I almost didn’t post this. Oh, who am I kidding? I almost didn’t even write this post. I’m not really sure why, but this one was a hard one to work on. I had all kinds of ideas for things to write about. But I just couldn’t. (Fortunately, I do still have them listed!) If you remember, I was on …
So, yeah, the title probably gives it away. I buried the lede, as they say. Unrelated but fun fact: As I post this article, it occurs to me that I’m posting on the same date that I celebrated another achievement. Today is May 27, 2023, and 40 years ago today, I graduated from Waco Richfield High School! We’re the best …
With all due respect to Britney Spears, oops! I did it again. I left you hanging. In my very first post, I said I wanted to try to write one post a week. But as it does, life intervened, and it’s turned out to be more like every two weeks. Once upon a time, I probably would’ve overthought that and …
A few weeks ago, I did a crazy thing. No, I’m not talking about clicking “Publish” on the first Songbird Soundtrack post, although I’m sure some would call that crazy, too. This crazy thing started about the same time I began compiling playlists and outlining the first couple of posts for the blog, though. And in an unexpected way, I …
Find all the songs I mentioned or alluded to in Soundtrack 1 in this playlist.
Welcome to the B-side. Well, I’ve already been unable to achieve my goal of writing a post a week. That’s actually only partially true, as I’ve been working on this post for well over a week. I’ll tell you now that it’s another long one, so if you plan to read, make sure you have some time. I don’t expect …
So here I am … one week later, and the Songbird Soundtracks — the playlists I’ve been building — officially begin. An admission: I’ve been working on the first playlist for over a month … ever since I decided to start the blog. I had a rough structure and even some songs in mind when I began thinking about my …
Here I am, “putting my records on,” as the song says. But why? Why a Soundtrack? Like many of my stories, this is not a short one. (Yes, I’m painfully self-aware about how I can ramble when talking about something I care about or to someone I care about!) In fact, you could probably say this story has been a …