I know some folks who have had everything taken away from them recently. They live in Pennsylvania. Where there was an earthquake, a tropical storm, and now heavy rains and flooding that has hit their area in the last couple of weeks. It’s unreal.
I know a young family who live in Japan. Dealing moment to moment with the reality of nuclear contamination in their food system, their water, and themselves.
I don’t watch TV. But I cannot help be connected to people. People that I care about. And sometimes, it just gets to me.
I’ve always loved music. From playing the flute to singing hymns in church to Christmas carols, music has always taken me away. During these days when things seem intense and topsy-turvy, singing is a good thing. And singing along to a song that you love is exactly what is the cure for what I got. I leave you with one of my favorite songs written by one of my favorite songwriters, John Prine. This one is sung by Bonnie Raitt with Jackson Browne (By the way Mr. Browne, my marriage proposal still stands).
My husband’s iPhone flashed an alert last night while we were sitting on the front porch, cooling off from a hot work day, drinking a beer. Some sort of App that he has that sends reports when they come in, no doubt. That alert said that a chunk of the sun had spewed out into space, and that some of it was going to be hitting the earth and cause possible electromagnetic disturbances. Maybe today. And nothing more about when, where, or what that will mean. I don’t have an iPhone, and I don’t watch Fox news or any TV, so I wouldn’t have known. Hmmm, maybe it IS better to not know about everything, cuz I was wondering about that all day.
Even if I don’t want to know about “THE BIZARRE INTENSE NEWS OF THE MOMENT”, I keep hearing about it. There’s something or someone telling you the latest thing that JUST happened, or is about to happen, that is kind of mind blowing. I mean, really, an electromagnetic storm? What does that mean???
So when I stumble upon things that I find quite amazing, to keep the balance, I like to share them.
This week’s “finding the balance” share is Eric Whitacre‘s most amazing project with a virtual choir.
So do yourself a favor: click below and bliss out,
I don’t have to tell you that there’s a lot going on these days – everyone knows. The price of gas went up about 40 cents this past week. Genetically modified food will be introduced to our food system and it will not have to be labeled. It’s getting more difficult to buy a house and keep one. Food prices will continue to go up. The US Government is going broke. The bee population is rapidly dwindling. A computer is now smarter than humans. And as much as I try to keep it simple, avoiding the news, it just seems to be everywhere!
Huffington Post got bought out by AOL recently for something like $350 million. It used to be my homepage, but since the AOL buyout, the picture of the latest newsworthy item stays the same for a day or even longer. It’s almost like it’s broken now. I found some site that has soothing beach music to replace it, but its like listening to elevator muzak playing, “Feeling Groovy”. Don’t worry, I’ll get used to it. I mean, this is the start of the Brave New World; I just need a little more time.
By the way, I am happy for Arianna Huffington, the site’s innovative founder. She created something totally unique, and the site felt alive and captured the pulse of worldwide news minute by minute. In my opinion, she deserves every million that she got for it. It’s just too bad that AOL couldn’t keep it alive for more than a twitter second.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
I had a dream the other night that Arianna “friended” me on FaceBook and asked me and the Oops50 girls to be part of a new site. I told her we had a vision to create a new show called “The Other View”, and Arianna said, “Yes, that’s exactly my vision, too.”
Instead of talking about things that hold no interest for me or other women over 50, (which just so happens to be the biggest population of women on the planet) we talked about what we wanted to talk about, and everything we shared was acknowledged and appreciated. And, we didn’t change as we got famous. I still wore the same monochromatic clothes and black pants with an elastic waist, I did not start dyeing my hair, and I still wore the same Chanel lipstick that I have worn for years.
I am proud of our baby boomer generation of women over 50. We were revolutionary in many ways: we went braless, we wore pants (!), blue jeans even! We were into being ourselves, and that meant being free. So why would we want to look or be anything other than who we are right now? That’s what “The Other View” would be about. Hmmm…Arianna, look us up on Facebook ‘cuz we’d love to share the Other View with you!
To get into a mellow space, click below to take a trip back in time with Simon and Garfunkel…it’s the real thing and it’s time to feel groovy!
Just a quick post to bring to our attention a wonderful site for women over 50. It’s called “Music After 50″ and it’s all about “people learning, and playing music in their 50′s, 60′s and beyond.” Here is the link:
I highly recommend it to anyone who has 1) always wanted to learn to play the tuba but never had the time or nerve to learn 2) wishes they had not quit those piano lessons in college 3) wants to sing!
The site offers articles such as “The Health Benefits of Playing an Instrument after 50,” “Starting an Instrument after 50,” “Finding a Music Teacher,” “Returning to an Instrument,” etc. And they have an online store for instructional DVD’s!
I urge our readers to check it out!
And while I’m talking about music, visit Paradise Music (see the ad on our site), where you can buy all kinds of c.d.’s of inspirational music, including ones that help you through guided meditation, heal your pets with meditation, etc. It’s also a great place to buy cards with c.d.’s of music enclosed–and it’s where you can get c.d.’s of natural sounds, such as wolf calls or rain or the ocean. Check it out at Paradise Music! Thanks.
I don’t normally get enthusiastic about music videos, but I love this one, so I thought I’d share it with our readers. The group OK Go made this video in one take, using mostly rescue dogs! And, best of all, they are donating a portion of the sales of the video to the ASPCA. Check it out! It’s great.
