The start of another week is upon us.
And being Southern California, we are in another heat wave. Hundred again. Go us. LOL
I got a lot done last week for writing, or at least I felt like I did. This week I will try to update When I Loved You, Idiots in Love, and Bonding. I’d like to get Anything updated as well but trying not to kill myself.
One of my favorite songs is Exile by Enya
Cold as the northern winds
in December mornings,
Cold is the cry that rings
from this far distand shore.
in December mornings,
Cold is the cry that rings
from this far distand shore.
Winter has come too late
too close beside me.
How can I chase away
all these fears deep inside?
too close beside me.
How can I chase away
all these fears deep inside?
I’ll wait the signs to come.
I’ll find a way
I will wait the time to come.
I’ll find a way home.
I’ll find a way
I will wait the time to come.
I’ll find a way home.
My light shall be the moon
and my path – the ocean.
My guide the morning star
as I sail home to you.
and my path – the ocean.
My guide the morning star
as I sail home to you.
I’ll wait the signs to come.
I’ll find a way.
I will wait the time to come.
I’ll find a way home.
I’ll find a way.
I will wait the time to come.
I’ll find a way home.
Who then can warm my soul?
Who can quell my passion?
Out of these dreams a boat
I will sail home to you.
Who can quell my passion?
Out of these dreams a boat
I will sail home to you.
It haunts me. When I was much younger than I am now I thought about writing this huge epic medieval story set in Ireland. I imagined writing this whole scene during a battle where the main character’s best friend and fellow warrior is killed and this song would be playing in the background, as my hero sees his friend die before him. My hero, Duncan, would fall beside his fallen friend and weep in devastation. It should have been a movie or something. LOL
Anyway as I listen to it now, it could fit Jim, I think. AOS Jim anyway. I think so.
I spent a lot of my youth listening to haunting Enya songs. Even to this day my music choices baffle Milo because he thinks they are all depressing.
Anyway, coming up this weekend is the 92 birthday. Woo. Wonder if I will make it that long.
July 23, 2018 at 12:34 am
Thanks for all the updates! I’ve enjoyed them even when they are angsty! <3.
Sorry to hear your weather sucks. Our long range forecast has rain and thunderstorms ever single day till next Saturday!!! Last sunny day was this past Saturday.
I love Enya! But recent years I've had a harder time listening to sad songs! My Dad listens to an Irish music show on Sunday mornings on WFUV from Fordham University. Irish songs are so often so sad… about loss and saying goodbye and parting forever from the one(s) you love. I just can't listen to it! );
My Dad was in the hospital for a week. He got out on Friday. He's 89. Relatively healthy. He goes to four different senior centers each week, walks a mile several days a week, goes to daily mass, still drives.
He developed an infection. Now he's home getting IV antibiotics that I'm giving him daily. While in the hospital he had spots on his liver on a cath scan and they biopsied the liver and they say he has cancer!!!! It's so unfair and sad! I'm an only child. He's the youngest of nine siblings. Only one still alive. Only family he has is me, my three girls and my husband. And nieces and nephews -most of which are in Ireland.
I still didn't tell my girls… my twins were seeing Taylor Swift on Saturday and I didn't want to spoil their fun. My oldest is currently up home from her apartment in Brooklyn where she attends college for art. She talks to her counselor on Wednesdays for depression and anxiety… so maybe we'll tell them on Wednesday- that Grandpa got the biopsy results. Ughhh!!
Meanwhile I try to channel my inner Spock and stay strong.
As of September my three will ALL be in college… That's if I can sort out the financing of it all by August 1st! I don't know how single parent households cope- financially or emotionally. There is just too many things weighing us all down. Makes me want to go off the grid and live on top of a mountain somewhere. Gotta practice my chants! Ommmmm! Lol!
Thanks for sharing your stories with us. It helps me get out of my own head. ❤ ❤ ((Hugs))
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July 23, 2018 at 7:30 am
I’m so sorry about your dad. I think I would have liked him. Mine has been dead for many years now and I miss him. When I was a little kid I’d come home from school and he’d play my favorite Christmas record at the time of mamacita donde esta santa claus. Love it. He would start playing it for me as soon as Halloween was over. Used to make everyone else crazy but I loved it. Anyway, my mom at 92 is very frail at this point. Don’t know how much longer she has. She had colon cancer in her early 80s but made it through that. 89 is a good long life though and I am sure that he has felt your love always. Hopefully whatever time he has left will be loving.
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July 23, 2018 at 3:29 am
I love your updates!
Holy god. That heat! Don’t melt. Stay hydrated.
I love that song and I can see it played over your medieval death scene. But I also totally agree. It can be for Jim!
Happy birthday to the mom!
And gah can’t wait for more updates on stories. :).
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July 23, 2018 at 7:31 am
thank you my friend ❤
Yes I am melting already. Can't wait for summer to be done!
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July 23, 2018 at 7:39 am
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July 23, 2018 at 9:04 am
Loved your updates last week! Care to update my stories for me? LOL j/k
I need to listen to Enya. I feel I may like her songs.
That medieval story sounds super good! I’d read it and watch it!
Hope you have a good week!
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July 23, 2018 at 9:16 am
LOL that was a long time ago. I think my head was filled with visions of Boromir dying on the battlefield and Aragorn knelt beside him. Although I am fairly certain my idea came before Peter Jackson’s scene! LOL Were I to think of it now they would have been lovers as well as best friends. *smirk*
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