Monthly Archives: January 2010

A surprise from our dear Fannie Mae.

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Well…

As of yesterday, THE house is under contract! (big grin!!!!)

Drew wanted to go by the place after work yesterday. Even though I only had 1 1/2 hour break to grab dinner, plan a mini-talk, and head to worship practice, I consented. Chalking it up to his sentimentality.

As he opens the door he says, “Take your shoes off.”

“What?”

I look in and see brand new carpet and paint. And my eyes just well up with tears right there. It’s “move-in” ready, so we can paint the rooms along and along. We won’t have to do the HOURS and HOURS  of painting the walls and staining the floor. We can just move in.

ALL ARTISTS

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Two nights ago I attended my first Songwriters Circle (it’s one thing to post a song here and ask for feedback, it’s another to play it live in front of 5 other amazingly talented people and brace myself for their input). This quote came from one of my dear friends, Cyle, who is a member of the group. I can’t even begin to tell you how true this is of my own life.

I think that all artists, regardless of degree of talent, are a painful, paradoxical combination of certainty and uncertainty, of arrogance and humility, constantly in need of reassurance, and yet with a stubborn streak of faith in their validity, no matter what. ~ Madeleine L’Engle  A Circle of Quiet, The Crosswicks Journal: Book One

What happens when I give my music away…?

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If I’ve learned ANYTHING by taking advantage of the insightful input from all of you, it’s two things:

1) I’m not always right.

2) Y’all hear things that I don’t hear.

When I first posted this song last year, I got a message from Mark Thomas saying he’d love to get producer his hands on it. A few months and a few other musicians later, this is what blows up my inbox:

Thanks Mark & Josh! Now, if I could just write some more songs for these Denver boys to play around with!!