I was just watching a PBS special on Wallace Stegner. They interviewed a writer (the name escapes me) and on the bookshelf behind him I noticed several books that I have read myself. That’s awesome!
Top 5 favorite songs (at least today…) January 11, 2010
It’s impossible to come up with your top 5 favorite of anything, but it’s sometimes fun to try. I picked songs that hold specific meaning and memories for me. They’re the kind of songs that distract me from whatever it is I may be doing, and take me somewhere else every time. I’m sure I’ll come up with different ones the more I think about it, and will probably redo my top 5 list every day. But for today, these are my loves. Give them a listen here.
1. Good Morning Heartache – Billie Holiday
2. Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley
3. Engine Engine Number 9 – Roger Miller
4. Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
5. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) – Otis Redding
Happy New Year! January 1, 2010
I keep meaning to post something meaningful for 2009. I really, really want to, but I don’t care about blogging nearly as much as I care about sleeping. So, until a little later…
“Farewell and good riddance you dirty old year
I wouldn’t give tuppence to keep you round here
But if I had the cost to stand two pints of beer
I’d drink to your never returnin’
If I’d been forewarned of your stealthy attacks
I’d turn you my shoulder and give you my back
At the base of my skull you could bury an axe
Then I’d quit all this grievin’ and yearnin’
Ah, but you’ve done your worst and yet here I still stand
I brush you aside with a wave of my hand
Now the hour is waning, a few grains of sand,
You’ll be gone the world still will be turnin’
Now your pretty young sister is welcome to stay
As fresh as a snowfall in January
But dispatch her we will some late December day,
Back to Daddy with cheeks and ears burnin’
Farewell and good riddance you dirty old year
I wouldn’t give tuppence to keep you round here
But if I had the cost to stand two pints of beer
I’d drink to your never returnin’”
- “The New Auld Lang Syne” by Jimmy Catlett
Dreamin’ of Ocracoke August 19, 2009
We just got back from a wonderful trip to Ocracoke. I already miss it.
I hope I will always remember the night we toured the village on our bikes, got Thai take-out, and watched the sun set over Pamlico Sound.
Butterflies in the Garden August 12, 2009
Last year we gave my mom a year’s membership to the local Botanical Gardens. Since the membership is close to expiring, Mom and I decided to go see their latest butterfly exhibit before it was too late.
I don’t think my pictures do the vibrant colors justice, but these guys were pretty incredible.
Quote of the week 8/3/09 August 3, 2009
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I’m not sure about the former.”
Albert Einstein
Quote of the week 6/21/2009 June 21, 2009
“Good morning heartache
You old gloomy sight
Good morning heartache
Thought we said goodbye last night
I turned and tossed until it seems you have gone
But here you are with the dawn
Wish I forget you, but you’re here to stay
It seems I met you
When my love went away
Now everyday I stop I’m saying to you
Good morning heartache what’s new
Stop haunting me now
Can’t shake you nohow
Just leave me alone
I’ve got those Monday blues
Straight to Sunday blues
Good morning heartache
Here we go again
Good morning heartache
You’re the one
Who knows me well
Might as well get use to you hanging around
Good morning heartache
Sit down”
- Billie Holiday (written by Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, & Dan Fisher)
Quote of the Week 5/1/2009 May 1, 2009
“What is good is often spoiled by trying to make it better.”
- Thomas Jefferson
We’re engaged!! April 21, 2009
The Ring
We got engaged on April 11 (411) at Skyland Resort on Skyline Drive, near Luray, VA.
More updates coming soon…
