June 5 is World Environment Day. It is also Day 5 of the 30 Days – 30 Songs! challenge. The song challenge is being hosted by Sarah, from Art Expedition.
So the day chooses the music — Earth Cry (composed by Peter Sculthorpe). Sadly, Peter Sculthorpe died in 2014 after a long and distinguished music career in Australia and internationally.
It is not too late to join the Challenge. Casual players welcome. Click here to create a pingback to Sarah’s Day 5 post.
Kind Regards.
Tracy
Who would have thought a song challenge would get the ol’ grey matter working? It is Day 4 of the 30 Days, 30 Songs! challenge. This challenge is hosted by Sarah from Art Expeditions.
Woo, Woo.
Sarah’s pick for today is dark — fun, but dark. She has chosen Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones. Nice. I can work with that. So are you ready for another song, ladies and gentlemen? Let’s take a walk to the edge of town.
It is not too late to join the Challenge. Casual players welcome. Click here to create a pingback to Sarah’s Day 4 post.
Too many songs, so little time.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.
My friend, Sarah from Art Expeditions is hosting the 30 Days, 30 Songs! challenge and I thought I would join in for the Day 3 shenanigans.
Sarah chose Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Want to Have Fun for her song today. What a fantastic song! I love that song, and I know I’m showing my age, but there were many discos held in my lounge room dancing to that song when it first came out. Around the same time, the Communards did a cover of Don’t Leave Me This Way. What an era for dancing that was. As you can imagine, I nearly wore a hole in my carpet from all the dancing. So I think I’ll go with that as my song pick for Day 3. I also note that WordPress has just announced its support for Pride Month so the timing couldn’t be better to pay tribute to these talented people.
I’m losing control. I won’t be satisfied until I have a sing. Sing it with me.
It is not too late to join the Challenge. Click here to create a pingback to Sarah’s Day 3 post.
I’ll be back tomorrow if I can think of any more favourite songs.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.
It is Day 2 of the 30 Days, 30 Songs! Challenge being hosted by Sarah from Art Expeditions, and therefore time for my next song pick.
I have been waiting for Sarah’s post because I often need a little inspiration from others before my brain clicks into gear. Sarah’s choice is Beautiful Day by U2. I hadn’t heard that one before, so I looked up the date it was released — 2000. That explains it. It was about then that I gave up on popular music. It might have had something to do with being so exhausted from raising children. Quality may have been an issue too (disco was dead!). However, I’m still inspired by Sarah’s U2 theme, so I am going to stick with a variation on that theme.
One of my all time favourite songs is I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. The song was written by U2 and first released in 1987, but it was not until I heard The Chimes’ version of the song, that it really became an anthem for me. I am slightly conflicted, but only slightly, because I’ve already posted this song for a blog challenge. However, you can never have enough of this song. Trust me, you can sing the melody and harmonies at the same time. Sing it with me.
It is not too late to join the Challenge. Click here to create a pingback to Sarah’s Day 2 post.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.
Dear Readers, my friend, Sarah from Art Expeditions, is hosting a challenge for the month of June. It is the Share Your Music: 30 Days – 30 Songs! challenge. I’ve decided to participate because I like Sarah and I like music. Also, June is the first month of winter in my part of the world and because I am very indecisive, this challenge could keep me out of trouble.
I’m sure Sarah would love it if you joined in the challenge too. Any or every day of the month would be just fine. Be sure to include a pingback to her daily music post if you decide to participate. That way others can also see your selection. Click here for her Day 1 post. For the first day, she chose the main theme to Star Wars — one of my favourites. You can never have too many favourites. For my first post of the challenge, I have chosen a variation on Sarah’s theme of stars and war. I have landed on Holst: The Planets, ‘Mars’. Eek, very punny! As you are probably aware, Mars is the bringer of war. Enjoy.
Have you got a favourite from the The Planets suite? Let me know. I can’t decide.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.
I have been reminded that it has been a whole year since the Ragtag Daily Prompt was established. For those of you who don’t know, I contribute a prompt word each Thursday. The initiative involves a whole team of people, including the administrators of the group, as well as everyone who contributes responses each day.
I thought we should have a sing to celebrate and I hope you will sing along with me, each in our respective lounge rooms. It’s a song about horses and birds, or something like that, so what more could you ask for? Seriously though, it is about giving flight to your hopes and dreams in an encouraging environment. That’s very Ragtag, don’t you think?
This is my response to the Ragtag Daily Prompt — Prompt. Click on the link to join in the fun.
Kind Regards.
Tracy
My thoughts are with the good people of Sri Lanka as you mourn the loss of many lives to terror and ignorance. I am sorry for your loss. May God give you the strength to respond to violence not with more violence, but with peace.
Kind Regards
Tracy.
A post for the environmentally-conscious and chocolate-mad.
Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve got Friday on my mind. I’ve been waiting for this event all year. For many years it has kept me going — my National Folk Festival. It is a magnet for extremists. I say extremists because that is the language that is now being used by some leaders to describe the environmentally and socially-conscious. In the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, you would think that our leaders would have learned that scare-mongering can have dire repercussions. It legitimises the warped views of those who would seek to achieve their aims through violent action. It is the responsibility of our leaders not to characterise peaceful, concerned citizens as extremists. Instead, let’s have a reasoned debate on solutions given the evidence. In other words, let’s have some evidence-based policy making without the histrionics, and then we can vote on it. Read more
Warning: this post contains many exclamation marks.
It’s hard to be serious about blogging, ladies and gentlemen, when the sun is shining brightly. So yes, I am still procrastinating. This is not my promised “dear-to-my heart” post, but rather my “fear-to-my-heart” post. When my adrenaline levels peak, I have my werewolves in London moment. I start writing very bad rhyming poetry. It’s insane. Thankfully the urge soon passes. Anyway, here’s the first line –
On a bright and sunny day, Fynnie dog went out to play. Read more
I am having trouble organising/articulating my thoughts for my previously flagged “dear-to-my-heart” post. When I write about serious issues, I like to think that I don’t talk crap – that my discussion is well considered (you can retire the girl from policy analysis but you can’t take the policy analyst out of the girl). So, I have been doing some research and this has taken me down some holes that require, upon emerging, a full body scrub and several showers to feel clean again.
Anyway, this is not said post. It is a link to a short TED talk from ex-shearer and award-winning West Australian C&W singer, Pete Byfield. I caught a performance by Pete at a country market.
Reflections of An Untidy Mind 