Category: Music

  • Tom's email read "I saw this and thought of you," with a hyperlink under the message. My heart fluttered – he thought of me while he was at work? How sweet! Tom never emails me unless it's a two-word response to something I've sent him. I clicked the link and laughed when the page popped…

  • I try not to post twice in one day, but I just heard that Clarence Clemons, saxophone player extraordinaire, died today. Complications from a stroke a week ago. And it makes me sad. I was a latecomer to Brucie, Clarence and the E-Street Band, but once there, I was hooked. Tom and I went to…

  •   Were there no fools, there would be no wise ones. ~ German Proverb   There are days I'm grateful for the gray skies and gathering storm clouds because a blue sky would be a slap in the face, mocking the gray I feel inside. There are days I feel I know everything, and days I realize…

  • Saturday night, a Texas moon smiling down on me and Tom by my side, I had one of those Aha! moments. I realized I was finally experiencing Austin with all five senses in a way I hadn't yet in the nearly sixteen years we've lived here. I could feel it in the just-cool-enough breeze blowing…

  • Music is a puppeteer pulling my strings, making me laugh, cry, sing, dance. There are songs that whisk me into the past, songs that soothe my fears, songs that lift my spirits, songs that inspire me, encourage me, give me hope. I'm just a feather blown this way and that by the melodies and words.…

  • This morning I planted prayer requests in my virtual world; within moments, sweet thoughts and assurance of prayer blossomed before my eyes. I believe prayer is powerful, and I believe the prayer and good wishes that joined my own today get a lot of the credit for my sister's surgery being so successful. Full recovery…

  • Do you know anything about Blue Monday? Supposedly the third Monday of January is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. I read a little blurb about it today – this is the third Monday of January, by the way – and I don't know if it was the power of suggestion,…

  • I remember when MTV first aired. (That's how old I am.) I would just watch and watch and watch, one music video after another, mesmerized. Even when I was forced to leave the room for some reason – to eat or sleep or take a potty break, for instance- I would keep it on just…

  • The sun came out for the first time in days today. I made sure I slipped outside to feel its warmth on my skin. I've heard it's only visiting for a couple of days, then it's off again … a gypsy sun, just popping in and out… so I didn't want to miss it! I…

  • Today I have baked blueberry muffins, taken the puppies for a long walk, snapped tons of photos (and learned a little more about my camera), made a huge dent in the laundry, grocery-shopped, answered several emails and even fit in an hour-long work-out … so why do I feel I haven't accomplished anything? It's like…