personal

  • grief - loss - personal

    Remembering Ryan Means

    Song Lyric of the Day: Oh good people’ve been here over ten thousand years / Everyone bright as shining sun / We’ve got no less days to sing God’s praise / From the time that we begun Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues / “Amazing Grace“ On July 13, 2009,…

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    Done Went and Bought a House

    Song Lyric of the Day: Ahh home, let me come home / Home is wherever I’m with you / Ahh home, let me go ho-oh-ome / Home is wherever I’m with you Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / “Home“ The spouse and I bought a new house recently. I’ve…

  • grief - loss - personal

    Supporting a Local Blogger

    Song Lyric of the Day: One of us is gonna be here / And one of us is gonna be running / Off alone into a great unknown A Fine Frenzy / “Blow Away“ As almost every Knoxville-area blogger (as well as many beyond our city limits) knows by now,…

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    Home Away From Home

    Song Lyric of the Day: Our house it has a crowd / There’s always something happening / And it’s usually quite loud Madness / “Our House“ I’m bunking at my sister’s house for a few days. Don’t worry, everything on my homefront is good. It’s just that she, my bro-in-law,…

  • personal - pregnancy

    UPDATED: IT’S A GIRL!

    Song Lyric of the Day: I’ve got a sweeter song / Than the birds in the trees / Well, I guess you’ll sayWhat can make me feel this way? / My girl (My girl, my girl) / Talkin’ ’bout my girl (My girl)The Temptations / “My Girl“ UPDATED 9PMBundle’s a…

  • personal - pregnancy

    18 Weeks & The Fluctuating Belly

    Song Lyric of the Day: Have you heard the Mona Lisa / Have you heard who you are / You’re a new morning / You’re a new morning / You’re a new morning Alpha Rev / “New Morning“Things have been a whirlwind since Rich and I announced we were pregnant.…

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    Shallowness Deferred

    Song Lyric of the Day: We’re drifting, drifting alone apart / Not to show that we’re in need / But I’d heal your wounds if you bleedThe Swell Season / “Alone Apart“ I blather on about a lot of stuff here, 99 percent of which is unimportant. Which is why…

  • blogging - personal

    To Post or Not to Post

    Song Lyric of the Day: According to you / I’m difficult / Hard to please / Forever changing my mind / I’m a mess in a dress / Can’t show up on time / Even if it would save my life Orianthi / “According to You“ There were grand plans…

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    The Return of the Nocturnal Blogger

    Song Lyric of the Day: So if your life flashed before you, what would you wish you would’ve done? / Yeah, we gotta start lookin’ at the hands of the time we’ve been given / If this is all we got, then we gotta start thinkin’ / If every second…