It’s no secret that California has been suffering from drought. In case you aren’t sure what that looks like…here’s a visual from Central Valley. Living further south than the image above, I have often felt starved for weather. Come fall, without fail, I threaten to move. Given we have lived in SoCal for 18 […]
Music that Speaks a Truth
How often do you find you relate to the words of a song? It seems to me that countless musicians have the uncanny ability of singing, what I think of as, some form of universal truth. Today I am really missing Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix Tape Tuesdays. TMTT was a blog hop where bloggers from all over […]
Twisted Mix Tape: Farewell
Endings are tough. Culturally I feel it’s fair to say we don’t do them justice. Things end and we are taught to bury our emotion, move on, get over it. And yet…if we listen…we hear about heartache, missed opportunities and loss in the music. Thankfully artists bite clear into the core of the apple of emotion, […]
Five Favorites: Twisted Mix Tape
It’s been way to long since I managed to put together a Twisted Mix-Tape for Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix-Tape Tuesday. Today I promised myself I would get it done before midnight…and miraculously…it looks as if I actually just might pull it off. Theme for the week is my pick so I think I am going […]
Birds on a Wire (Persepective: Day 4)
It is well known in our family that I am obsessed with birds on a wire. In fact it is not uncommon if when another family member Jimmy spots them before I do, then they he will say shout, “Look there are your birds on a wire!” His enthusiasm connotes I own all things related […]
Music that Leads to Emotional Lockdown: Twisted Mix-Tape Tuesday
Super thrilled to take on another week of Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix Tape. This week the theme is: This Song Could Have Sent Me to Jail. Want to join the fun? Great! Create your own and join the Twisted Mix Tape Link-up here. Well the way I see it “JAIL” is a relatively loose […]
Composed Heartache
Thanks to my friend Lois, over at Midlife at the Oasis, I learned about Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix Tape. Last week the theme was, Music that Tells a Story, I missed it. (Bummer.) This week I am jumping in, the theme is, Your Cheating Heart–you know to honor all those achey breaky hearts out there. […]
