This week’s list of Good Things should not go to waste. We have a classic song, recycled. There are food scraps, saved. Finally, decades of IKEA catalogs rescued from the trash bin. Read the full list at https://www.patreon.com/posts/things-not-to-10-41468690
Sometimes to look forward, we’ve got to look back. Here’s a list of good things from “of old” that may just make your future brighter. This week I bring you a killer groove from Bill Withers, incredible hundred year old footage of bustling Tokyo and 68 bits of unsolicited advice from Kevin Kelly, founder of … Read more
If you make music, you should know about Spitfire Labs FREE software instruments. I first learned about Labs from producer Roy Salmond and I couldn’t be happier with the results I’ve gotten so far (thanks Roy!). The quality of every instrument I’ve tried is top-notch and you’ll find a lot of inspiring, original sounds. … Read more
Image from Usplash I’ve been reflecting on the power of music this week – and since yesterday, the power of the human voice. Here in Alberta, new Government guidelines for outdoor events are opening up many activities starting tomorrow as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, but public singing is not coming back just yet. If I’m reading … Read more
The Dare You walked across The empty street and Reached out your hand It seemed like a giant’s hand A threat A dare Be human again Incarnate Just for this moment With all of the voices Shouting disapproval I reached out in surrender I took your hand … Read more
It’s The Little Things Like a bullet in an old drawer long forgotten Like a criminal who’s grown too tired to run Like a prayer can start out sweet but then go rotten Like a poison thorn dug deep within your thumb It’s the little things that matter It’s the … Read more
In The Long Line Outside Canadian Tire A man races from his parked car, Chasing a receipt across the asphalt Towards the socially distanced line Of humans barely holding it together He bends down to grab it As the wind whips it up from his hands and Three more feet … Read more
I Am Home As the quilt of Alberta comes into view I’m thinking about them and I’m thinking about you And the ways I could change and become someone new While the wings of the plane tilt for landing I already miss it, the sagebrush, the heat The loud … Read more
Deserted This is a list Of every person I watched Walk by my house on Saturday morning I hope next April This list is longer
Left Behind When I was 7 or 8 I would wait in the car Outside the grocery store Or the bank And cry In fear I’d been abandoned Not by mom But by You Because I’d been told You would come Unannounced To take the good Or, when she … Read more