My cousin Nancy is a songwriter and musician. She has a lovely and gentle heart, and it comes out in her music. Whenever I hear her sing, I can't help but seeing this sweet hippie chick that you just can't help but like. Not spacey, not saccharine, but just someone who enjoys simple, beautiful things.
I also admire how she has been taking steps over the past several years to get her music out there. She has recorded a few very nice CD's, and has been doing concerts at various venues around Boise Idaho, her hometown, as well as reaching out through a website, blog, CDBaby and even facebook and myspace. I can't speak for her, but it seems to me that it's not about getting rich as a musician (although I don't guess that she would turn down money if offered), but she is diligently seeking ways to share her music with the world. It's step by step, a learning process,and I'm pretty sure she has seen her share of setbacks and disappointments. But the process is progress. I appreciate the strength and perserverence it takes to lay your life's work out for everyone to form an opinion. That is no small thing.
She recently put up a song on YouTube called Chicken Rosemary Potato Bean Soup. It creates such a warm and delightful domestic picture of a warm dinner on a cold night. It strikes me as kind of a winter song, but even though it's turning rapidly to spring, nights are still chilly enough here in New England that it still fits. I can imagine hearing this song played on a Sunday night public radio folk show. It has a nice feel to it.
Thanks Nancy. I'm posting your song with the lyrics.
5:45 with evening descending – The night before us pending Glad for the wood pile Stan stacked by the house Stoke the fire before it goes out
Potato Bean Soup simmers to hot Throw in some chicken (since that’s what we’ve got) Light the candle I just bought Throw the spices now into the pot
CHORUS: CHICKEN ROSEMARY POTATO BEAN SOUP ON THE STOVE LET’S ADD THE LENTILS THAT BENJAMIN JUST BROUGHT HOME (from the road) WHAT WOULD BE PERFECT IS SOME PAN BIGIO (warmed on a stone) HALF AN HOUR AND WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO
Call up Ashley and tell her the soup’s on Why don’t you bring Billy; stay as long as you want Or if you can’t stay take some home for tomorrow I’ll tuck in the recipe so you can follow
Well, in my best pseudo schoolboy latin, I believe Neco Dracones translates as "I Kill Dragons." Still confused? Maybe a quick read of my introductory posting will clear some of this up. Read First Sortie.
Family guy, hurtling headlong through the late forties. Not complaining. Far from it. Life is what you make it, and life is good.
I enjoy the love of one good woman. I revel in the joy of two strong and beautiful daughters.
I delight in all that is true and good and beautiful. My business is all about words, ideas, and the business that they can create. My hobbies are mostly physical (except the ones that aren't), taken outdoors and often painful. I kind of like it that way. I'm not sure why. I just do.
My faith is Christian and that makes me a sinner and a saint, swallowing the the Word, the Bread, and the Wine altogether, with the Nicene Creed for dessert, and all by the grace of Jesus.
I'll converse about most anything, even if I don't know much about it. That's pretty much why I thought a blog might be a good idea.
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand. Ezra Pound
Storms make oaks take deeper root. George Herbert
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. Thomas Paine
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1 comment:
Wow thanks cousin D! So many nice things said and you understand my intent which means so much to me!
Cool blog, by the way! I'll be back!
Your cousin, Nanc
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