My mom is the Easter basket queen. For as long as I can remember, my sisters and I have hit the jackpot where these small gift-giving vessels are concerned: jewelry, books, gift certificates, and of course, candy. Mom doesn’t waste her time on hollow chocolate bunnies and jelly beans; she goes for the good stuff: … More easter after 30
Ever notice how a little extra money in the bank causes a girl to do some weird shit? Yeah. So I have this pair of jeans that I got from the Eddie Bauer outlet, and they don’t fit. My plan is to exchange them for something colorful and summer-y. As it turns out, the new … More "items can be returned or exchanged within 30 days"–how about 30 minutes?
I’ve been dropping hints to my dad about moving south for two years now. He hates the long cold winters in West Virginia where he was born–where I was born–and where he has remained for over 50 years. The cold makes his head hurt, he tells me, makes him feel tired. He hates the snow. … More snow day
I spent a considerable amount of time on Sunday thinking of a name for my very first blog. It was time I really couldn’t afford to spend, given the lists of things waiting to be done, those I’ll-do-it-over-the-weekend things, that never got done during the week. And yet, for literally two hours I sat in … More the first
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Schoolchildren of Wanseko, Uganda–2005 Oxford American Southern Music CD) Perfect World (Indigo Girls–All That We Let In) Times Like These (Jack Johnson–On and On) Snow is Gone (Josh Ritter–Hello Starling) Little Black Crow (Divine Maggees–Love Me Like the Roses) John Llewellyn (Annie Gallup–Backbone) Echoes (Dar Williams–My Better Self) Ode to … More Really good songs
Red=Luck–Patty Larkin A Thousand Beautiful Things–Annie Lennox Oh What a World–Rufus Wainwright My Back Pages–The Byrds Love Throw a Line–Patty Griffin Solsbury Hill–Peter Gabriel Someone’s Daughter–Beth Orton Invisible Girl–Minnie Driver Flood–The Mosquitos Sunday Morning–Maroon 5 Inside Your Painting–Patty Larkin Open–Bruce Cockburn The Truth About Disguise–Annie Gallup Sleeper–Joan Baez Uncle John’s Band–Indigo Girls River–Mary Chapin Carpenter … More Signs of Life
Bad Moon Rising–Thea Gilmore The Revolution Starts Now–Steve Earle I Saved the World Today–Annie Lennox The Times They Are A-Changin–Bob Dylan Let it Be Me–Indigo Girls Across the Universe–Rufus Wainwright Imagine–Joan Baez Amaze Me–Girlyman All That Innocence–Patty Larkin Hawk and the Dove–Tret Fure Land of the Free–Thea Gilmore Goodnight America–Mary Chapin Carpenter Pennsylvania Avenue–Erika Luckett … More Revolution
Gabriel’s Message–Sting Children of Abraham–John McCutcheon It’s Christmas Time–The Carpenters Happy Christmas (War is Over)–Melissa Etheridge The 12 Days of Christmas–John Denver and the Muppets Children Go Where I Send Thee–Natalie Merchant River–Joni Mitchell Linus and Lucy–Vince Guaraldi Trio Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant–Cris Williamson and Tret Fure Mary’s Boy Child–Boney M Winter Wonderland–The … More Christmas Mix 1
One of my favorite things to do is make mix CDs for friends and family (and occasionally just myself). For no particular reason I decided that I’d really like to start preserving my playlists, but I didn’t want them to be current posts. Fortunately I can backdate my posts, thereby creating a fake archive in … More Fake Archives: The Mix CDs
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