This tune is courtesy of my "The Shins" channel on Pandora, which tends to play depressing hipster love songs, and I just had it on while I was writing businessy stuff, but then there was that one moment when I stopped to pay attention. Anything to make you smile You are … [Read more...]
Songs That Stab Me in the Heart: “Turpentine” by Brandi Carlile
Don't move away from home Don't be friends with people who will die Don't drive through the quiet country town/scene of a massacre Don't come out from under that rock Or you will always feel like this These days we go to waste like wine That's turned to … [Read more...]
Songs That Stab Me in the Heart: “Sideways” by Citizen Cope
I keep burning it all down. I brush it off, the ashes you know, and stand up and walk away, never looking back. Except when I do. I keep thinking in a moment that Time will take them away But these feelings won't go away … [Read more...]
And Then He Turned 8
Back when I was painting Kyle's nursery, back when he was growing safely inside my body, I had moments of doubt: I often stand back and try to imagine what it will look like with a crib and a baby in it, and wonder if the baby will like it. What if he gets to be four years old … [Read more...]
Songs That Stab Me in the Heart: “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
Once upon a time, a boy played this song for me on a night I had received a crushing rejection. It was something that I thought would threaten my college career, financially speaking. I was devastated. Although I had grown up listening to Simon & Garfunkel, famously … [Read more...]
