animation Good Things for Wide-Eyes Today, as the sun tows spring slowly onto the shore, Iām longing to get back out into the world outside and gaze upon some wonder. In the meantime, Iāve collected Three Good Things for Wide Eyes that will help in the āvisual wonderā department. Thing To Listen To:
News I'm WAY more excited than I look in this video (unboxing day)! Umm - Ā big news friends. Ā Today I got something very special in the mail - MY NEW ALBUM! That's right - today I got to hold my first full-length CD in my hands, thanks to a UPS man who got scared away by our tiny barking dog. At
Good Things From The Eighties This week Iām throwing an eighties cover party called Child Of The Eighties, so Iāve dug up three Good Things to share with you from the decade of glitz and glam. Get Your Ticket Thing To Listen To: Cover Me in the Eighties Iāve been uploading eighties
folk music Good Things for New Ways The world is changing. I know that can feel like a bad thing a lot of the time these days, but some of these changes are good. We are finding new ways to connect and create even while apart āĀ and these new ways wonāt disappear when the virus does.
creativity Good Things for "Still Winter" Thing To Listen To: Meet Me At The Edge Of The World For several recent years, Iāve had the pleasure of learning songwriting for music and life partners Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, better known asĀ Over The Rhine.Ā At least, better known in some parts of the world.
Love songs Good Things to Capture Your Heart Thing To Listen To: This Must Be Shawn Colvinās Place This week I was putting together a great big playlist of my favourite love songs of all time. Part of the process was reading lists of ābest love songsā online and seeing what stuck for me. Another part was
art nouveau Good Things From Long Ago Good Things are everywhere, especially if we are willing to look backward. In this weekās Good Things we start by listening to the nineties then travel back a hundred years and finally hundreds more years, finding beauty all along our way. Thing To Listen To: Wildflowers At Home I
album cover design Good Things to Celebrate The Album We live in an era of singles. One-offs. Momentary attention. Think back to your favourite albums as a teenager. Remember sitting beside the CD player (record player, tape deck) and letting your favourite music overtake you. I remember sitting with HaydenāsĀ Everything I Long ForĀ song after song. I
CARM Good Things to Grow Your Self Looking for ways to stretch and grow at the start of another year? Try these three. Thing To Listen To: CARM Listening to music in new genres can stretch your sonic muscles quickly, especially when the music is as eclectic as CARMās recent releases. CARMĀ is the musical moniker
2021 The Goal(s) Post for 2021 For the past several years Iāve taken time in January to set goals, only to fall short as the year progresses. Still, where Iāve failed Iāve learned, and where Iāve fallen short Iāve moved forward further than had I not had a target in sight.
2020 20 Little Mercies That Saved My 2020 2020 is now history and not many will miss the year that gave us the worst global pandemic in a century. Of course, thatās not the whole story. It helps to take stock and count blessings. You may be surprised, like me, to find just how many there have
Good Things Good Things to Build Your Nest This week I'm thinking a lot about gathering. Some times we give birth to wonderful new things, and the rest of our lives we are preparing. Gathering. Building a nest in anticipation of new life. The key to gathering is paying attention. Keeping the doors and windows wide
Good Things Good Things to Marvel At As the snow falls, you may be in need of a little wonder. Here are three things to marvel at this week so stop being such a grownup and open up your little heart ... Thing To Listen To: Make Believe with Hayden Since I heard As Bad As They Seem
Good Things Good Things to Help You Make Other Good Things For me, fall is always a time for creativity. As I'm spending more time indoors, making things keeps me from wasting away in front of Netflix. If you've got the creative itch too ā or need a creative kick-start ā you'll find plenty of inspiration in
