Ten Songs I Love Right Now

Divide and Conquer by Vandaveer

Signs by The Avett Brothers

Trying to Live My Life Without You by Bob Seger

1901 by Birdy

We Are Young by Fun

Damaged by Plumb

Powerful Stuff by Sean Hayes

Trouble by Ray LaMontagne

Swept Away by The Avett Brothers

Naked as We Came by Iron and Wine

These are in no particular order. Just enjoying them equally..for the most part. The Avett Brothers are beautiful. I only discovered them within the last couple of years. I wish I could have enjoyed them all along.  Below is a video of another great Avett song. Enjoy.

Lent Season

Ash Wednesday is only two days away. I am very much looking forward to Lent this year. This will be my third year and I fear I did not give my all the previous two. I intend to grow in many ways this season although the path that I will take is not completely planned yet.

For those of you who have never taken part in lent, or never heard of it for that matter, I found this article helpful:
http://marshill.com/2011/03/09/why-bother-with-lent

So Much Noise

These walls hold a family of five. Not a quiet brood. I long for a moment of silence, a moment of being unplugged, disconnected from people and the world for just a few minutes. Decompression can soothe a soul.

So, for about six minutes today I sat in a hot bath all alone, closed my eyes, and took several long, deep breaths. It was not enough time to find clarity. Suddenly, the husband is playing with the dog, and the toddler is whining about something, and the baby, well, is just a baby!

I found myself feeling extremely guilty. Those little noises mean health, heartbeats, life. The life of my sweet family...

Far Away Places, Far Away Thoughts

Places I remember...
I didn't always capture the moment.
...other than in my mind.
My mind holds them well enough

Maybe someone smart will read this

Since starting this blog very recently, I have done more "following" than "blogging". There are so many interesting people out there and I already know enough about myself, so why waste time, right? Having said this, I must now complain that my Dashboard is incomplete...sometimes. There are eight blogs that I follow that always appear on my dashboard. I am actually following closer to forty blogs. It seems that Google Friend Connect and Blogger are missing a link in cyber space. I have to leave my page and look around and take some other route to my dashboard; eventually, my list refills. Is there a fix for this?

A Favorite Memory

This is one of my favorite places. An image captured on my honeymoon, by the man of the hour, my husband.

New to this

Looking forward to this.