and watch race cars race and horses race. This was probably in the 1920s, in either Creston or Monroe, Iowa. I’m still surprised that my grandmother so enjoyed watching race cars. She was so dignified and quite. It didn’t seem like […]
Mrs Walley’s Deux Gros Nez Farewell Voicemail
Posted onMrs Walley’s farewell message to Deux Gros Nez (DGN), left on Thursday, Nov 30, 2006, on Reid Walley’s voicemail.