Lalah Hathaway Joe Sample 'When Your Life Was Low'

Joe Sample & Lalah Hathaway - When Your Life Was Low

Life Is About Creating Yourself

For so many years I believed that life was about finding myself. That seemed like a never ending journey of self analysis. I knew what my strengths and weakness were but I could not figure out why I always fell into the same patterns.

I wanted to be in a better place but I could not get there on my own. I wanted to find my true calling and do my life's work. I am older and hopefully a little wiser now. I believe we create the person we are suppose to be from education, relationships, life experiences and the lessons we learn from all of them. It is never too late to do better.  

Remember When MTV Rocked

I remember when MTV was first launched back in 1981. It was monumental. I want my MTV was heard on every channel by so many celebrities of the day. Today the catch phrase on MTV should be I want my music to be played on MTV. 


Where is the music? Where did it go? Is the importance of the music no longer significant to MTV? It is all but gone in a sea of reality shows, music themed shows, and count down shows. The actual music videos are an afterthought. You can go on the website and play videos, live performances and any shows you have missed, but really the music should not be an afterthought.

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (via D. R. Fortune)

Christmas Rustic Chic

Everything about this picture appeals to me. I love the unconventional color of the wreath, the wreath made of bulbs, and the distressed shutter or door that it is hanging on. Maybe I'll be doing a wreath like that one next year.

My Favorite Things For Christmas

Lucky for me some of my favorite things for Christmas are free. I love the atmosphere, and putting up the decorations that I already own, and seeing decorations around town. I have noticed that this is another year of skimpy decorations in town. You can thank the economy for that. I've limited my decorating somewhat to be cost effective but I still do it. For the first time ever we don't have the green spiral Christmas trees on the light posts all through the city. This is probably due to budget cuts but it doesn't seem the same without them. This is a lesson we all have to learn in these times. We have to make do with less even at Christmas.