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Summer Sizzle

08 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by greyhousejournal in Around the House, Friends, Grace, Links, Music, Out and About, Something New, Thinking Out Loud, Wildlife

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Around Town, Friends, Health, Holidays, It's Always Something, Links, Video, Weather

I think everyone in L.A. will agree that summer has over-stayed his/her hot welcome. Temps for the next week are forecast to be in the oppressive 100’s. Gasp! Not nice. Especially when half of your face looks like you were shoved into a brick wall, is brilliant red with purple tinges and swollen (I won’t frighten you with a photo; it’s that bad!). And particularly when one of your upper molars started screaming bloody murder this morning.

Luckily, I have a great dentist which is why I now drive over one half of an hour to see him. He actually called me back yesterday when I left a message on his special phone number for emergencies. Yes, on Labor Day! As a result, he will be squeezing me into his schedule today.

He also called in a prescription for antibiotics yesterday which my neighbor across the street, A. kindly picked up for me. I couldn’t drive if I wanted to, my right eye is so swollen. She usually goes to Trader Joe’s on Sundays or holidays and asked if I needed anything. What a saint.

Another saint in my roster is my friend S. and her sweet husband J. She couldn’t take me to the dentist tomorrow (she herself has doctor appointments) so she volunteered her husband. I really am blessed!

I need a little cheering up here so I’ll post a couple of videos. One actually hints at an upcoming post. First, your very own countdown to the end of summer right here!

And then this video of incredible fluffy cuteness!

The beautiful music in the above video is very relaxing. So too are the images. Just look at the little paws reaching for the man’s shorts to make sure he sees them. I really needed that!

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Better…Righting One’s Mind

01 Monday Sep 2014

Posted by greyhousejournal in Gardening, Grace, Inspiration, Life, Memory Lane, Music, Pets, The World, Thinking Out Loud

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Diary-type Entry, Good Things, Heavy Metal, Inspiration, Led Zeppelin, Legends, Lenny Kravitz, Life, Music, Pets, Robert Plant, Weather

Sorry to have bothered you with my less than upbeat post on the 26th. But I was correct in thinking that writing about things that were disturbing me, would help me sort them out in my mind. Sometimes just getting negative stuff out of your system by giving it up to the universe is surprisingly cathartic. When you put things out and away from you, there is less to dwell on and internalize about.

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It makes me think of Max Ehrmann’s Desiderata. “…do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.” “And whether or not it is clear to you, the universe is unfolding as it should.” And so I have found a bit of peace by sending my fears and worries off into the ethers.

Reminds me of the little box of “worry dolls” my Dad brought back from one of his trips to South America in the 50’s.

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The idea is that your take each little doll and give  your worry (worries) to them or write down your woes and put the paper into the box with the dolls. During the night the little ones will take your concerns away. It actually works, sort of the way my writing about things that are bothering me. You can find out more by googling “worry dolls”.

And miracles do continue to occur in my life somehow. Amazingly.

A budgie has returned. Don’t know if it’s the same one but I found it perched on the chain link fence just eight feet from the back door yesterday. So I feel quite graced and happy to see the little ball of feathers. It has the sweetest little chirp.

The weather continues its onslaught of heat hitting 112F+ (44.5C) yesterday. Thankfully the humidity was only 25%. The forecast is in the 100’s for the next six or so days. Then we’ll supposedly be in the high 90’s. Part of the problem has been the night temps which should be in the low 60’s but aren’t. At least they aren’t until about 5 a.m. in the morning. Without that cooling over the whole evening, the uninsulated buildings (which is most of California’s housing) don’t cool down so we start the morning already in the red zone.

I’m trying to just grit my way through it and pray for mid-November to hurry. Yes I know, so many of you are saying adieu to summer as I type this. Unfortunately, that won’t be the case here. I’ll probably still try to get someone to help me set up a few containers with herbs before then and be happy if I can do that.

I’ve marked my calendar for November 1 to 15 for planting sweet peas.Sweet Peas2010-Garden Gate They’re so easy and have a lovely, light fragrance when they bloom in early spring. Such a nice, old-fashioned flower.

Anyhow, I’ll leave you with a little memory and a couple of stunning performances.

Tribute to Led Zeppelin by Heart at the Kennedy Center in 2012. Here’s more of the tribute in the following video, including Stairway to Heaven.

Thank you for stopping by.

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K. D. Lang Helps….

21 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by greyhousejournal in Around the House, Family, Grace, Life, Memory Lane, Music, Pets, Thinking Out Loud

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Blue, hallelujuh, Inspiration, K. D. Lang, Life, Links, Memories, Pets

I am cold and lonely without my little Blue. I’m screaming inside and all I can think of is how totally alone I am without my Blue. I found him when we were both terribly in need of a love.

A song came to mind today that I posted once before, for different reasons. It is a healing piece sung by the incredible K. D. Lang. Sorry for the ad at the beginning. She has such an incredible voice and sings with so much feeling. Love her.

Go off to sleep now, it’s late. Very, very late if you’re on PST. Can’t seem to let my little love go. He just dwells in my memory. Oh, Blue, my sweetheart, I love you.

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Love Is All You Need!

06 Sunday May 2012

Posted by greyhousejournal in Memory Lane, Music

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Happiness

This is from The Beatles. Love!!

