There was no rhyme or reason to the music of June. As much as I’ve looked for a theme, I could not find one and that’s quite okay by me. I like the months where there is no specific message just music that touches various parts of my souls. Continue reading “Songs of My Life: June 2016”
February…you were a wild one, but mostly you were just like the spray painted sign I saw on the side of a building: “moments in love”. You were a beautiful, inspiring, and spectacular month filled with some tears, lots of laughter and giggles, and fun. You made me a better person February. Thank you. “BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT, MOVE ON” by JIMMY BUFFETT This song … Continue reading Songs of My Life: February 2016
SONG: “A Pirate Looks at Forty” ARTIST: Jimmy Buffett I wasn’t even alive when the album, A1A was released in 1974 but that didn’t stop me from finding this song. I was 13 or 14 years old and my friend Sarah played Jimmy Buffett’s SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART for me. That was the moment I became a Parrothead. When I first heard “A Pirate … Continue reading #01: “A Pirate Looks at Forty”
October has been the month of changes for me, taking leaps, and realizing that life is a choose your own adventure novel and that if you don’t like the choice you made 10 seconds ago, you can make a new one right now. All the songs have been notes to my inner self that I am going to be okay and that fear can be conquered … Continue reading Songs of My Life: October 2015
For me, September was about realizing my fears and realizing how to confront them, but it was also a great reminder of to live in the now, appreciate every moment you have, and to love. Just don’t love your fears. Kick your fears in their respective tacos and live the life you have dreamt of living. “HEAD UP” by SUGARCULT This song may have very … Continue reading Songs of My Life: September 2015
Dear January, You had to know rhyme nor reason, but you were beautiful, amazing, heartbreaking, eye-opening, and kicked off 2015 with a bang. The Universe showed me beauty, heartbreaking sadness, moments of strength, and that if you believe and talk it out, and are there for someone when they need it the most, it wraps everyone in a hug that is needed. January was indeed … Continue reading Songs of MY Life: January 2015
I was a little all over the music spectrum this month, and though it’s a “light” month in songs. Each song touched my spirit in various ways and just reminded me on how to live and dream. “Tides” by Jimmy Buffett These lyrics…my life. “That the pull of the moon lingers on. Something we can’t escape…To whom it may concern, I’ve always tried to learn that … Continue reading Songs of My Life: December 2014
Should I ever get married, I think I’d like this song to be the father/daughter dance. “To whom it may concern. I’ve always tried to learn. That the good days need to last. Season with a lot of laughter. Here and in the ever after wwith poetry and painters from my past. So I follow the tides, on currents far and wide. Chalking up the … Continue reading 30 Day Song Challenge Redux (Day 23): Song that You Want to Play at Your Wedding
I discovered MISHKA from a JIMMY BUFFETT tweet about two years ago. Jimmy congratulated MISHKA for having the number one reggae album on iTunes and I gave OCEAN IS MY POTION a listen and fell in love with MISHKA‘s sound and vibe. For those who like background story’s on artist, MISHKA, has a great one, involving JIMMY BUFFETT. Jimmy’s song “Chanson pour les petits enfants” … Continue reading Track of the Day: “Riddim For Your Rights” by Mishka
What can I say about August? Bitter, sweet, fierce, fiery, heavy, light…Mostly, I’m glad it’s coming to an end and that the Chapter of September is beginning. I had soul awakening as I wrote in my previous post and that could not have come at the moment appropriate and much needed moment. Though I wish it had come sooner in the month, I know it came … Continue reading Songs of My Life: August 2014