Who is Belle Belanger

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Belle (Wilson) Belanger grew up in the Bitterroot Valley in Montana. She has always loved music. She played the bass clarinet and sang in the choir in school. She has written lyrics all her life. Growing up, she listened to her stepdad Louis play the family Price & Teeple piano. He taught her to play Chopsticks with him. His family went to great links to bring music into the home. She thought it would be incredible if that piano could talk. Why not? So, she gave Teeple a voice. 

Turns out Teeple taught her a few things, and she thinks they are worth sharing.

I loved to write the moment I learned how to read. I was amazed that putting letters together could allow us to share thoughts and experiences. My first love was poetry.

Then I began to write lyrics. I am a story teller, like my grandpa. Stories told to my children at bed time were seldom written down. 

I wrote my thoughts in journals, scribbled lyrics on napkins, and filled notebooks.  If I lined up all the words I have written in my life time I am sure they would reach the sun. 

Sharing those words did not come easy. Finally, I chose to take the leap and talk to a publisher, and here we are.