Indulge Your Shelf

I recently posted this on my Facebook wall: If it's not familiar -- it's from a song, Wake Me Up When September Ends.  Click to listen. If you know me, you know that my fondest dream is to be a writer.  I always wanted to write fiction, to be able to write something that made a difference to a reader.  To tell a story and create a connection.  And, to give voice to some of the things I feel inside as a way of creating something lasting and beautiful. Now that I'm older I think I would like to be a song writer instead.  The way I dream about moving people is more like the strong reaction you have to a song.  A song can make you happy and a song can bring back pain.  But most of the time, even when it hurts you, it's cathartic to express that pain for a few minutes to music.  At least I think it is. I know that not everyone feels that way about music.  Some people only hear the beats and instruments and pay attention to the sound.  I've ha...

 I live near Colorado Springs, and they have a thriving art community there.  But, just as with most other institutions, it is struggling to recover and/or adjust to this pandemic.  On Friday, my husband and I went to the First Friday Art Walk downtown.  Normally, on a beautiful summer night, this is a bustling event.  But this time it was quiet.  I really liked the message painted on the wall, above: What you say to someone with depression can change everything.  (The larger, colorful letters above it say, We are in this Together.) The theme of the event was 1985-Take on Me.  Local artists had contributed work that represented what 1985 was like to them.  Here I am (with my mask hanging from my ear) in the main gallery. Alas, there were not a lot of pieces to evoke 1985. The art walk takes place at various locations; we were at the Cottonwood Center, which is a building full of studios where local artists make and sell their art -- ever...

We've all been through the wringer in 2020, haven't we?  So many feelings -- confusion, fear, pain, loneliness, unrest, just to name a few.   Here is my year in photos, so far: Yep, it has been nuts. I hope you, too, are surviving as best you can!