Amazing Music: "If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen
By Leonard Cohen
November 29, 2016
Editor’s note: A beautiful prayer by Leonard Cohen. Enough said. The words below are part of his introduction to the song at his 1985 Warsaw concert. Favorite words: "There is...
Article of Interest: The Power of Emotional Agility
By Tim McCarthy
November 29, 2016
Editor’s Note: I’m a slave to impulse though thankfully less so as I age and mellow. But it still takes a huge effort for me (Alice says I’m not “type...
Article of Interest: “Join in the Dance” by Father Richard Rohr
By Tim McCarthy
October 30, 2016
Editor’s note: I read Father Rohr’s daily reflections most mornings. As with any reader, some days he resonates, some not so much. On this day, I loved his reflection...
Editor’s Note: Thanks to Joe Hartman, my pal and co-worker at WorkPlace, for bringing this and a few other songs to my attention from the era of last month’s song....
Essence of the music/lyrics: We all share a home - planet earth. We should be accepting of others differences, because we are all "everyday people". Excerpt: There is a blue...
Article of Interest – “How Music Brings Us Together” by Jill Suttie
By Tim McCarthy
July 31, 2016
Editor’s comments: How amazing that we are now proving music has mental health benefits! Who didn’t know that? My Mom never sang to us or to anyone, she was embarrassed...
Editor’s note: I’ve always loved Browne’s guitar picking and his beautiful, moody voice. This one, far more obscure than those I’ve chosen before means a lot to me because it...
Article of Interest – “Seven Lessons About Finding the Work You Were Meant To Do” by Kate Torgovnick May
By Tim McCarthy
May 30, 2016
Editor’s note: The very idea that we don’t “find” our calling, we “fight for it” is a head-banger for me. I’m doing a commencement address to my old high school...
Editor’s Note: I was surprised when I searched the 100 songs I’ve made song of the month on this website and this cut wasn’t there. It’s easily one of my...
Editor’s note: Sometimes I just need a lift. This book by a local newspaper writer who I’ve met and I admire qualifies. She’s also a good writer having been finalist...
Editor’s Note: I’ve been assigned by my meditation teacher to consider my "essential self." In his words, that means to try to picture who I was before I experienced the...
Editor’s note: There are probably many reasons this became the theme of a generation and perhaps asking my sixties friends I’d find a few more. But to me, this song...
Editor’s note: My friend, Glen Warner, suggested I’d like this book and I did. Since it was written in the 1920’s and the writer’s style is unique, it was a...
Article of Interest – “Listening to Pain” interview with Brene Brown
By Tim McCarthy
February 26, 2016
Editor’s note: I read Daily Good most days and like the things they lead me to. It’s a volunteer organization that collects and publishes quotes and commentary regarding social good....
Editors note. This song by Bob Dylan was first released on The Band's first album Big Pink and has been covered by many since then. My love for it comes...