Much has been made of this country’s political system’s division, the schism between the left and the right in American government today. Little has been said of one thing both sides have in common. It is the demand that our election process makes upon our...
Some people wonder why I dedicate one column a week, sometimes my only column (depending on my “real” life’s demands) to music. The reason, at least for me, is that music is passion, inspiration, motivation, angst and love. Songs encompass memories, launch dreams and take...
Home again, home again… as fun as vacations are, it is always wonderful to come home again. This week’s Musical Monday features Sixx A.M.’s 2007 single, Life is Beautiful from the album The Heroin Diaries. Sixx A.M. features Motley Crue’s infamous bassist, Nikki Sixx, James...
This post goes out to my good friend, Kerrie, who was sweet enough to notice that I missed my Monday post (we’ve been on vacation). Kerrie, you, like Kermit and the gang, totally rock. So, this week, I am featuring that most unlikely, but oh,...
Okay, so this is the first time I have repeated groups. I have featured Yes before on a Musical Monday blog (see my blog on Yes’ “We Can Fly”- https://erikagardner.com/2012/03/05/musical-mondays-will-the-real-yes-fan-please-stand-up/), but work with me, people, it was necessary. It was necessary because this last weekend,...
I would like to stress that I did not write this. A friend posted it to Facebook and I happened to read it. It made such an impression on me that I wanted to help spread its message: be kind to one another. We’re all...
Yes, I know it is not Monday, however… I started to try to get this post out last night, then I decided not to rush it. I knew it needed to be about the late, great Jon Lord, who passed away yesterday from a pulmonary...
Yep, I’m back! Sorry to fall off the planet, but it happens, especially in summer. Soooooo, how’s it going? We are all good. Went to Lake Almanor, I’ve been finishing the copy editing on “The Dragon in the Garden”, reworking “Spells of a Mortal’s Weaving”...
There are times in one’s life when the news is all good. It is graduations, engagements, weddings and babies. There are also times when the news goes the other way: terminal illnesses, deaths and good-byes not said. That is where I am right now. A...
A few years back, okay, it was the nineties, so more than a few, Hillary Clinton wrote a book, It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us. As I recall, she caught a lot of grief for that one. The phrase, “It takes...