Good Things Good Things for Inward Journeys If fall has a mood, its introspection. Taking stock of the good harvest and giving thanks for the sunny days. Steeling ourselves for the coming winter. This week I've got a collection of Good Things all about taking a journey without leaving your own head and heart. Enjoy
Good Things Good Things to Put a Little Smile On Your Face In a week full of cooling weather and nasty presidential debates, I've been on the lookout for good things. Here are three that I've found. I hope each puts a little smile on your face. Thing To Listen To: Saint European King Days This is not
Good Things Good Things for Some Mystery In The Air Thing To Listen To: Wind Of Change Is Not What You Think I've been hooked on a podcast this week, and I'm almost done bingeing. The 8-episode series, Wind Of Change asks whether the CIA wrote a rock song that helped bring down the USSR. The
Good Things Good Things for Writing Well Thing To Listen To: Real Peach by Henry Jamison Sometimes I hear a song for the first time and a number of phrases jump out immediately. At the best times those phrases come tethered to an incredible melody. Real Peach is this kind of song. Lines like these reeled me
Things Not To Waste āĀ Good Things for Sept 10 2020Ā This weekās list of Good Things should not go to waste. We have a classic song, recycled. There are food scraps, saved. Finally, decades of IKEA catalogs rescued from the trash bin. Read the full list atĀ https://www.patreon.com/posts/things-not-to-10-41468690
Good Things Good Things Not To Waste This week's list of Good Things should not go to waste. We have a classic song, recycled. There are food scraps, saved. Finally, decades of IKEA catalogs rescued from the trash bin. Thing to Hear: Right Down The Line I'm not acquainted with the deep cuts
Good Things Good Things on Sledgehammers and the Lost Keys of Creativity As always, there are good things out there if we keep our heads up and our eyes open. Here are just a few that I found ā or found me ā this week. Thing To Hear: Harry Styles' Sledgehammer I'm a big fan of Peter Gabriel's big,
Good Things Of Old Sometimes to look forward, weāve got to look back. Hereās a list of good things from āof oldā that may just make your future brighter.Ā This week I bring you a killer groove from Bill Withers, incredible hundred year old footage of bustling Tokyo and 68 bits of
Good Things Good Things of Old Sometimes to look forward, we've got to look back. Here's a list of good things from "of old" that may just make your future brighter. Thing to Hear: Old Grooves A friend recently posted this video of Bill Withers' Kissin' My Love
Good Things Good Things for Your Eyes and Ears Good Things for Your Eyes and Ears Here's are this week's fruits of paying attention. Thing To Hear: New Music From Hayden Desser I've been a fan of Hayden Desser (formerly he was simply 'Hayden') since his mid-90's lo-fi hit
Good Things Good Things to Hear, See and Try I've been busy at work this week launching some new online concert initiatives and polishing up my upcoming single, Places We Can't Live (which you'll get soon). Even so, I've made some time to pay attention. Here's what I found
Good Things Good Things for Imaginary Journeys I've been finding good things in the world and I'd like to share them with you here each week. These posts will be free for all to enjoy, starting next week will come a lil' early for Patrons. Have a Good Thing I should share?
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This Is Why We Keep On Singing Iāve been reflecting on the power of music this week āĀ and since yesterday, the power of the human voice. Here in Alberta, new Government guidelines for outdoor events are opening up many activities starting tomorrow as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, but public singing is not coming back just yet.
NaPoWriMo #18 - The Dare The Dare Ā You walked across The empty street andĀ Reached out your hand Ā It seemed like a giantās hand A threat A dare Ā Be human againĀ Incarnate Just for this moment Ā With all of the voices Shouting disapproval I reached out in surrender Ā I took your hand in mine
NaPoWriMo #17 - Itās The Little Things Itās The Little Things Ā Like a bullet in an old drawer long forgotten Like a criminal whoās grown too tired to run Like a prayer can start out sweet but then go rotten Like a poison thorn dug deep within your thumb Ā Itās the little things that
NaPoWriMo #16 - In The Long Line Outside Canadian Tire In The Long Line Outside Canadian Tire Ā A man races from his parked car,Ā Chasing a receipt across the asphalt Towards the socially distanced lineĀ Of humans barely holding it together Ā He bends down to grab itĀ As the wind whips it up from his hands andĀ Three more feet
NaPoWriMo #15 - I Am Home I Am Home Ā As the quilt of Alberta comes into viewĀ Iām thinking about themĀ and Iām thinking about you And the ways I could change andĀ become someone new Ā While the wings of the plane tilt for landing Ā I already miss it, the sagebrush, the heat The
NaPoWriMo #14 - Deserted Deserted Ā This is a list Of every person I watched Walk by my house on Saturday morning Ā I hopeĀ next April This listĀ is longer
NaPoWriMo #13 - Left Behind Left Behind Ā When I was 7 or 8Ā I would wait in the car Outside the grocery store Or the bank And cry In fearĀ Iād been abandonedĀ Ā Not by mom But by You Because Iād been told You would come UnannouncedĀ To take the good Ā Or, when
NaPoWriMo #12 - Jeanne's Voices A found poem made from the chapter headings and illustration captions found in the book āThe Childrenās Joan of Arcā. Ā Jeanneās voices Ā The peasant maid of DomrĆ©my a baby girl Ā She knelt weeping and prayed garlands of wild flowers Ā The battle Ā āI am only a poor girlā Ā From
NaPoWriMo #11 - Birdsong The birds have no idea Whatās been going on Here they are on the Monday Morning of the worldĀ Singing Ā I sit in outside in crisp April air Caught between seasons Thaw-freeze breath and Coffee steam rising like incenseĀ Ā The birds have no ideaĀ When they snap the silence
