I was listening to my 'folk' playlist on my ipod on shuffle & I quite like the mix that it came up with!
My faves are italicized.
Here's a sampling:
Ode To a Butterfly -Nickel Creek
Think of You -A Fine Frenzy
Look For Me Baby -Fiction Family
Come Home safely -Let's Go Sailing
Over the Rainbow -The Innocence Mission
Broken -Jill Pacquette
My Sweet Song -Toby Lightman
The Upsetter -Jack Johnson
James River Blues -Old Crow Medicine Show
I'm Sticking With You -The Velvet Underground
Robin & Marian -Nickel Creek
Good People -Jack Johnson
Once -Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Elements Combined -Fiction Family
Southbound Train -Jon Foreman
Sleep [Instrumental] -Kimya Dawson
Clarity -Shawn McDonald
How Deep Is Your Love -The Bird & The Bee
Sea of Love [Remastered Version] -Cat Power
Closer To The Moon -Alli Rogers
Heart Condition -Let's Go Sailing
Staple It Together -Jack Johnson
Once Was Love -Ingrid Michaelson
With My Own Two Hands -Jack Johnson feat. Ben Harper
Lachlom -Yael Naim
Better Together -Jack Johnson
Again & Again -The Bird & The Bee
Put Your Records On -Corinne Bailey Rae
Oh, the memories in just a half hour of listening to music!
The songs make me think of (in no particular order):
-my sister
-summer
-highschool
-sophomore year of college
-swimming in my neighbor's pool
-the Hollywood Bowl
-certain friends: Jay Jay, Audrey, Becca
-springtime with breezes coming in through open windows
iPod shuffle settings, I heart you!
P.S. I have almost all of Jack Johnson's stuff in that playlist -which is why he kept popping up :)
About Me
- grace
- Hi. You found me. Thanks for clicking over! Sit and stay awhile..... This is the view from my window... As I move around my little valley I call 'home,' I've had many different views & this is the one that I keep coming back to.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
.today.
instead of complaining about the muscle I pulled in my leg from walking about 5 miles yesterday, I will remember.
I will remember the old man outside Rite Aid who took 4 minutes to walk about 5 yards to get to his car.
I will remember his cane, slow-moving gait, wrinkled face, & weathered smile.
I will not focus on my wrinkles, for I know they come with age.
I will not discount or cast aside someone with wrinkles, for I know they also have wisdom.
I will not focus on that pulled muscle, but on the fact that I could walk those miles.
Without a cane,
at an easy- almost fast pace,
while walking with my friend and her dog.
I will focus on the
conversation,
fellowship, and
the friendship God has richly blessed me with.
That is what I will do.
....................................................
my Facebook status of the day:
I did not burn ONE.SINGLE.THING while using my oven for 1.5 hours today.
This is progress, people.
....especially since I burned three things yesterday
.................................................
I went to bed last night at 11 o'clock.
As in, alarm set, falling asleep, under the covers before 11 o'clock.
This is also MAJOR progress.
today has been a:making breakfast,
chilling with the sister,
making cookies,
stalking people on facebook,
blog-hopping,
eating lunch waay late,
taking pictures,
still in pj's @ 2,
lazing around,
......................kind of day.
get ready,
library,
store for ice cream & bread (the essentials, duh),
make ice cream sammies with aforementioned homemade cookies,
blog,
make dinner, &
off to lifegroup!
....................................................
A song for today:
P.S. I think I could totally pull off her hairdo.
I can definitely get volume like that just when I wake up in the morning :)
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Don't look back....
