Randy Crawford grew up with five siblings who all sang at home, at church and at events, encouraged by music loving parents. In conversation, she revealed that she inherited her exquisite voice from her mother, who wanted her daughter to have a shot at a career in music. So Randy started to sing in nightContinue reading “Happy Birthday To Randy Crawford.”
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Happy Birthday to Irma Thomas.
The spunky singer and fond New Orleanian celebrates her 80th birthday today. Her contribution to music is enormous. How someone can be so magnanimous and so approachable is a mystery to me that I want to know more about. My hunch is that Irma is a deeply spiritual person. As a teenage waitress, Irma gotContinue reading “Happy Birthday to Irma Thomas.”
Develop That Gift!
Once the interest is there, the aptitude can be developed. And it feels like play. The question is not why so many don’t, because the answer is obvious; the question is how will you prioritize your interest. So many people get caught up in consumerism, addictions, habits that distract them from the pain of havingContinue reading “Develop That Gift!”
Who Taught You How to Live? Who Teaches You How To Live? Who Will Teach You How To Live?
Wisdom tells you that you can’t learn how to live from books, movies, clips, critics, classes, or therapists. You learn how to live from your friends. 6 October 2018
Kinship
It is not because we are the same.It is because our shared interest forms a community. NJ,in 2006
The Misuse Of a Gift
— Choose Your Focus With Care — Yesterday I woke up thinking what a great artist Adele would be, if she sang fetching, sexy love songs instead of those dreadfully insincere break-up songs. I am not sorry about that suggestion for improvements. Her lyrics make me sick – with nausea. I listen to her onlyContinue reading “The Misuse Of a Gift”
It Goes On: Nature And Life
When you garden, some plants die… and they become compost, new earth, for the others. Yet, when you look at the garden, you see life, you see thriving, not decay, and you nurture the plants that keep growing. (You don’t water the plants that have given up.) In the same way, move your attention toContinue reading “It Goes On: Nature And Life”
Love Of Living Relationships
It is safe to say that almost everybody loves the land, the water, the green life that becomes food and some aspects of the familiar culture, and almost no one loves the rules in society set up by groups who were more assertive and more successful at stealing things meant for all, in short, whatContinue reading “Love Of Living Relationships”
Gratitude On Valentine’s Day
I am grateful to love and to all who love me. Happy Valentine’s Day. 14 February 2012
Valentine’s Day
Another day to give yourself permission to do what you love and to surround yourself with sounds, sensual experiences, and living beings that uplift you. To live a few hours by your own design. May your day be beautiful. 14 February 2018
A Plant-Based Meal For a Get-together
Three satisfying, low cost and plant based dishes that compliment each other for celebratory events, not only for Valentine’s Day. By chef Gaz Oakley aka Avant Garde Vegan.
New Moon In February, New Moon In Aquarius: Brighten Up.
Start your day with cacao, if you can. If you don’t have cacao in your pantry, maybe you have all you need to make cinnamon and apple peel tea. The next time you go out, remind yourself that you wanted to try cacao and buy it. The two beverages do not have identical properties. ButContinue reading “New Moon In February, New Moon In Aquarius: Brighten Up.”
Happy Round Birthday To Sergio Mendes!
Sergio Mendes celebrates his 80th (!) birthday today. Over the years and decades, he collaborated with so many artists all over the world. Always offering a scrumptious experience to our ears and legs, he is one of the most appreciated and relevant composers and musicians of our era.. and of the eras before us too.Continue reading “Happy Round Birthday To Sergio Mendes!”
Sanity In Relationships And In Life
Sanity is a great good. Sanity is very underrated too. Given the choice between “being swept away” and sanity, choose sanity. Because good love only finds you when you are sane. While in an imbalanced state, the affair that will find you might soothe you, or appear to be what you want, even distract youContinue reading “Sanity In Relationships And In Life”
Happy Birthday To Roberta Flack.
The friendly music enthusiast, music nerd and elegant singer celebrates her 84th birthday today. A year ago, Ann Powers wrote an intuitive and enjoyable piece about Roberta’s contribution and legacy to American music. “The Virtuoso – Roberta Flack’s career demands a new way of thinking about the word genius”: https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/804370981/roberta-flack-the-virtuoso
Like Chocolate And Cherry
Dizzy With Delight Whoever first thought of dropping cherries into dark chocolate is a genius. The combination is so delicious that from now on, I will think of perfect synergy as “aah, they work like chocolate and cherry.” 6 February 2015
Sunlight Is Medicine
I wrote this is 2014, before vitamin D / D3 and sunlight were promoted as something truly good for our health. Because of the pandemic and its echo in 2021, it reads like a current reminder to go out and soak up the sun, while you can and every day. If you are a fireContinue reading “Sunlight Is Medicine”
Now And Here To Eternity
Love the striving person too, the one who feels deprived, the one who wants to feel better, the one who longs for fulfilment. Love yourself in the winter, when your seeds are underground, waiting for warmth and unseen, known only to you. First week of 2015 — ∞
Born On This Day: Bob Marley
The legend needs no introduction, not even an introduction by me. He he. If you like his music, enjoy this Saturday with it. I will play it in the background later in the day. It lets me forget the temperatures outdoors. My mind is already in spring and what I will do in spring. ThisContinue reading “Born On This Day: Bob Marley”
Food Connects Us To the World
as Michael Pollan communicated in so many ways. Here is another 20 min long talk meant for everyone. Take the time for it! “I decided that the best way to encourage people to cook is to remind them what a beautiful, miraculous work it is, practice it is. And that we have been, I wouldContinue reading “Food Connects Us To the World”
Nanda Jurela 