“Hope is being able to see there is light despite all of the darkness.” –Desmond Tutu I’ve struggled to identify what exactly it is I want to say in this post. It’s not due to […]
For My Son
Words of true wisdom and quintessential truth resound in our minds and hearts long after they’ve been said. So many of the quotes I’ve read in the last day, credited to Reverend Martin Luther King […]
Doing Hard Things
Parenting is hard. Yes, it is a blessing. Yes, it is an inexplicable bond of love that until a person experiences it they have no comprehension of its depth. But it is hard. I’ll […]
10 Songs for Carol Haters Like Me
I’m not, in general, a hater. Even genres that aren’t my cup of tea – thrash metal, crunk, and chicano, for example, I can appreciate in careful moderation. The thing is, I’m not forced to […]
Secrets
It’s the time of year for secrets and I’ve been keeping them lately. For me, the person who wears her heart on her sleeve and pours her thoughts into thousand word blog posts, this keeping […]
Silver Linings
I love a lot of things. Among my favorites – people so honest the only kind of bullshit that exists in their world is actually associated with four-legged bovines, music so impossible to ignore it […]
Protected: Babies grow up, but mothers rarely sleep
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Kids, Sex, & Rock and Roll
“All good music, whatever its date, is ageless – as alive and significant today as it was when it was written.” -Peter Warlock *Disclaimer(s)* – yes, I have a couple. I plan to discuss all three […]
Making This Month Lovember
I have yet to meet someone who doesn’t love music. We may not all appreciate the same music—just ask my brothers. But, we can all agree that music speaks to just about everyone—at every age […]
Memory Lane – What Was and What Is
I don’t know when it changes – when you grow up. Does it happen in a single moment? A momentous change that ends the before and starts a new beginning? No, I don’t think so. […]