Don't Look Back -She & Him
Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone, but I never had yours
I followed you back to the end of the path, but I never found the door
And you can work to save your love
You can bear it from the earth below
You can work but you can't let go
Oh, oh but you have to know
Don't look back all you'll ever get is the dust from the steps before
I don't have to see you every day, but I just want to know you're there
Quietly took to the dark of the day and the hiss of the summer night
The heat of the breeze was a cell block wall and when I looked you were out of sight
And you can work to save your love
You can bear it from the earth below
You can work but you can't let go
Oh, oh but you have to know
Don't look back all you'll ever get is the dust from the steps before
I don't have to see you every day, but I just want to know you're there
And you can work to save your love
You can bear it from the earth below
You can work but you can't let go
Oh, oh but you have to know
Don't look back all you'll ever get is the dust from the steps before
I don't have to see you every day, but I just wan't to know you're there
&
Here's a little meaning behind the song:
Orpheus went down to the underworld to save Eurydice, and to make that possible he had to play music to Persephone, who 'ruled' the underworld. He softened (well, melted..) her heart, and she let Orpheus bring Eurydice back to the upper world, on one condition - Eurydice should walk right behind him on the way back, and he couldn't turn to look at her until they'd both reached the upper world. But - just when HE'd reached it, he turned around to see if she was there, and boom - she disappeared forever.
So don't look back…
Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone, but I never had yours
I followed you back to the end of the path, but I never found the door
And you can work to save your love
You can bear it from the earth below
You can work but you can't let go
Oh, oh but you have to know
Don't look back all you'll ever get is the dust from the steps before
I don't have to see you every day, but I just want to know you're there
Quietly took to the dark of the day and the hiss of the summer night
The heat of the breeze was a cell block wall and when I looked you were out of sight
And you can work to save your love
You can bear it from the earth below
You can work but you can't let go
Oh, oh but you have to know
Don't look back all you'll ever get is the dust from the steps before
I don't have to see you every day, but I just want to know you're there
And you can work to save your love
You can bear it from the earth below
You can work but you can't let go
Oh, oh but you have to know
Don't look back all you'll ever get is the dust from the steps before
I don't have to see you every day, but I just wan't to know you're there
&
Here's a little meaning behind the song:
Orpheus went down to the underworld to save Eurydice, and to make that possible he had to play music to Persephone, who 'ruled' the underworld. He softened (well, melted..) her heart, and she let Orpheus bring Eurydice back to the upper world, on one condition - Eurydice should walk right behind him on the way back, and he couldn't turn to look at her until they'd both reached the upper world. But - just when HE'd reached it, he turned around to see if she was there, and boom - she disappeared forever.
So don't look back…
taken from: www.songmeanings.net
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
...A List...
I read a fun book over the weekend called The Beach House by Sally John.
It's a story about four old friends who reunite after 12 years after growing apart.
Although I'm not going to live my life by this list, I thought it was fun to think about.
It's fun to see when I have gone through a few parts of the list and to know that others will most likely happen as I age and mature.
As I become a woman.
And that is pretty crazy to think about!
I guess, like the song, I still have a lot of livin' left to do :)
A Real Woman Has....
A nest egg for personal use.
Something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour.
A youth she's content to leave behind.
A set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, a hammer, and a black lace bra.
A black dress and a white silk blouse.
One friend who always makes her laugh.
And one who lets her cry.
A good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family.
Eight matching plates, goblets, and a recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored.
A Real Woman Knows....How to fall in love.
How to quit a job.
How to confront a friend without ruining the friendship.
When to try harder....and when to walk away.
How to have a good time at a party she'd never choose to attend.
That she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents.
That her childhood may not have been perfect, but it's over.
How to live alone...even if she doesn't like it.
Whom she can trust, whom she can't and why she shouldn't take it personally.
Where to go....be it to her friend's kitchen or a charming inn....when her soul needs soothing.
What she can and can't accomplish in a day, a month, a year.
It's a story about four old friends who reunite after 12 years after growing apart.
Although I'm not going to live my life by this list, I thought it was fun to think about.
It's fun to see when I have gone through a few parts of the list and to know that others will most likely happen as I age and mature.
As I become a woman.
And that is pretty crazy to think about!
I guess, like the song, I still have a lot of livin' left to do :)
A Real Woman Has....
A nest egg for personal use.
Something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour.
A youth she's content to leave behind.
