Sometimes our partners in life do and say the most amazing, perfect things. Things we can hold on to, treasure, and weave into the fabric of our lives. Touchstones that sustain us. Sometimes our partners are perfect. Don’t worry, honey, I’m not expecting it on...
This week’s interview is with the wonderfully dynamic and endlessly joyful Jordan Bernal. I met Jordan through TriValley Writers Group, an organization I highly recommend for local authors looking to connect and educate themselves. http://www.trivalleywriters.org/ Jordan and I both write, in very different ways, of dragons....
This week’s song is No More Drama by Mary J. Bilge. Not metal, certainly, but an emotion laden, passionate song and I dig passion. Thankfully my day-to-day life contains little drama. As I’ve gotten older I find I have less and less time for it...
It’s been a while since I have posted, but then that’s Cross Country season. There is one song I’ve meant to put up for weeks. It’s called Scars to Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara. Everyone, man or woman, should listen to this song. Believe it....
Sometimes my Musical Mondays have a commentary. Other times, there’s a bit of pop culture or nostalgia. Then there are the times when I just like the song. Read it into it what ye’ may. This is one of those weeks. Hello, Arctic Monkeys!!! Massive...
It’s been three long years. Years without concerts where Ronnie’s voice belted out, shaking the beams of the building and moving our souls. This is the post I wrote two years ago, on the first anniversary of his passing- marking our collective loss. If you...
Hi all, yep, still behind, but slowly wading my way out of the detritus. Still, it has been a happy sort of detritus. When perhaps I might have been writing on my blog I have been spending time with family and dear friends or working...
This week’s selection goes back a ways. It’s Journey’s classic song, Lights; their ode to the city by the bay, San Francisco. Added bonus, this video features original keyboardist Gregg Rolie who left the band just before the Escape album (he was replaced by Jonathan...
Today is Monday, May 16th, 2011. It is a day that is many things to many people. For some first and foremost it is a Monday. (A wash of groans comes over the populace. After all, who needs Mondays?) For some it is simply a...