The right song can make you do anything. It can make you get up and bust a move, or sit alone in your room and contemplate life. Sometimes music inspires in surprising ways, too, especially if you pay... Read more >>

When I got married, my husband and I paraded into our reception accompanied by the alternative rock song “Dare” by the Gorillaz—an unusual song choice, but the rhythmic... Read more >>

As I sat down to begin to write my blog post, I had my iTunes going on shuffle. Bjork’s “All Is Full of Love” began to play. I listened, thought it’d be a great blog post,... Read more >>

She had always thought that there was a song for all situations, if you just listened to the lyrics. She had found an old Oak Ridge Boys tape, okay, it was a cheesy tape, but one song in particular... Read more >>

Stranded It was dusk. The sun lackadaisically cast down its pale yellow rays. We were leaving my house; it was extravagant. With pure white brick and a perfect brown accent, it would have surpassed... Read more >>

It’s as much a part of summer as the smell of hot dogs on the grill or a refreshing dip in a cool pool on a hot day: the singing of the American national anthem. “The Star-Spangled... Read more >>

Wow, when did it come to this; our kids, yours and mine, attending school with sex offenders and there is nothing we can do about it. You know why, because the sex offenders are our children’s... Read more >>