Allison Downey's guest appearances

Allison Downey

The Apple Seed

Ray Bradbury

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Papa Panov

Mitch Weiss

Bil Lepp

David Novak

Michael McCarty

Laura Simms

Milbre Burch

H.G. Wells

Steve Perry

Marissa Meyer

Johnny Appleseed

Edgar Allen Poe

Anne Fadiman

OwlTail

Musical Storyteller Allison Downey has climbed a rock or two since the events that unfold in this story, but this was the first time. She learned a lesson or two worth sharing with an audience!

EXTRA: "The View From Here" by Allison Downey

Alison Downey sings a song about the fine line between meeting expectations and being yourself, and about the people who help us through it all.

EXTRA: "All That Matters" by Allison Downey

On today's Apple Seed Extra, enjoy "Soft Spot," a little song by Allison Downey. You'll be able to imagine this song being sung by a parent to a tiny child -- a song filled with love, and also with an admission that while they'll find all sorts of ways to be different from one another as life goes on, there's always a promise behind the differences that they'll stick by one another even when the going gets rough.

EXTRA **** "Soft Spot" by Allison Downey