I began learning this song last year while sitting on the balcony overlooking the beach in Turks an Caicos. Every time I play it, I can feel the pure happiness that I felt on that trip. I love the chords in this song, but am not thrilled with my voice or grumpy appearance. I will try to add smiling to my strumming and singing in future videos. Wabi Sabi! La Vie En Rose
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Since I was horrible at posting gardening updates, the tab has be replaced with my 100 day project www.the100dayproject.org, with the plan of posting 100 songs (including works in progress) within the next twelve months. I'm hoping to post at least 3 videos per week. Wish me luck! Learning to play was a big part of my recovery and continues to bring me endless hours of joy. Taping myself playing is a whole other story as I am not a fan of the sound of my voice and tend to make faces at myself when taking selfies (which means I will be making a concerted effort not to look at the camera. I will have to use my "Wabi Sabi" philosophy to get past my many mistakes. Even having as much free time as I do, there are not enough hours in the day for me to perfect my video clips, so here is to finding the beauty in imperfection.
In a much earlier post, I mentioned that there have been times this cancer journey where various people stepped up to give me the boost I needed for whatever difficulty I was having. The pandemic started just when I finished "traditional" chemo, a time when I was looking forward to a return to "normal" life--growing hair, going out without having to worry so much about infection, and most importantly reversal surgery for my temporary ileostomy. With the world shut down, my surgery was canceled three times, leaving me in deep depression and with feelings of hopelessness, that my life would ever be normal again. This is where my friend Julie stepped in to talk me off the ledge of despair that I was teetering on. I don't even remember what she said, but whatever it was, it was the right thing that helped me see past the obstacles in my way. TMy first song is dedicated to Julie, who is following her dream to leave Illinois and move to Arizona. On our last "date night" with the third amigo, Mary, instead of saying goodbye, I started singing "See Ya Later Alligator" and the idea popped in my head that Julie needed a farewell song, and I landed on Blue Winter (tweaked lyrics to "Blue Christmas"). There aren't enough words to express what an amazing friend Julie has been (and will continue to be--long distance). Where words fail sometime music is needed. Blue Winter This space has evolved over the last 24 years and has become my retreat. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves!
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