Kelsey

Songs You Should Own

The songs listed below are in no particular order, the purpose of the list (besides being some of my favorites) is that hopefully when you listen to these it will turn you on to other music by these great artists.

Song, Artist, Written By
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A Change Is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke, Sam Cooke
The Weight, The Band, Robbie Robertson
A Whiter Shade of Pale, Procol Harum, Gary Booker / Keith Reid
Ballad of John & Yoko. The Beatles, Lennon / McCartney
Fortunate Son, Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty
Nights In White Satin, Moody Blues, Justin Hayward
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Iron Butterfly, Doug Ingle
Fresh Air, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jesse Oris Farrow
White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick
Try (Just A Little Bit Harder), Janis Joplin, Jerry Ragovoy / Chip Taylor
Dixie Chicken, Little Feat, Lowell George / Martin Kibbee
Magnolia, J.J. Cale, J.J. Cale
Boulder To Birmingham, Emmylou Harris, Barry Danoff, Emmylou Harris
Hasten Down the Wind, Warren Zevon, Warren Zevon
The Streets of Baltimore, Gram Parsons, Tompall Glasier, Harlan Howard
Mississippi Your On My Mind, Jesse Winchester, Jesse Winchester

Once again, these are starter songs that hopefully will point you to some great stuff by these same artists. They by no means are the greatest nor is this designed to be a "top --- list" it's just good music that hopefully you will enjoy.

Fly Traps - Great Product

For years I have battled the summertime fly problem just like most of the world. I have found a great product that will eliminate your problems. It is the "Rescue - Fly Trap", this thing is amazing, it only takes a few minutes to put up and then the fly's come running. In the U.S. you can find these at your Home Depot or Lowe's store and many small town hardware stores. Their web site is http://www.rescue.com. They have many other insect traps I can't speak to their quality but the fly trap is great.

Something Happening Here

Someone asked me why I named this blog the way I did. As I watch the news and read papers the old Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's Worth" keeps rolling through my head. Written by the great Stephen Stills in 1967 I believe it captures the mood of today even better than it did in it's day. It seems to me that there is no room in today's politics for common ground, in the past we often looked for a win/win solution to our world problems, now it is all about taking sides and beating the other guy. Politicians can't seem to make their point without denigrating the other side, tear them down and harm the public's perception, it's gotten personal and ugly, and that is sad.

There's Something Happening Here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong

A Poem of Loss

Recently a young lady lost her child after only having her for ten days. Those ten painful days were spent in a NICU in a hospital, her baby was on a breathing tube and in a closed incubation unit. Only in the last hour of the childs life when all hope was gone was the mother allowed to hold her child. You can experience the pain that the mother endured by reading the poem she wrote, it is below.

A minute too short
An hour too long
How can I hold you when it's to say good bye
I rock you in my arms
I sing you to the heavens
I am left behind with a heart that is broken
My arms are empty and my soul is searching
I look to the sky for some kind of sign
The rain falls on my face like the warmth of your skin
I talk to you with words you don’t know
I speak to you with faith in the light
I know you can hear me
I know you are there
Please listen careful and hear my prayer
I want you to be safe
I want you to be free
I wish you could come back to me

S.J.H. June 2006

If you are looking for the opportunity to help a family and child in need visit the site below.

http://www.faces-cranio.org/

Random Thoughts

This blog is designed as a place for me to just write about random thoughts and commentary on what is going on in the world and in my life. Commentary on television, movies, music, politics and life in general. Things I am watching on TV at the moment that are worth looking at.

Brotherhood - On Showtime - critics are calling this the "Irish Soprano's" but after three episodes I believe it might be much more. A tale of two brothers with differing values (maybe), differing prospects (maybe), but the same background. Annabeth Gish is stealing the show as Tommy's wife, she is sexy, gritty and up to something but it is to soon to tell. Michael, played by Jason Isaacs, is the prototype Irish thug. This is a guy you would not want to have pissed at you. Give this show three episodes and I believe you will find it a good story worth seeing where it goes,

The Snow Walker - Cast: Barry Pepper, Annabella Piugattuk, James Cromwell, Screenplay and Direction by Charles Martin Smith. This gentle story is based on a book by Farley Mowat and it is a very good view. A tale of survival, love and discovery set in the Pacific Northwest.
The story is sweet and gentle and the scenery and soundtrack make the movie a wonderful experience. I got my copy from Netflix, give it a try you won't be disapointed.

Since writing this I ordered a book from Barnes & Noble by Farley Mowat that is a selection of short stories about the life in the far north. It too is called "The Snow Walker and is very good. Great companion to the movie.

That's it for today, give those two a try and I will shortly come back with more.