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The Joy of Rain

Dec 4, 2014 By elinwaldal 10 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Music, NaBloPoMo Dec 14 Tagged With: Joy, Music, NaBloPoMo Dec 14

Music that Speaks a Truth

Nov 29, 2014 By elinwaldal 5 Comments

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, […]

Filed Under: Music, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Honesty, Music, NaBloPoMo14, Realtionships, Truth

Birds on a Wire (Persepective: Day 4)

Feb 4, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 7 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: For the Love of Nature, Music Tagged With: Beauty, Birds on a Wire, Music, nature, Photography

A Text Message, The Voice, and James

Nov 5, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

Last night while fretting obsessing over a formatting issue on a blog post I was trying to publish for my website, I received a text message from Jimmy. He was […]

Filed Under: Marriage, Music, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: James Wolpert, Music, Technology, The Voice

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