Ghostwater Garden

I've Been Meme-Tagged!

I'm not one to follow up on chain letters... sending me one is certain death for it. But somehow, these list memes fascinate me.  And since I seem to be getting all of nothing done at my desk today, I might as well fill some time with this, no?

The game goes like this:

Instructions:

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now.

Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.

Right off the top of my head, this one has been running through my mind today:

Billy Squire - Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You *

I will add more through the day as I come up with them... I really should be working -

Burl Ives - Lavender Blue

Shivaree - Goodnight Moon

Hoo boy, are the songs in my head ever eclectic... what can I say?

{Day two three of meme... Thursday 22 December}

Madeleine Peyroux - Dance Me to the End of Love

{Day three four of meme... Friday 23 December}

Jude Cole - The Speed of Life

(eh, here I am again on the 29th - day nine, trying to wrap this thing up.)

Frank Sinatra - That's Life

One more.  One more...  Hmmm... Might be time to run through my CDs looking for favorites...

Whew, here we go, via Radio Paradise:

Simon and Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa

And done. 

Can you tell by the songs that have held my interest that I've been a bit existential of late?  Call it midlife, I guess.  It's been that kind of year. 

But I'd rather be a forest than a street.  I surely would. 

Meme Via Knitagarden

*where lyrics are available and won't direct-link, I've included them behind the cut:

Living Quietly

I was revisiting the photos from last spring's visit to Pennsylvania's Raccoon Creek State Park, and thinking about the folks that took that wildflower walk with me. 

One of our party was quite the daredevil, walking out on over the river on huge cantilevered deadfalls and stepping right up to the bluff's rocky edges.  I thought he was nuts.  He, I am sure, thought he was living.  And we are both right. 

I've come to the realization that risk-taking is an essential part of life, but we all pick our risks.  I am no less living with my little in-house business and my shaky health care I pay for (and pay more for each year, amazing how fast those things leap in their increases.)

I don't need to do any edge-stepping to get the thrill of being near a long fall. I prefer living quietly. 

And here is where I go off on a ramble, care to come with?

And now for something completely different:

You are an Iris:

You are logical, analytical, dignified, and wise. You are studious by nature and may prefer books to people. You tend to be a serious person but are capable of making others laugh with your dry sense of humor. Friends always benefit from your advice.

Symbolism: Over the centuries the iris has come to symbolize faith, wisdom, hope, and promise in love.

Which Flower are You?
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