To Hear The Forest Sing: some musings on the divine

by Margaret Dulaney

To Hear the Forest Sing is a collection of essays by the founder of the spoken word website Listen Well. Margaret Dulaney has been accumulating a life’s worth of spiritual musings for the past two decades. In 2010 she founded the spoken word website Listen Well, which offers one recorded essay a month to a growing number of followers. Listeners tune in for ten quiet minutes as she explores sacred and secular themes through story and metaphor. 

194 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2017

Reviews

[Bobbi Mullins · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is made up of short musings, which are lovely. She has a podcast by the same name and many come from that podcast. I didn’t finish it before lending it out but I periodically listen to her podcast.

[Artemisia Hunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet collection of personal essays that author Margaret Delaney calls “musings on the divine” and they are just that. Short treatises on everything from a beloved pet, to friendship, to childhood memories, and much more. Her writing has a friendly, conversational style and indeed, she has some of these pieces and others like them in audio format on her listenwell.org site where she reads them in her own kind, thoughtful style. As each piece imparts some special jewel of wisdom or a novel way at looking at something, you can’t help but feel inspired and refreshed and look at life a little differently and a little more optimistically as well.

[Leslie McConnell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful

It is full of wisdom. Some insights I was aware of and some that cast a light for my soul!

[Martha McGill · Rating 5 out of 5]

To quote Sophy Burnham: Her use of language and metaphor is a delight. Her verbs leave your heart singing; her phrases make you burst out laughing with joy.” I couldn’t say it better. You will enjoy!