“Sound of Life”
Millions of Brood X cicadas have emerged after 17 years underground to swarm in at least 15 states, including quite likely the far north corner of Georgia. While we will very likely escape their noise, we have plenty of other welcome and invasive summer sounds – natural and human created. And our unique soundscapes. This is an exploration of the hugely important – and often overlooked sense of hearing.
Rev. Marti Keller has served as a Unitarian Universalist minister for more than 23 years, most recently as the co-transition minister for the UU Church of Jacksonville Florida and prior to that in Auburn Alabama. She has been both a parish and social justice minister, and a guest speaker in many pulpits, including internationally in Edinburgh, Scotland, Ireland and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She is spending more time researching, reflecting on and writing personal essays and immersion journalism piece, having spent the first 20 years of her professional life as a reporter and editor (graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism).