Browsing All Posts published on »April, 2009«

red shoes…

April 28, 2009

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I wonder if the girl who put on the Red Shoes in the story by Hans Christian Anderson actually did know what she was getting into and chose the shoes anyway. Sometimes I feel like that dancer…choosing the shoes that keep her on her toes until her feet bleed and knowing I’m unable to take […]

coming home…

April 25, 2009

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I’ve had a couple of hard but good conversations this week with friends from Chicago. I think we’re all feeling the loss of each other. We were so intertwined in our growing and our faith, in our parenting and our lives as spouses…it was hard for me to imagine that coming here to TN I’d […]

Gabriel Suit

April 22, 2009

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I’m a lyric writing machine these days….dunno why. This one line has been ricocheting in my head for months…MONTHS I say! “dressed as an angel in your Gabriel suit” I love the imagery of it but couldn’t figure out what or who it is about. Let me know if it’s you because frankly I haven’t […]

winter people…

April 17, 2009

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I finished up the words and started a quick melody on this one last week. I love it, I really do and yet it makes me sad every single time I sing the melody. I suppose that’s alright. Maybe that’s what being one of the “winter people” means to me. I wrote this with a […]

wearing it well….

April 13, 2009

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I love Maya Angelou’s writing. I do. I love her poetry a whole lot. One thing that sticks in my head though is a while back, I dunno, maybe in the late 80′s, Maya Angelou did a record with Peaches and Herb. Google it. I hated it. I’m sorry, I just did. She rapped poetry […]

in the garden…

April 9, 2009

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As a personal trainer I have been programmed, at least it feels in part, to think of the body as a machine. Just as I always considered my spiritual life a “house” I was building…my body was like my “car” I guess. I’m responsible for changing the air filter and the oil and keeping it […]

the weight of the world…

April 8, 2009

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I had this line in my head about knowing that sometimes the right choices make us cry…and then this really very talented friend of mine, that Steve Mason (who has graciously agreed to produce this project) was saying this thing about the weight of the world being comforting…. and so these lyrics were born. I’m […]

Electra-cool!

April 5, 2009

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You know who I love? My old college pal, Michael Brewer. He’s electra-awesome for reminding me (via Facebook) of this show from the 70′s. I actually remember watching this…gah. Hope it starts your week off in a super electra-fabulous way!

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