my days are slower that I am not teaching this semester. my best friend said there is a peace in my letters to her. i feel it too.

So full of discoveries are the days. Little ones, and big ones alike.

Music.

Some of you may or may not know that music is integral to my life. My Ipod is always going, or my computer's music library is reovlving and slowly burning out my speakers. I sang for years in choirs, choruses, and musicals. I was even recorded on a good friend's musical rough draft. (Somewhere if you dig deep enough in the versions and incarnations of his work, you'll find my voice in the background.) I actually began my college studies as a music major, intending to go onto being a conductor.
This didn't happen, and I switched to English (after having the professor who I swore took the elevator to work each day. When I graduated, I thanked him for being so hard on me, and setting me on my true path.)

Music is a balm like no other for me. Both times when I have gotten the news of a family member's death away from home, instead of running away and screaming, or drinking myself into oblivion (keeping in mind, I don't drink) I blared the music in my car, as loud as it would go. While others blare out hip hop or rap, my stereo is blaring out (until the windows rattle slightly) Copeland, Bach, Gershwin and Mozart.

When I think of key points in my life, it is book marked and cross referenced by Music. Perhaps I will go into that at a later time, more specifically in another entry.

So when I found out I was pregnant with our little one (who is now three yrs old) music was a major part of her time too. Still is.

But we don't do kids music. If I have to listen to it, it's not going to drive me crazy. So she has gotten to have a very ecelectic (at least I think so) taste in music.

She loves the Killers.



She loves Neon Trees


She loves Swing


James


yonder mountain string band


Kt Tunstall


ray lamontagne



STOMP


Drums



Whale Songs



her newest discovery is Elizabeth Mitchell

the song that we love is called winter's come and gone and i cant find it on youtube by her..

also loving renee and jeremy