A set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, a hammer, and a black lace bra.
A black dress and a white silk blouse.
One friend who always makes her laugh.
And one who lets her cry.
A good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family.
Eight matching plates, goblets, and a recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored.
A Real Woman Knows....How to fall in love.
How to quit a job.
How to confront a friend without ruining the friendship.
When to try harder....and when to walk away.
How to have a good time at a party she'd never choose to attend.
That she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents.
That her childhood may not have been perfect, but it's over.
How to live alone...even if she doesn't like it.
Whom she can trust, whom she can't and why she shouldn't take it personally.
Where to go....be it to her friend's kitchen or a charming inn....when her soul needs soothing.
What she can and can't accomplish in a day, a month, a year.
texty-texty
In the past few months, I've had some interesting
conversations with my sister Rachel via texting.
My favorites:
Thu Mar 24 12:10 a
tired and want to hug
you!
_________12:10 a
MeAww. I meesss you!
_________12:11 a
jeggings, laundry. (her to do list for me)
You're coming back
tomorrow right?
_________12:22 a
Me
I'm on it. Like gum.
----------
No, Saturday silly :)
_________12:25 a
3:00 break to
surprise me with a
hug. I would LOVE
that- for future
reference.
_________12:30 a
Me
Well that would be
difficult bc i don't
actually know where
your school is. For
future reference.
_________12:34 a
R
Use your fingers to
google valley prep
academy. On hughes
@ ashlan. Look for my
truck in the parking
lot. Hug me.
_________12:36 a
A few more from the seester:
R
I loaf you. You are
beautiful. Inside an
out. Ride your bike
tomorrow! I am
sleepy. Nighty!
Wed Mar 9 11:46 p
Another convo with the seester on Fri Feb 25 11:30 am,
R
Hi loafy! Come homee
today. That way if it
snows tonite/early
tomorrow, we can
make snow angels
together!
_________11:30
MeHaha! Wish i could!
(And then I proceeded withsane normal conversation)
_________11:32
R
In no way was i
joking. Possible snow
is a serious matter.
_________11:34
MeYeah, since it has only
snowed twice in our
lives, I don't think
it's going to snow.
_________11:35
R
For reals! Get yo
booty here!
_________11:37
R
I. Loaf. Ewe. Now don't
stay up too late! I
want to squeeze you
tight! Gnh.
Thu Feb 24 1:14 a
After suggesting she teach her after-school program kids origami......
R
P.s. Swans were a
huge hit! And then
there were flying
swan fights. :) and i
loaf ewe!
Wed Feb 16 11:13 p
R
I got my credential! I
am so happy I cried!
Wish I could celebrate with you!
Fri Feb 11 8:22 p
(After mistakenly asking if we were free to go to a potluck on friday....)
R
Potluck is saturday.
but yes, short hair.
Thu Feb 10 9:31 p
After asking her why she was still awake.....
R
I oant know. Barely
wake. Hmphglr. Need
hug. Need lovey.
Peas?
Fri Feb 4 12:59 a
R
Have i told you how
much i loaf you?
Fri Jan 21 12:21 p
another convo with the sees on my last! day! of! college! (during finals week).....Wed Dec 15 3:47 p
(after going to four offices trying to get a class approved)Me
Coming home
now, k? Sweaty
from walking around
the Whole school :)
_________3:45 p
R
Yes. And me some
warmth. I am brr
cold. And you are
pretty.
_________3:47 p
Later....after finishing my last final EVER....
Me
I'm on my way home!
I kind of screamed
when I walked
outside! I'm DONE!
_________7:35 p
conversations with my sister Rachel via texting.
My favorites:
Thu Mar 24 12:10 a
R
Why am i awake? Sotired and want to hug
you!
_________12:10 a
MeAww. I meesss you!
_________12:11 a
R
What? Oranges,jeggings, laundry. (her to do list for me)
You're coming back
tomorrow right?
_________12:22 a
Me
I'm on it. Like gum.
