good morning, everyone!
i'm up a little before i need to be so i thought i'd blog for once...

the weather is getting cool and crisp here, well as much as it can be, but enough for me to wear long sleeves comfortably all day long. which i love. so i've been making lots of soup, drinking tea, and just chilling out reading some good Word and listening to coltrane. and also my shuffle, which contains denison witmer, bettie seveert, otr, aquaduct, u2, arcade fire, innocence mission, poole, band of horses, saves the day, pinback, sloan, minus the bear, rainer maria, the go team, rilo kiley, stars, the national, spoon, the hold steady, clap your hands say yeah, moonbabies, and oh so much more.
ahhhhhh...

it's been a long time since i have listened to new music, or much music at all. i connect music to certain times of my life and whenever i hear it, i get a feeling/visual/etc that reminds me. so i didn't get into a lot of stuff these past 6 months because i didn't want to hear an album and instantly think, "this was from when my dad had brain cancer". now i finally feel like i can get into things without associating everything with the actual disease. now for lots of healing.

when someone you love dies
you never question where they've gone
like landscapes on the snow
they're blocks you build more life upon
they're the corner of your eyes
their quiet arms still comfort you
-denison witmer
i tried to make you smile