Blood on the Nile

Joshua Perahia is a very good friend of my family. He just wrote and produced this song about the war in the Middle East. Joshua is about to come out with a new album and this is the first single.


"Blood on the Nile" is about how after thousands of years, people are still dying in the Middle East. This is a very real and patriotic song! May God Bless America!

Blood on the Nile

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Poem in Your Pocket Day

April 14th is "Poem in Your Pocket Day". I naturally I had a blast. I had a hard time picking out a short poem to share – most of the poems I like are SUPER long! But at last I settled on a poem by my favorite poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson!


"The Oak":

Live thy Life
     Young and old,
Like yon oak,
Bright in spring,
     Living gold;


Summer-rich
     Then; and then
Autumn-changed,
Sober-hued
     Gold again.


All his leaves
     Fallin at length
Look he stands,
Trunk and bough,
     Naked strength.


I love poems. I think most people underestimate writing! Everything is done through texting – e-mail seems to have gone out of style now too! I have a difficult time finding out about events because I don't have a Facebook, and people get really mad when I "don't text back". Gimme a good ol' pencil and I'll be happy!

I've lately take up writing to my... let's say, distant family. I never hear from them, but I still take the time two send an Aunt or two a card, telling them what I'm up to. Sometimes I wonder if it's any use – not that I really mind that they never write back – but deep in the back of my mind I wonder if the letter arrived. But, that's just my paranoia creeping in. Perhaps my persistence is changing the course of history! Or maybe I'm just keeping a lonely person from having to spend another night just gazing at the ceiling. Whatever the case, I know God is using my talents to do his will.

So, what's your favorite poem? Post it (or a link to it) in the comments below, so I can enjoy it too!

Post Script:
Psalms totally count as poems!

Music and Lyrics

For those of you that don't know me, I love music. Well, I had an interesting experience today with music and why listening -- I mean REALLY listening -- to lyrics is extremely IMPORTANT!

I really like the band The Script. I think they have a cool sound and the songs I've heard on the radio seem morally neutral. I decided to buy their CD so that I could enjoy them all the time in my car...

I unwrap the disc an slide it into my CD player and begin bouncing to some fun music when *BAM* the lead singer almost yells an atrocious curse word. I was shocked but continued to listen to the music because I really, REALLY liked it. After playing it a couple times, the swear word started getting to me; so, I decided to re-burn the disc without the curse (I have an editing program). Thinking my problem is now solved I keep having fun with the music.

*Today* I was walking with my Dad and started singing one of the songs from the CD. "So if you see Kay, will you tell her that I love her / And if you see Kay, let her know that I want her back". He looks at me funny and asks, "Who are you singing?" I explain to him about the CD I bought and that this was one of my favorite songs.

"Sing that part again," he asked; which I did. "Are you so naive that you don't even hear what you're saying?" he asked. Evidently I was when to my utter amazement and sheer horror, he told me that "if you see Kay" was a not-so-creative way of spelling out "the F-word".

Talk about a rain on my little party of innocence day. I nearly cried when I found out (not to mention being crushed that the band I liked was being deceptive.) Here I am, thinking I'm singing about a girl named "Kay" when I get hit with a bullet the size of a book of lyrics.

Let this be both a lesson and a warning to music lovers. Be careful what you listen to, and if there is even a hint of "inappropriateness" in an artist, there is probably WAY more (in unexpected places to say the least.)

*Sad Face* :(

A Moment's Notice

If you had only a few minutes to decide what you were going to do with your life, what would your first instinct be? Would you ask God? Would you panic? Would you continue doing what you've always done? Would you pick something radically different?

Sometimes we have only a few seconds to make a decision that could impact someone. God is always there to ask any question at a moment's notice. What's even better is that you can ask Him anything in a fraction of a second! That's the beauty of having a God that can read minds and hearts.

Mermaids

I love art, and today I thought that I would share some of my favorite pieces -- mermaid pieces that is.


This Picture makes me think of a sculpture carefully chiseling our his master piece when before he knows it, the carving begins taking on a life of its own.

This image has always intrigued me by its nearly seamless transition from a lady into water and sky. How the folds of her sleeves morph into clouds astounds me.

This picture makes me think of endless caverns and mysterious places long forgotten in the deep.

I love her tail in this parchment sketch. The touching scene of the human and the mermaid reminds me of The Little Mermaid but something is a little different. Perhaps it is that determined look in here eye.

A lonely mermaid, resting against a purple sky. Perhaps someone will sneak up on her when she is not looking...

Manu by Sarah B. Seiter makes me think of an attendant of the Lady of the Lake, or perhaps a mermaid that has raided a sunken ship or two (by that gold hoop in her "ear").