Dream Vacation (& Job)

A couple months ago I wrote my first ever album review for Shadow Gallery’s “Digital Ghosts”.  It is an album I truly enjoy listening to & it seems I discover something new every time I listen.  Going to see SG in concert would be a great thing…too bad they don’t perform live.  Well that is [...]

“Digital Ghosts” by Shadow Gallery : A Review

The very first note of this album will capture you completely & won’t let go–from the lofty harmonies through the driving beats & furious guitar solos to the exquisite finish, “Digital Ghosts, the new album from Shadow Gallery, is a revelation.

I’m a huge fan of music.  I have a decent & ever-growing collection of music…listening [...]

The One Where I Go to An Outdoor RockFest

Right now I am sitting in my brother-in-law Greg’s house relaxing.  Hubby & I came down to attend RockFest 2009 in Kansas City with Greg & his wife Lisa.  It’s been great to see them & I wish we could do it a lot more often.  Yesterday Hubby, Greg & I attended RockFest (Lisa was [...]

Summer Reading

Since summer is “officially” here with the passing of Memorial Day weekend I thought I’d post a list of books that make great summer (or really any time) reads. Some of them I will be looking to read myself in the very near future.

I truly enjoy reading anything by Jenn Lancaster. Her humor & [...]

Of Drive-ins & First Kisses

Memorial Day weekend is an important anniversary for me.  I completely & totally lost part of me — and I’m so blessed because of that– to Hubby.  But let me fill in some background for my readers who may not know the origins of our little life together.

I was living in the Minneapolis area circa [...]

A Very Betty Boop-session

I’ve been looking around my house lately & wondering what a stranger would learn about me from what I keep around my house. I wonder how long it would take for someone to mention the unusually large number of items with some depiction of Betty Boop. In fact I have many [...]

Amazon, City Hall & UPS

On Friday 4/10 I placed an order with Amazon.com for a book I’ve been lusting after for a short if passionate time.  I was all set to receive my copy of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (Penguin classics edition) today.  It was not to be however.  With a combination [...]

Dancing in the Kitchen

Music is an essential part of my world.  I’ve been listening to all genres of music since I could reach up & turn on my parents’ stereo.  Even then I would dance to whatever was playing on the radio.  My earliest memories of music are listening to the music from then.  I asked Mom for [...]

Yes that makes me part of the “dork force”

Just over a week ago I was on Twitter (I know you’re shocked) when I saw a conversation among some friends about books that should be read.  Now being the naturally curious person I am (okay when it comes to books I’ll jump in w/both feet) I asked the guys (the 3 talking were? are [...]

Across the We Don’t Really Have a Plot, Drug Addled Universe

I watch a lot of movies.  Not having much for television channels and then the switch to digital so now I have even less movies are my escape. I like movies.  The plot, the foreshadowing, the music…all of it is fodder for my mind when I’m stuck at my desk.  I can escape & let [...]

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