Music Monday: Summer Memories

Life is always in flux, isn't it? It seems like you get comfortable and then something shifts and CHANGE happens. We are supposed to be able to handle that, right? Adulting, I think we call it.

Sometimes, though, I want to go back to when I didn't have to handle any of it. If you were to ask me if I'd go back to high school, I'd say absolutely not. But some of my youth--lived not as loudly as I would have preferred--comes back to me with this song. I remember listening to it as I was going to my bookshop job in Keighley on the train, and wondering how I ended up there...thousands of miles from that moon and those stars. And here, in the final days of summer, I'm still wondering how I ended up here...so fast.

No regrets, though. No wish to turn back time or be a teenager again. Just...a desire for that feeling, from time to time. I know I'm not alone in that, right? Enjoy.

Music Monday: Y'all Means All

Okay, I love me some Miranda Lambert. I know, I don't usually ride around blaring country music or have anything other than DEEP DARK EMOTIONAL music in my writing playlists but there are some notable exceptions. Trisha Yearwood, for example, is a member of my sorority from uni. Dolly Parton...well, she is a treasure beyond measure. And women like Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert can get me up and - yikes - dancing.

I also love Queer Eye, not just because the guys are fab and so entertaining but also because their message is so important. Love is love and you have to start with yourself...or if you can't, allow others to show you why you are worth that love. So when Miranda Lambert did this song for the last episode of QE S6...y'all. Too much. Y'all means ALL. Enjoy.

No lyrics this week because THE WORDS ARE ON THE SCREEN THE WHOLE TIME.  Y'all. ❤