Word by Word

Creating myself one word at a time.

The other day my sister, mother and I were putting a puzzle together. Yes, a jigsaw puzzle. As all three of us are goal-driven, Type A personalities, puzzles are something we all enjoy because, in the end, you can see that you’ve completed something. That’s a topic for another time though. While we were working …

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day–a day celebrating all things love–I have discovered a musical group that is all about the dark issues surrounding love. Daughter. I love their raw lyrics. I love the way they tie the lyrics to the music. The lead singer’s voice is at times like Florence + the Machine and …

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One of my new favorite listens! This is a studio video of “Oblivion” by Bastille. I think I may like this version even more than the one on his record “Bad Blood.” When you fall asleep with your head upon my shoulder. When you’re in my arms but you’ve gone somewhere deeper. Are you going …

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“Come around, let’s go found There’s no words to call Tonight, you really see nothing of this girl They work, they don’t know the roots behind ‘Cause I got a knife to cut out the memories So carefully, too carefully, it’s not necessarily To be so dark” There is this little circle of people at …

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The other day I discovered this musical artist. To my chagrin, it was through a cheesy jewelry commercial. It doesn’t change that I’m now in love with Lord Huron. The song, as it turned out was “Ends of the Earth” by Lord Huron. I went to YouTube to decide if I liked the whole album called …

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