ATF: Alright Already

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Guardian]

Like the Sun

Guardian

See my life in a movie show

A hidin’ place I used to know

Played an actor's role

 That stole from my true part

Take me down the road a-ways

And I'm thankful for these better days

I never dreamed you’d love me like you do

My it seems it’s been a long and lonely winter

I hear your voice in the mornin’

When I'm sad

I feel you smile

And whisper to me

Every little thing will be alright

Like the sun

Comes shinin' through my window

Breaks the darkness

In the early morning light

Sing a song of sixpence

And a pocket full of rye

In the fall it seems

The blackbirds fly away

And there's times I'm feelin' not so strong

Can't face another highway song

Then I remember

That you're never too far away

As I walk down this lonely stretch of highway

I hear your voice

Callin' me back home

When I'm sad

I feel you smile

And whisper to me

Every little thing will be alright

Like the sun

Comes shinin' through my window

Breaks the darkness

In the early mornin’ light

Long ago

And so far away

Lives a dream

A dream I used to know

Like the sun in the mornin’

Shinin' on my face

You bring me home again

Home again

To you

Oooh

I'm so glad

To feel you smile

And whisper to me

Every little thing will be alright

Like the sun

Shinin' through my window

Breaks the darkness

In the early mornin’ light

Oh

I'm so glad

Yeah

To feel you smile

And whisper to me

Every little thing will be alright

Like the sun

Yeah

Shinin' through my window

Breaks the darkness

In the early mornin’

The early mornin’ light

Here it comes now

Here comes the sun

Oh

Here comes the sun

Oh

Oh

Here come the sun

Ooh

Yeah

I can feel the sun

Beamin’ down my Spirit

Sweet sweet Son

I feel the Son

I feel the Son

And I know

Everything will be alright

Link: [The Eagles]

Already Gone

The Eagles

Well

I heard some people talkin'

Just the other day

And they said you were gonna

Put me on a shelf

But let me tell you I got some news for you

And you'll soon find out it's true

And then you'll have to eat your lunch

All by yourself

'Cause I'm

Already

Gone

And I'm

Feelin'

Strong

I will sing

This victory song

Woo hoo hoo

My my

Woo hoo hoo

Well

The letter that you wrote me

Made me stop and wonder why

But I guess you felt like you had to set things right

Just remember this my girl

When you look up in the sky

You can see the stars

And still not see the light

That's right

And I'm

Already

Gone

And I'm

Feelin'

Strong

I will sing

This victory song

Woo, hoo hoo

My my

Woo hoo hoo

Well

I know it wasn't you

Who held me down

Heaven knows it wasn't you

Who set me free

So often times it happens

That we live our lives in chains

And we never even know

We have the keys

But me

I'm

Already

Gone

And I'm

Feelin'

Strong

I will sing

I will sing

This victory song

'Cause I'm

Already

Gone

Yes

I'm

Already

Gone

And I'm

Feelin'

Strong

I will sing

This victory song

'Cause I'm

Already

Gone

Alright

Lyrics From: [Sing365.com]

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A Sunday Drive

Back during our childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and me after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived.  Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them again, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.  The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.

 Link: [By Stargoose and Hanglands]

 Link: [Double-Half or One Ten without Ham]

 Link: [Drifting Through Life]

 Link: [Foto ao Acaso!]

 Link: [Garden Delights]

 Link: [High Riser]

 Link: [I Must Be Off!]

 Link: [It's All About Purple]

 Link: [Las Aventuras]

Link: [Life Images by Jill]

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Sites To See #428

The SOLE purpose of this series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as an endorsement, and I have included sites that I found rather disturbing.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.

Link: [A Beautiful Hue]

 Link: [A Dwelling by the Sea]

 Link: [A Rich Tapestry]

 Link: [A Single Moment]

 Link: [Aging Disgracefully]

 Link: [An Obsessive Neurotic Gardener]

 Link: [Army of Four Digest]

 Link: [Art Adventures]

 Link: [As Long As...]

Link: [Backroads Photography by Nava]

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ATF: To Eleven

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Eric Carmen]

Make Me Lose Control

Eric Carmen

I run a comb through my hair

And step out in the street

And the city's the color of flame

In the mid-summer heat

Oh yeah

Jennifer's got her daddy's car

She's playing “Up-Town” on the stereo

We go cruisin' so close

The way they did long ago

My darlin'

Turn

Turn the radio up

For that sweet sound

Hold me close

Never let me go

Keep

Keep this feelin' alive

Make me lose control

Baby baby

When

 When I look in your eyes

I go crazy

Fever's high

With the lights down low

So take

Take me over the edge

Make me lose control

We put the top down and park

With the moon in the sky

And the wind is so hot in our hair

Like a fire in July

Oh yeah

Jennifer's singin' "Stand by Me"

And she knows every single word by heart

Was love always this good

Or could this be just the start

Oh darlin'

Turn

Turn the radio up

For that sweet sound

Hold me close

Never let me go

Keep

Keep this feelin' alive

Make me lose control

Baby baby

When

 When I look in your eyes

I go crazy

Fever's high

With the lights down low

So take

Take me over the edge

Make me lose control

Keep my baby’s clothes on

And were movin' in time

And the heat from your touch

Makes me feel like I'm losing my mind

Oh yeah

And then they played

Back in my arms again

We close our eyes

We start rememberin' when

We start to kiss

And all the feelings return

And we just pray that this night never ends

Whoa oh

My darlin'

