My little bakery
I’m so utterly saturated in the music online scene nowadays that I’m actually becoming concerned for my health. I can’t imagine that my hours in front of the computer screen are healthy. What is healthy for me though, is seeing the amount of musicians out there working hard to turn their hobbies into income. It’s even more enjoyable however to see the audiences that are supporting them. I’m speaking directly to my audience as well. You may wake up in the morning and quickly go onto Facebook, Like a few things and then head off to work without thinking much about it. Maybe...
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The very last thing that I want to do is sound like I’m preaching. The reason that I blog is only because I have an overwhelming feeling about something that I obviously want to share with the internet world and to those of you.
I don’t know about you but as of late, it seems like there is SO much negative energy in the air. Gun control debates, tax time, Ex-cops on the loose, obscure murder mysteries… all sorts of things.
Lets face it; it’s getting more and more difficult to be a sunny positive person. For the last month now, I have been doing a little thing every morning that seems...
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Wisconsin, 2000, my parents and I shuffle through a crowded diner and take a low-profile seat somewhere in the back. We barely understand the jumble of nasal orders that are passed between waiters and chefs- we have never seen anything like this before. The waitress comes to our table with a cold and agitated posterior. “Hey y’all was it gun be?” My mother answers politely, “A wah-teh pleeze”, in her polished South African accent. The woman’s eyebrows cave together in a frown on her forehead… “Wha’s that neow??” I budge in to break the awkward moment resting in tightly in air....
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The other night we went to a Christmas celebration in downtown Kirkland, a quaint shore-front town in Washington.
We wait for the official lighting of the tree and you can feel the holiday togetherness in the air. Little children in bear hats and cute mittens have the best seat in the house, each one sitting on daddy’s shoulders. Maybe they wouldn’t even remember this moment or the feeling in the air. These little bunnies won’t even remember that the air feels surprisingly warm for a Christmas tree lighting event. They won’t even remember the smell of roasted cashews in the air or the fact...
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In 8 days I will be getting on a plane and moving across the country to Seattle, Washington from small Binghamton, New York. Before that, I will be packing my green Kia Soul which I have named Vanessa with a few key items…My keyboard, some bags, a portrait of a photo I took in Santorini on my Europe backpacking trip, and a few other necessities. All of these items, stored carefully in Vanessa’s belly, will travel across the United States in some foreign truck, to a foreign place that I will eventually call my new home.
If you saw me today, however, you wouldn’t think I am the adventurous...
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