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East of Constantinople, West of Shanghai


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Amelia

Sunday.
A song about Amelia Earhart, written by Jomi Mitchell and covered by the fabulous Dave Stewart* and Barbara Gaskin.

Both Earhart and Stewart-Gaskin are favorites of mine in their respective categories, and this seems in line with the themes of this blog.

And so here goes.
Enjoy.

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* Dave Stewart the keyboard master of Hatfield and the North, not the guitarist of Eurythmics


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The reformed artist

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live” ― Henry David Thoreau

walkingrainNow that’s hard.
Because you know, it sometimes feels wrong, sitting in a room writing when we could be out there doing something else.
Like, I love walking in the rain – so sue me.
And yet, sitting in my room while the storm rages outside, and me all warm and cozy, with my cup of tea and biscuits, writing on my old keyboard…
In the end it’s a matter of choices.

Reading feels the same – why am I sitting here and reading this (excellent, by the way) book, when I could be writing my own stuff, or take a walk under the rain (or anything else, really)? Continue reading