2011, I greet you with a deep breath, but before I speak to you another word, I must thank 2010 for five most beautiful musical moments, music being such a huge part of my heart and all, and then I must speak with my friends.
5. Thursday night singing with Paul, Carlie, Seth, Meggie, Margie, Dolores, Joe, Jean, Abbie, Sarah, Luke, Phil, Blake, and all the others at Rome Baptist. Thank you.
4. Giselle with Carlie and Laura. (Yes, I was gasping at the beauty.) Thank you.
3. My niece singing me “Happy Birthday” while putting flowers in my hair. Thank you.
2. Falling asleep to Norah Jones’ “The Nearness of You” on a boat in Ibiza, Spain with a few Italians and the smell of cigarettes and wine lingering on the docks. Thank you.
1. Singing to my sister the cleansing, tearful words “hard times come again no more.” Thank you.
Very honorable mention: Singing hymns spontaneously with Kayla. Thank you.
And now I will rest. For one week, I will gather my thoughts and straighten my plans. In the next week, I’m sure they will change.
In the meantime, my friends, please do look around the site a bit and share your thoughts with me and other friends. Do notice the new, handy and fun “search” feature. It is located at the bottom center of the front page. This is fun because you can actually type any word into it and see if Naphtalia has written that word in the past 120 posts. Do also notice the fun “tag” feature I am now employing. Also located at the bottom center of the front page. This will hopefully help to organize the thoughts contained within the site. Also, I want to be sure you know that clicking the “Naphtalia” banner at the top of the page will return you to the front page and clicking any red words in a post will take you to a reference link so that you can learn more about my line of thought and the subject at hand.
In other news, here are some things to watch for in 2011:
- events like Pie, Piano and Poetry parties in Minneapolis and shows in Fargo, ND (Can we say, “Celebration of Women and Their Music?”)
- He Leadeth Me score-writing project
- short stories like “Winter”
- songs about living in Minnesota (really, that’s a deep subject; I’ll try to explain more when the time comes)
- pie recipes
- maybe some other fun recipes
- “Dream A Little Dream” project updates (hm, what’s that?)
- poetry
- photos
- thoughts or ideas you have left in the comment box below
With all my heart, I offer my love and thanks.
Naphtalia
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