Ring the bells that still can ring 
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.
~Leonard Cohen, “Anthem”
A new year approaches. And although I have always resisted the practice of making resolutions, I can’t help but think of the possibilities… of the ways things might change both in the world around me and in my personal life. Mostly my personal life, to be honest.
These past twelve months have brought significant changes for me and I suspect the trend will continue on into the new year. So, the other night as I stood shivering and snapping shots of the lunar eclipse, I did as my friend Mindy had written earlier that evening, and said “goodbye to everything that (I) have outgrown”. And then I made a wish. Several times. Just in case wishing on the moon is not as potent as wishing on a star. Though that’s hard to imagine. The eclipse was an epochal event.
Sharing the excitement of the lunar eclipse 12 21 2010 with my Mom and nephew. Bad camera work…you wouldn’t know I was a Media Production grad 😛
As twenty-ten comes to a close and we slide over the cool crest of Winter into the warm cradle of Springtime, to what will you say goodbye? What will you take with you? What are you wishing for?
As part of my farewell 2010/hello 2011 reverie, I created a shortlist of tunes from my You Tube playlists. It was a challenge to choose “favorites”. I love each of the following, however, there are more that didn’t make the final cut—some that I love even better and will remain on my playlists for a long time to come. These are not all new songs but were new to me this year.
In no particular order:
2010 Playlists: new-to-me Top 10
Everybody Got Their Something (Nikka Costa)
Hey Soul Sister (Train)
Crush (Dave Matthews Band)
Count on Me (Lucy Schwartz)
When We Are Together (Texas)
Darling I Do (Landon Pigg and Lucy Schwartz)
Hold On (Jamie Walters)
Missing an Angel (Johnny Reid)
Time Has Told Me (Nick Drake)
Home is Where the Heart Is (Elvis Presley)
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Season’s sweetings 🙂
Best wishes for your health and happiness in 2011
moya 