Turn

Turn the radio up

For that sweet sound

Hold me close

Never let me go

So take

Take me over the edge

Make me lose control

Baby baby

Turn

Turn the radio up

For that sweet sound

Hold me close

Never let me go

Keep

Keep this feelin' alive

Make me lose control

When I look in your eyes

I go crazy

Fever's high

With the lights down low

So take

Take me over the edge

Make me lose control

Baby baby

Turn

Turn the radio up

For that sweet sound

Hold me close

Never let me go

Keep

Keep this feelin' alive

Make me lose control

Link: [Autograph]

Turn Up The Radio

Autograph

Turn it up

Yeah

I'm workin’ hard

You're workin’ too

We do it every day

For every minute

I have to work

I need a minute of play

Day in

Day out

All week long

Things go better with rock

The only time

I turn it down

Is when I'm sleepin' it off

Turn up

The radio

I need the music

Gimme some more

Turn up

The radio

I wanna feel it

Got to give me some more

Now listen

I wanna shake

I wanna dance

So count it of

One

Two

Three

I hear the beat

I'm in a trance

No better place to be

Daytime

Nighttime

Anytime

Things go better with rock

I'm goin' twenty-four hours a day

I can't seem to stop

Turn up

The radio

I need the music

Gimme some more

Turn up

The radio

I wanna feel it

Got to give some more

Turn up

The radio

I wanna feel it

Got to give me some more

Turn up

The radio

I need the music

Gimme some more

Yeah

Turn up

The radio

I wanna feel it

Got to give me some more

Whoa oh

Turn up

The radio

Come on

I need the music

Gimme some more

Everybody

Turn up

The Radio

Turn it up

I wanna feel it

Got to give me some more

Whoa oh

Turn up

The radio

Turn it up

I need the music

Gimme some more

Gimme some more

Turn up

The radio

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

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Cracks in My Snow Globe?

One could say that it sure appeared to be an absolutely incredible night without employing any exaggeration at all.  For it looked more like high noon than around midnight with an extraordinarily bright full moon shining down upon well over three feet of freshly fallen snow and more coming down.

Adding all the more to the surrealism was an occasional gust of wind.  For it would send millions of tiny ice crystals and snowflakes swirling into the air—much like glitter in a snow globe after it has been shook.

In spite of my agony, I just had to smile at the thought of a snow globe.  For one of the funniest things I have ever seen is a Pixar short film about a snowman trying to get out of his snow globe in order to have some fun with a blonde beach bunny, who was urging him to come on over and party with her and her friends.

However, my moment of mirth was just that—a moment.  For what floated through my mind next was an image of our Heavenly Father and dozens of His holy angels laughing their heads off while watching the most popular comedy in Heaven, which was a show about me trying to get out of the snow globe I had been trapped in my entire life.  In reality, I had always thought of my life in this world as being more like being trapped in a vacuum than a snow globe, but the premise remains the same. 

That was an excerpt from [Let Your Will Be Done] and the Pixar short film mentioned in it.  Let Your Will Be Done is the second in line of four books added to [FishHawk Droppings].

[A Love For TheAges] is the first one now in line, and it should be more acceptable to all who are highly allergic to direct references to our Heavenly Father.  For it does not contain any, but the short story should still sound very familiar.

Rounding out the new additions are [Broken Branches] and [The God Box].  Downloadable fancy PDFs of the four additions are now available for free. The same applies for the other four books on the site.

Alas, the wonderful lives that Arlynda and I have been given to live continue to deteriorate.  Therefore, I have been given permission to ask for donations from those who receive some value from the books on FishHawk Droppings.  Be assured that even just a dollar would mean so very much.

Hearing just how much you enjoyed reading what I have been given to say would mean even more, of course.  All who did not find anything enjoyable can keep their comments to themselves—thank you so very much!

Oh, my Editor just reminded me of the fact that you could not see me grinning when I wrote that last part.  I am really sorry about that (kinda).

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Cloister-Case

Alas, it is time for me to shut this down for awhile.  For I just don’t have enough energy to accomplish all that I have been given to do, with one book being yet to reach fruition while others are in desperate need of some more pruning.  Therefore, I need to stop publishing “stuff” here.

As instructed, I have already taken down the books on the Amazon Kindle platform in favor of making them available as a free PDF when they are finished.  No, I have not been assured that they will be any more palatable to the tastes of most, but at least they should be a little more grammatically-correct to those allergic to incorrectness.

Hopefully, I will be back at adding to this mess here in 2-3 months, but don’t think that I am disappearing from cyberspace altogether.  Oh no, I would not want you-all to forget about me.  So, I will be leaving comments here and there from time to time.

Yeah, that’s actually me as I now am up there on the left.  Be assured that it is out of great concern for the emotional well-being of all of the lovely lasses, who will be surely missing my “stuff” so desperately that I included the picture.  I am sorry for not letting them down easier, but I figured it would be better to make it clear that I really don’t look like [Sam Elliott] or [Tom Selleck].  Yeah, I suppose I could have not made it so abundantly clear.  Sigh.

P.S.: Just in case you are wondering how Arlynda can stand to be around me, I will let you in on the secret to my romantic success.  Okay, also wearing a festive garland of lettuce leaves and tomato slices most certainly doesn’t hurt.  (TMI?)

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