It's cold tonight. Out on 31. I'm heading North and waiting for the sky to tell me. What I'm searching for. What I'm searching for.
Not my words. But lyrics that echo sweetly in my head, with the faintest strum of a guitar in the background. I used to go to this little coffee shop near school with my roommate and his sister and listen to local grad student do what she did so well. Sing. Something I cannot do. Well, shouldn't do. It's not pretty. But probably entertaining in a cat-in-heat kind of entertaining. No, best to leave music to those with the gift. Like Josie. Josephine. Ah, to know someone "when...". If you want to hear those words above as only Josephine can deliver, then here's a very short MP3 download from her website.
And how will she save my soul? You're probably wondering that considering the title promised something along those lines. I think it'll start with relaxing. Step one. Breathe. Step two. Listen to more soothing music. My choices lately, while fun and loud and awesome in the jamming, leave the mellow guy in me aching for calm.
Step three. Sleep. There's probably another step or five in this poorly designed master plan, but I'm dozing off at the keys here. So I will venture upstairs and pop in one of Ms. Cameron's CDs, and fall asleep to music more suited for a calm and rested mind.
More tomorrow about whatever I was going to say tonight. Truly, it is way beyond my bedtime and I'm pretty sure I have back-to-back meetings come morning. And it would be polite of me NOT to fall asleep during either of them.
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Know what this post made me think of? How nice it would be to head to the grotto with a nap blanket, a cup of tea, and some Josie on the iPod. Like a jump-start to the soul.
ReplyDeleteNaps at the grotto -- I miss those. The sun hanging low in the summer sky, the scent of jasmine dancing on the breeze, and nothing to do (well, everything to do, but nothing getting done) except resting. Being still in a place where it is infinitely easier to feel God nearby, to feel connected to life on a deeper level. I'm so grateful for that place, you know? At times, that little patch of earth in Indiana feels more like heaven to me than anything else.
And now I've sold myself on the idea and I really want to go back, if only for a few hours. Road trip? :)
ah, memories...
ReplyDeletejosephine will be singing at ND sept. 1st, if you want to be in south bend 2 weekends in a row. just an fyi.
Hey thanks for the nice mention! And it's true, I will be coming to South Bend to play at Hammes Bookstore over Labor Day weekend (I don't know yet if it will be Friday or Saturday or both). It's looking like I'll have my new cd with me, too...woohoo! I hope I'll see you (unless you're napping at the grotto, which sounds really really nice too). Take care!
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