This is me 10 years ago. Yesterday was 2.5 years since that left foot was cut off along with that ankle and part of my calf. When I saw this picture, I cried an honest to goodness cry about it, too, for probably the first time ever. It was the kind where you could swear … Continue reading What A Decade of Loss Taught Me
We all have those times in life where struggles pile on top of struggles, bad on top of bad, setbacks on top of setbacks. When this happens, we oftentimes declare that we will never give up and never surrender yet there always comes a point where we feel that we can go on no longer. … Continue reading “Don’t Quit” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier: Classics
Two years ago, I wrote a little piece about how lovely it is to let dead things go. It was late October and the weather at the foot of the Rockies had turned cold, wet, and windy. I’d been married to and living with a man who had, at first, seemed to be everything good … Continue reading Lovely Death
I never gave a thought to a midlife crisis being an actual thing until I found myself firmly in the throes of what certainly fits the bill and feeling rather like a ship lost at sea… Rudderless, with no sail or motor to drive me forward from the tempest, occasionally finding myself skirting the edges … Continue reading “The Alchemist” ⁂ Modern Classics
This is a piece that since I first heard it the other night has been my obsession. I’m not a pop person. I had never heard of this artist before I sat down to watch Graham Norton last night. The album isn’t even released yet but, thank God, this is one of the songs that … Continue reading “Cold” ~ Sound of My Day
This is another one of those pieces of classic jazz that I cannot help but adore, regardless of the recording artist. Duke Ellington and Harry James, two of my favorite artists of the time, were among those who collaborated on this piece. Ella Fitzgerald, Harry James, and Duke Ellington all released recordings of this song … Continue reading “I’m Beginning to See the Light” ~ Sound of My Day
I have a love of classic jazz and rare recordings of the early work of some of those artists who may be more well known for work that came later. I don’t necessarily even care for the remastered versions of those songs I adore, if they can even be found on iTunes or Amazon or Spotify … Continue reading “In a Sentimental Mood” ~ Sound of My Day