Okay…plus a few more. 🙂

1. Nothing like them since.

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And another song that’s soooooooo good.

Happy memory lane!

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Enter With CAUTION…seriously.

04 Friday May 2012

Posted by greyhousejournal in Family, Music, Something New

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Craziness, Diary-type Entry, Family, Karma, Life, Rock and Roll, Santana

Las Vegas is a truly an ugly city in the middle of the desert. I do not like the desert. At all. My ex-husband of many years and I lived in Chicago, Milwaukee, Rochester, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He now lives in Reno, Nevada. Why? No idea other than assorted tax and corporate advantages. Been there twice and really hated it. More ugly. Sorry to the souls who live there and like it. I just don’t.

You’ll recall my post where I mentioned how the members of what’s left of my family had virtually disconnected from me. You’ll also remember that I was very hurt and disappointed. Well, today while checking in at Facebook, I discovered that I was no longer in my sister-in-law’s “friend” list. Did she “un”-friended me? Nice. Guess it’s an early little birthday present from Mrs. Jodi-roonie C-H, the #*tch.

I continue to hold onto my belief of “what goes around, comes around”…that karma is just building up for all people everywhere who are unkind and thoughtless. So much of the world is like this. (Wonder if it’s caused by the disillusion created by the Second Great Depression, courtesy of big business, investment bankers and Wall Street. And, how could I forget, the government and selfish politicians/lawyers.) I wrote a while back about how family often treats each other with less care and respect than strangers and friends. Pretty pathetic.

Maybe it’s the fact that I’m playing “Classic Rock” on Pandora at the full volume on my iMac, something I rarely do. I’m sure it can be heard outside since the walls are paper-thin. Mac’s really have good speakers but I’d like better…oh well, no moo-la. It’s the music of my life and it reminds me of the life I no longer have.

It’s times like this that I just want to get in my car and drive like like a flaming bat out of h#ll doing about 90 mph. Yes, I’ve done this before (not often)…but carefully and watching in the rear view mirror. Just drive and drive. LOVE IT. Don’t blush but sometimes it’s better than sex (at least in my memory…). Truly clears out all that’s bothering one. Better than any shrink! At least for me. Of course it’s kind of impossible in LA traffic. Probably should have been a race car driver.

Inherited this love from my father who also loved cars and driving. He’s the one who taught me to drive a car. The best and only compliment he ever paid me (to my face) was to tell me a few months before he died that I was an excellent driver. I felt like the earth stood still in that moment. He also confided that my brother, who took Drivers Ed in high school, was a terrible driver. Note:  I’ve ridden with Rusty-boy and it’s just plain scary when he’s at the wheel.

This is the only time I ever remember being told I was really good at something by one of my parents. National Honor Society as well as Quill and Scroll in high school and an IQ somewhere over 140 back then…graduating Cum Laude (damn Chemistry 101, would’ve been Magna or Summa) in college…nothin’. Pretty sad, huh? Funny, guess they just expected perfection, so didn’t feel the need to say anything positive…just noted when I did something wrong. Kind of like doltoid. Hmmm.

Oh, and while I’m doling it out on Rusty, he never graduated from college, even though my parents thought he did (I never told them otherwise since it would have broken their hearts). His resume says he did. He also spent only two or three weeks at the Sorbonne in Paris, junior year of college, even though he’s expanded it to a whole summer  and more on his resume. Twit. Wow! Never told anyone this stuff. Felt really good to get it of my chest. Amazing. Thanks so much for reading and just ignoring grumpy me!!

My thought for all parents out there:  take a moment and tell your child when they impressed you with something they did. You are their “god”…they’ll never forget it. Me? Had to wait decades for any praise from a parent.

I’ve decided I’m ignoring the day of my birth this year. I don’t want it. I’m through with it. One of my favorite songs is playing:  Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty. So much energy.

Actually, writing about driving, I may just drive partway to Vegas and back on Sunday. Hence the pic at the beginning of this post. No desire to visit, it’s not a pretty city, too plastic for me. But the drive is great with music blasting.

We’ll see.

Just a little note, here’s my playlist on Pandora this afternoon and evening…all hard driving rock. Really good! Amazing how music can take you so low it hurts and so high you’re soaring.

Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison

Stairway to Heaven (Live 1973) by Led Zepplin

Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lovin’, Touchin’, Sqeezin’ by Journey

More Than a Feeling by Boston

House of the Rising Sun by The Animals

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door by Bob Dylan

Tuesday’s Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Livin’ On a Prayer by Bon Jovi

Hold On Loosely by 38 Special

Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum

Twist and Shout by The Beatles

Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield

Separate Ways by Journey

All Right Now by Free

Who’ll Stop the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Have You Ever Seen the Rain? by John Fogerty

Eye of the Tiger by Survivor

Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) by The Hollies

Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty

Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf

La Grange by ZZ Top

Just What I Needed by The Cars

I Won’t Back Down by Tom Petty

Take the Money and Run by Steve Miller Band

Hot Blooded by Foreigner

Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seeger

Summer of ’69 by Bryan Adams

Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Black Magi Woman. Gypsy Queen by Santana (LOVE THIS)

Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Separate Ways by Journey

Sunshine of Your Love by Cream

Wish You Were Here (Live)  by Pink Floyd

Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes

All My Love by Led Zeppelin (thru the out door)

Some Kind of Wonderful by Grand Funk Railroad

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones

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