Emma's Rose-Colored Glasses

I did my first visual/songwriting collaboration!  Amazing artist, and longtime friend, Brian Demeter, just completed a series of paintings titled Oceanus that I used as inspiration for a song.
I kept the chords simple; I imagined it being played on the beach around 5:30 p.m. with the air extra breezy but just starting to cool off....

I see that there are pregnant bloggers all over the internet right now and, being a well-seasoned mother for, ummm, over two years, (okay, okay.  I also was a nanny and a storyteller for a bookstore so I have a few credentials, okay?) I feel inspired...

Call them guilty pleasures (although I never would - pleasure, definitely, guilty, never), call them whatever you want.  These are six songs (of a rather extensive playlist) that make me happy.  Just the opening notes can be enough to help me shake off...

I love the fact that there are twelve new beginnings every year.  Who needs a new year?  (Well, I like it once a year, of course.)  So at the beginning of every month, I start ANEW!
My New Month Resolution is to meditate every day.  Every several days I read a new article about how wonderful meditation is for you, from disease-fighting and staving off arthritis to increasing calmness and empathy....