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October 30, 2015
5 on Friday -- The Halloween Edition -- Set 290
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
Happy Halloween, Everyone!
My favorite spooky music is by far the sweeping sounds of an orchestra transporting my muse to all the dark places that bring me to the stories I write.
Add a choral dimension into the mix,...
October 23, 2015
5 on Friday -- Set 289
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
I certainly never forsaw dedicating two musical sets to Stephen Harper .
In August, when he cynically called the longest election in Canadian history, somehow certain that using medieval seige tactics would starve out...
October 16, 2015
5 on Friday -- Set 288
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
Here we are, back at the cottage for our annual writing retreat. Shawna Romkey , Kelly Boyce and I travelled together with the keys to open the cottages, so we were up with the dawn. A gorgeous drive down, and now we...
October 8, 2015
5 on Friday -- Set 287
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
This year I've been taking a once-a-month look at specific instruments and showcasing five songs or tunes which place that instrument front and center.
This year's feature is called Spotlight On...
...and for our...
October 2, 2015
5 on Friday -- Set 286
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
Yesterday, October 1st was the second annual World Ballet Day , bringing ballet lovers from all over the world together online as we were invited to take part in the daily class and rehearsal periods of five major co...
September 25, 2015
5 on Friday -- Set 285
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
Sending out birthday wishes to A proud member of Team Luke Skywalker since 1977. In fact, I'm quite certain that I had this very photo -- carefully cut from the back page of 16 Magazine -- taped to...
September 4, 2015
5 on Friday -- Set 282
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
This year I've been taking a once-a-month look at specific instruments and showcasing five songs or tunes which place that instrument front and center.
This year's feature is called Spotlight On...
...and for our...
August 28, 2015
5 on Friday -- Set 281
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
Well...
I'm trying to process the results of a Cognitive Function Evaluation which I just received today when I went to the clinic for my weekly sauna detox treatment. I don't know why I was a little more hopeful abo...
August 21, 2015
5 on Friday -- Set 280
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
280 music sets! That's only 20 more sets before A Piece of My Mind celebrates its 300th 5 on Friday post. A little mindboggling, really.
So many musical roads I've meandered during these 5 on Friday sets, both by lis...
August 14, 2015
5 on Friday -- Set 279
Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
The Canadian federal election is in full swing.
This week's set is dedicated to the sitting prime minister.
1 - Viva la Vida - Coldplay
2 - How Low - Jose Gonzalez
3 -...
