Covering My Favorite Composer

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Fool’s Overture Cover In It’s Entirety

This music only cover is written by my favorite composer. Roger Hodgson is a remarkable composer musician. My love for this artist spans nearly 5 decades! To say that meeting him is on my bucket list is an understatement. Sadly, I may have missed my opportunity as he is not touring anymore. Below is the link!

Music Only Cover of Fool’s Overture- https://on.soundcloud.com/qymfYwezLiNB6uKu6

Slideshow YouTube video-https://youtu.be/58ca7SdDwF8

I’ve been infatuated with Roger’s original of my cover for years. So many times after listening to it I marvel and think, “who thinks like this?” “Who can write a song like this?” Absolutely stunning and perplexing in the same breath…

Anyway, I got a new rig/ toy/ gadget for Christmas that allows me to be able to play and record my music in silence. My husband works all day from home and I’ve been so sad to give up this musical part of myself. It has literally broken my spirit. This new rig will allow me to record and practice my chops… lol the only thing about it I don’t like it that it records in mono… What I do like about it is the direct sound quality with no amp, less distortion and feedback. I can plug a mic in as well. I recorded this music only version. Roger’s voice is what’s missing from this scaled back piano version.

I have the silliest daydream/ fantasy of Roger sitting beside me on my piano bench and singing the vocals… Told you I have it bad for this composer!

A girl can dream! Hey I’d be content with a quick meet and greet after a concert…

Never give up on your dreams. I’m 60 years old and I still have some, dreams and chops!

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Holiday Reprise 2022

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Happy New Year!

Hope you enjoy a terrific celebration with plenty of new beginnings 

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Let The Baking Begin

Let the baking begin… These are simple dark chocolate chip -pecan cookies.

Christmas Party Cake that I made this year. This was fun to bake. It was delicious! 

Twas’ good! I would bake this Butter Pecan cake again! Whipped cream filling make this light and airy. Not too sweet! 

Magic Cookie Bars- you either love them or think them to be too sweet…

Daughter Zoe came home from ASU to bake for her friends and co- workers. She added this eggnog cookie to her baking list. Delicious! I’m so glad that she inherited the baking gene from me. It’s so fun to watch her enjoy this tradition!

The last adventure these two will have. Relieving me of my move the elf years. I got busted by my 12 year old daughter/granddaughter while moving them. She laughed hard at me when I finished this maneuver… Lol they have retired and so have I! 

The price of eggs here in Phoenix has me picking my jaw up off the floor! Wow what a golden commodity they are now. Also, I wonder if this has impacted a lot of folks desire to bake for the holidays? 

Let the creating and decorating begin… I embellished this simple bell wreath with mini fairy light and a snowman ornament. I’m using it for a wreath on my front door this year. 

I never tire of sitting in front of the tree I decorated. I enjoy my coffee in front of the tree every morning. My cats join me! 

Before I even decorated the tree my kitten was up and in it… “Charlotte!“…

Love coffee mornings admiring the lighted tree.

Sleeping among the presents under the tree. 

One of favorite decor pieces to cherish every year. 

My humble patio. The weather is pretty nice. I enjoy patio dwelling.

Crude makeshift seating but yet it works? 

Outdoor decor.

We didn’t do a grand display in the front yard this year. Very understated and all that we did was put lights on the house this year. We were burnt out after taking down all the Halloween decor. Ugh just burnt! 

We had fun doing a few festive things this season. 

A fun photo shoot- 

Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season. May you be healthy and enjoy and make memories with those that you love . Thanks for taking the time to read this post!

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The Sins Of My Forefather

Last year I found out through a DNA test that my biological father was not who I grew up thinking was my father! I found out at nearly 60 years old that my whole life I’d been lied to. Whether by choice or by convenience, the end result was mind blowing and has rocked my world. All of the people involved in the charade that has been my life, are gone. They passed away years ago and I’m left with unanswered questions about my biological dad and his family. Many questions arise that I’ll never piece together but some, I can. 

I have filed an application with the Cherokee Nation for tribal standing since I found out that I am Native American. I had determined that my great grandmother Osa was on the Dawes Roll. Her family had lived in Muskogee Oklahoma on tribal land. She had given birth to her children on tribal soil. 

Yesterday I was searching on the Ancestry site and I made a new discovery. The thrulines feature in the site takes you back up to 5 generations. I was able to see both sides of my family history for 5 generations. I had no idea that my fathers father also had strong Cherokee ties! I had thought that it was only his mothers side that were of Cherokee descent. I did a little more digging and I found that I my 5th great grandfather was a Cherokee Chief! His name was George Brock and, he was Cherokee chief Doublehead. I was dumbfounded as I searched on Google and found that he was quite a famous Cherokee Chief! 

 I began reading about him and his legacy as Cherokee Chief Doublehead I was dismayed to find out how horrendous his deeds were. Barbaric, heinous and truly power hungry. He was not the kind of man anyone would want in their ancestry. Ugh! The story of his rein of terror was something out a Halloween movie! Gruesome and heartless is what I gathered from all that I read. I have ordered a book from Amazon about his life story to get a more in depth account. Anyway, what a disappointment and it leads me to wonder about the karma he left for his descendants. I hope to try to understand the big picture of his rein. Maybe he had some purpose other than being a savage beast of a man? 

As I walk this journey and quest for information about my new found heritage, I hope to find myself somewhere? As bits and pieces and whole chunks of my fathers side are missing. 

I am still hoping to be part of the Cherokee tribe. I’m not sure that being a descendant of Chief Doublehead will help me in my application process. Darn!!!!

Tickling The Ivories With My Originals

 

I had so much fun revisiting my works! Music only today! I created a video with portions of each original composition. Although it was a practice run through, I felt that it was worthy of posting. You can see a bit of my process and joy in creating music. All but one of these originals have lyrics. I just wanted you to hear the music. 

My day job is as homemaker/caretaker. Today I decided to spend the morning on this! We had a recent inspirational boon in the family. A rags to riches story worthy of a post all it’s own. I will share it with you as it’s been so uplifting and exciting. It definitely has made me smile❤️. 

Anyway, I decided that cooking, cleaning and errands could wait as I enjoyed this precious to me, time! For what it’s worth, I hope that my grown kids will remember that Mom had dreams of her own. They may not have come to fruition but she never gave them up completely! You are never too old to enjoy creative gifts of the soul! Sometimes the reward, is in creating. Leave a piece of your inner joy, spirit and labors of love somewhere for others to find. The beauty in life, really is in the beholder-

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Halloween Is  Coming!

My 11 year old created a promo edit of my music! Thanks Amelia for always having Gram’s back ! 

#RogerHodgsonsFoolsOvertue (my cover) 

#GeorgeMichaelPrayingForTime (MyCover) 

#MyOriginalEscape

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Happy Fall Y’all

This was a fun short to create! Actually, this standard video version.