Burn Up And Out

It's been days of 110+ degree temps here in Phoenix. The monsoon season has been a real dud! No rain or storms at all to speak of. The least monsoon activity since moving here 16 years ago. At least when it rains, it cools things off for a few hours. Even though it's in the high 80s most mornings I take a 3 1/2 mile walk. I love to walk, it's time to myself to think!

Other than my daily homemaking chores, I made a few homemade pies-

I did however steal an afternoon this week to work on music for my SoundCloud Channel. Here a few of my latest uploads!

Free Bird Imagine Don’t Let The SunGo Down On Me- Written by Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Lennon & Sir Elton John

Praying For Time- Written by George Michael

Silent Lucidity- Written by 

Queensryche

Fool’s Overture -Written by Roger 

Hodgson formerly of Supertramp.

Never Let Me Down- Written by David Bowie

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Lastly, I dare include this risky,
 courage building, risk taking, fear inspiring, A Cappella upload 

challenge. I can't tell you the feeling of exposing your raw voice with no accompaniment. It's like throwing yourself into something. Definitely 

out of my comfort zone. I did it however and I posted it on my channel. 

Character building? Maybe? Crazy stupid? Maybe?

Judging by the lack of plays, not widely interesting to those who 
frequent SoundCloud lol. Putting myself out there is what I have done now for the past 5 years... Very little has come back to me other than my own personal growth.

I'm much more bold and assertive 

than I was 10 years ago. I don't feel as invisible as I did either.

Not as helpless or hopeless. Not a 

 shrinking violet anymore. I have faced rejection, ridicule and naysayers at every corner and I'm still motivated to keep trying to make it somewhere in all of this. The goal being, monetary gain and some sort of musical expectance and achievement. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. would be welcomed too!

I still have days where I have self 

doubt in how I am perceived. Maybe I'm a big joke to those who know me. I get that when the topic of this aspiration comes up. That look they 

give me... my friends and family... oh well!

If all of what I have thrown out into the world in the form of music isn't good enough... Well then I suppose I have at least been authentic to myself. I have hopes, dreams and personal goals that I didn't have 6 years ago!

The toll of being a career Homemaker/Caregiver is that you lose yourself to all of the people and 

things that you caretake. After a while with no sense of achievement and only hearing complaints...it messes with you.

You become Cinderella and you dream of a life that takes you away from that unhappy life choice.

So, if it makes you happy to dream big and at least partially escape the 

unhappiness and discontent...

Better than drowning yourself in alcohol, pills or other destructive behavior... do it!

If you aren't good enough for the world, so what!

I'll leave you with this today. I wrote this. My Original-

I’ll Dream Of You Tonight

Very Cinderella like don't ya think?

Noteworthy Is A Subjective Opinion ...

I worked on this Cover arrangement of relevant 70's songs. All of which are well known. Here is the link to the video I posted to my YouTube channel yesterday!

I'm such a small fish in a very big YouTube sea. Please give this a listen as I have put a lot of effort into this Cover arrangement! I do hope that you like it! I find this to be a noteworthy 🎼 🤪 effort. ⬇️

70’s Cover Compilation 

Today is the first day of school for this 3rd grader! I have to admit the quiet is a real welcome relief! It has been a non eventful summer. I'm sure she is glad to be back with her peers as well!

She didn't take her friends to school with her today, this was earlier in the week. She took them to Costco lol.