I’ve been feeling the need to carry a frisbee in my mouth lately. I don’t really care for the taste of plastic but life has been a little too serious these days. Luckily my parents’ four-legged, fuzzy companion, Percy, wags wisdom. He gave me permission to share a few of his tips, highly recommending you … Continue reading »
If you had a chance to reflect on the entirety of your life, and this window opened for one single instant, allowing you to digest everything – millions of images, feelings, thoughts, events, people, places, moments…. What would you find? Would you want to look? I know it’s a bit large (well maybe more than … Continue reading »
The altitude gave me vertigo in a few places but the view is beautiful right now because I’m celebrating my own, and my fellow songwriters’ many successes during The Canadian Songwriters Social Media Challenge! Look how far up the mountain we’ve climbed! We started Week 1 by getting up close and personal with our goals … Continue reading »
Raise your hand if the first thing you think of when you hear the word “funnel” is the keg party you should have avoided during your 1st year of college or university. Raise your other hand if you think of the keg party AND decadent funnel cakes with vanilla ice cream on top. Raise your … Continue reading »
Before I start this blog, I have to say that with regards to Mr. Snowman on the left, I told you in Week 3 I couldn’t draw. Now do you believe me? Week 7 is upon us, or maybe slightly behind some of the more active songwriters who are on top of the blogging game … Continue reading »
Years ago, during a guided meditation, I sunk deep into my body’s awareness. I became conscious of my energy; where it was flowing well, and places where it was blocked. With eyes closed, breathing softly, I felt an impenetrable constriction around my throat. It felt like an iron vice. At this point I’m sure I … Continue reading »
Remember when “You Tube?” used to be a question you would ask a pal at the top of a snow covered hill? When your buddy nodded, you would both jump on a big inner tube and race down the hill, avoiding trees, children and small dogs. At the bottom, freshly exhilarated and wind burned, you’d … Continue reading »
This past month a thought has been circling my mind. I’ve been afraid to let it touch down because I’m not sure what I will find. But often I think what we fear writing about, is exactly what we should be writing about. The thought is this: Can everything be held in the space of love? … Continue reading »
Driving to the recording studio a few weeks ago I was pulled over by the police. Apparently the officer thought I was talking on my cell phone while driving – I wasn’t. If he had known what it looked like he probably wouldn’t have pulled me over. This is my cell phone: Yup. Vintage. This … Continue reading »
Well, here we are. We’ve made it to Week Numéro Trois of the 9-Week Social Media Challenge. This week’s challenge was to put our sights on our websites. Ariel Hyatt urged us to make our websites functional – to not only make them inviting to the eye, but to ensure we embrace the social media … Continue reading »
