“How the Day Sounds” – Greg Laswell Oh who would have ever known this? Could be this easy I was a long, long way off Then just like that it was over Everything I knew of love I was a long, long way off And I think I like how the day sounds Like how […]
A Song For You
Sea Wolf is one of my favorite bands. In reality, this song is particularly sad, yet it offers a smidgen of hope. The man in the song has been abused in childhood by both his father and brother… And yet. “It’s the winter windows that ends become beginnings.” Since my friend Karen Maezen Miller’s one-day […]
The Faith Club
I’ve just had the most surreal experience in reading The Faith Club. I thought I was alone in my thinking processes (don’t we all?), but it turns out I’m not. I thought I had veered crazily from my faith, but it turns out, not so much. From religion, yes. From faith, no. Three women–Ranya Idliby […]
Have You Ever?
Tonight is her second of two concerts in St. Paul. I’m so looking forward to it. I don’t want to leave you out, if you’re not going…or if you’ve never heard of her. So, here’s her song “Have You Ever.” I could listen to her all day. Today, my dear reader, may you know that […]
That Moon Song
My friend Becky reminded me of this quiet (yet spectacular) CD when she mentioned that Isakov opened for Ani DiFranco this week in Rochester. [The above picture is the album cover of Isakov’s This Empty Northern Hemisphere.] There’s something in his music that tugs at you. It’s sad and warm and full of longing. It […]