----------
No, Saturday silly :)
_________12:25 a
R
No. Tomorrow. @ my3:00 break to
surprise me with a
hug. I would LOVE
that- for future
reference.
_________12:30 a
Me
Well that would be
difficult bc i don't
actually know where
your school is. For
future reference.
_________12:34 a
R
Use your fingers to
google valley prep
academy. On hughes
@ ashlan. Look for my
truck in the parking
lot. Hug me.
_________12:36 a
Geez that girl is too much!
A few more from the seester:
R
I loaf you. You are
beautiful. Inside an
out. Ride your bike
tomorrow! I am
sleepy. Nighty!
Wed Mar 9 11:46 p
uhh, never deleting that one!
Another convo with the seester on Fri Feb 25 11:30 am,
R
Hi loafy! Come homee
today. That way if it
snows tonite/early
tomorrow, we can
make snow angels
together!
_________11:30
MeHaha! Wish i could!
(And then I proceeded with
_________11:32
R
In no way was i
joking. Possible snow
is a serious matter.
_________11:34
MeYeah, since it has only
snowed twice in our
lives, I don't think
it's going to snow.
_________11:35
R
For reals! Get yo
booty here!
_________11:37
R
I. Loaf. Ewe. Now don't
stay up too late! I
want to squeeze you
tight! Gnh.
Thu Feb 24 1:14 a
After suggesting she teach her after-school program kids origami......
R
P.s. Swans were a
huge hit! And then
there were flying
swan fights. :) and i
loaf ewe!
Wed Feb 16 11:13 p
R
I got my credential! I
am so happy I cried!
Wish I could celebrate with you!
Fri Feb 11 8:22 p
(After mistakenly asking if we were free to go to a potluck on friday....)
R
Potluck is saturday.
but yes, short hair.
Thu Feb 10 9:31 p
After asking her why she was still awake.....
R
I oant know. Barely
wake. Hmphglr. Need
hug. Need lovey.
Peas?
Fri Feb 4 12:59 a
R
Have i told you how
much i loaf you?
Fri Jan 21 12:21 p
another convo with the sees on my last! day! of! college! (during finals week).....Wed Dec 15 3:47 p
(after going to four offices trying to get a class approved)Me
Coming home
now, k? Sweaty
from walking around
the Whole school :)
_________3:45 p
R
Yes. And me some
warmth. I am brr
cold. And you are
pretty.
_________3:47 p
Later....after finishing my last final EVER....
Me
I'm on my way home!
I kind of screamed
when I walked
outside! I'm DONE!
_________7:35 p
That girl.
She's a keeper
:)
Sunday, April 3, 2011
April Fools! (or not)
This past April first, I didn't encounter
one.
single.
April Fools joke.
No wool was pulled over my eyes.
No sugar in the salt shaker.
Or switched up shampoo bottles.
Or tricks via the internet.
Or even a sly 'true' text or phone call along the lines of "I broke my foot!" or "I'm sick so I can't come to school today." or "Your shoelaces are untied."
(Which as an elementary school kid, I never reallywas conned into believed anyways.)
No such jokes or tricks happened here.
Sigh.
Is that part of growing up?
No more April Fools jokes?
I was never a practical joke type person
(read: I'm a harmonizer & can't handle them: Your shirt is unbuttoned! -wait 1 second- April Fools!),
But, really?
one.
single.
April Fools joke.
No wool was pulled over my eyes.
No sugar in the salt shaker.
Or switched up shampoo bottles.
Or tricks via the internet.
Or even a sly 'true' text or phone call along the lines of "I broke my foot!" or "I'm sick so I can't come to school today." or "Your shoelaces are untied."
(Which as an elementary school kid, I never really
No such jokes or tricks happened here.
Sigh.
Is that part of growing up?
No more April Fools jokes?
I was never a practical joke type person
(read: I'm a harmonizer & can't handle them: Your shirt is unbuttoned! -wait 1 second- April Fools!),
But, really?
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