February=Love: the 12th-a musical love

February=Love: the 12th-a musical love

The Dixie Chicks

Yes...you read that right.

I LOVE the Dixie Chicks.

Ever since my friend Jessi K played Goodbye Earl for me.

She knew I didn't love country, but assured me I would love the song.

And as usual, she was right.

I thought it was hilarious and my love for the Dixie Chicks was born.

I love so many of their songs.

Goodbye Earl

Cowboy Take Me Away
(because it reminds me of Jessi AND it's a good song)

Traveling Soldier
(because it reminds me of my brother AND it's a good song)

Top of the World

Taking the Long Way

I Believe in Love

Easy Silence

Everybody Knows

Bitter End

You Were Mine

And many more...

in fact I don't think there is a Dixie Chicks song that I wouldn't enjoy listening to.

But my one of my favorites is

Not Ready to Make Nice

I love the video

and the live Grammy performance

and I love why they wrote it.

One of my favorite documentaries is Shut Up and Sing.

I would like to have posted both the Grammy performance and the video...
but alas, copyright does not allow me to post a good quality video of their Grammy performance. So click here to see it.
And watch the music video below.

And if you miss the talent of the Dixie Chicks like I do...
check out Courtyard Hounds.

And while you're at it...
check out Dan Wilson
of Semisonic fame
of Hotel Cafe Tour fame
and co-writer of many of the Chick's songs with the Chicks themselves.

February=Love: the 11th-a musical love

February the 11th: a musical love

ARCADE FIRE

I love Arcade Fire

I arrived to the Arcade Fire party in about 2006.

So a little late...
I'm just glad I arrived.

My love for them was solidified when they performed on Saturday Night Live

in February of 2007.

They performed a couple songs off of Neon Bible.

Here is Intervention.

I was only going to post one video but this performance is also too good to miss.

I was recently reminded about how great they are live...

again, on Saturday Night Live...

They performed a couple songs off of The Suburbs.

GREAT ALBUM.

And an AMAZING live performance.

Oh to have been in that audience and seen them live.

Someday.

For now...enjoy!

February=Love: the 11th

February: the 11th

The Book of Jonah

I love the book of Jonah in the Old Testament

I once heard Elder Holland say that we're not supposed to have favorite scriptures...

so I imagine the same might apply to having favorite books of scripture.

But, since Elder Holland mentioned that he has multiple favorites...

I feel it's ok since I too have multiple favorites.

So I list the book of Jonah as one of my favorite books of scripture.

I love it.

What I love about Jonah is that he struggled for a while with his faith.

I like to read about that in the scriptures...

to know that great prophets of old struggled just as I do.

Not in the believing...but in the applying the beliefs in their lives.

I don't struggle with the believing.

Which is, I know, a great blessing.

So I do not mean to sound as if I'm discounting that blessing.

But what I do struggle with is the application of what I believe in my life.

To the point...I lack faith in what I believe... in what following the gospel can bring into my life...the power that is has to change me. It is silly, that I lack this faith, as I watch all around me, the gospel of Jesus Christ change lives. Yet, I am unsure about whether or not it can change mine. This is not to say that I'm in constant doubt or that I haven't seen it in my life before...I just struggle getting to the point where I let it work.

So it is through the stories of prophets like Jonah that I find my faith in what living the truth brings. And I find comfort in knowing that my Father in Heaven will be very patient with me. Even if Shamu has to help me get there.

And as an added bonus...in case you do not know the story of Jonah...this little girl will set you straight.

February=Love: the 10th-a musical love

February 10th: a musical love

I love Enigma.
judge all you want...I don't care...I will still love them
they have been helping me fall asleep since the early 90's

I have loved them from the first moment their dulcet tones met my little ears.

My favorite Enigma song to this day...

Return to Innocence

And the video is probably still my all time favorite music video.

When I lived in Las Vegas four of my friends and I made our own backwards video. 

It is pretty awesome...and needs to be put on DVD...I digress.

For your viewing and listening pleasure...

February=Love: the 10th

February 10th:

my Super Brooke quilt

This quilt was a Christmas present.

Christmas of '99.

It is by far and away one of the best gifts I've ever received.

It is currently keeping me warm as I type.

There so much to say about this quilt.
 It means so much to me.
But I will spare you from sentimentality and memory lane.
Not to mention I wouldn't even know where to begin.

I will, however, say this. 

It was a group effort on the part of Rebecca Louise Fischer and her mother and sisters.

I have a photograph (not scanned unfortunately) of Bec and her sisters and their sore fingers.
The quilt was HAND STITCHED.

I think saying that it was made with love probably says it all.

It's getting a bit thrashed because of the serious use it has gotten.
but it's be thrashed with deep and abiding love.

I suppose I could just display it.  

But why?

It's useful and I love it.

Here is the center of the quilt.
Every superhero needs an emblem.
We can see some of the wear and tear on the emblem.
Worn and torn with love.

If you look closely you can see around the edges where the name "Super Brooke" has been embroidered.
That was done with a machine...
a freaking AWESOME machine!
But other than that...
ALL. HAND. STITCHED.

Here is it.
Not on display for you, but actually on my bed.
See those lines bursting from the emblem?
Yeah, ALL. HAND. STITCHED.

That is some serious love right there.