Artist: Bonnie Tyler
Song: Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Album: Faster Than The Speed Of Night
Paris is For Awe
LOCATION: 12 feet from the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
YEAR: 1984
PUBLISHED: February 7, 2008

Mom and I went to Europe for my high school graduation present to each other and while music was a huge part of the success of the trip, this particular song evokes a memory of awe.

Artist: Neil Diamond
Song: Sweet Caroline
Album: Hot August Night
Year: 1972
Cruising the Convertible Triumph TR6
LOCATION: Along Route 55 Ulster County, Ellenville in Catskills, NY
YEAR: 1978
PUBLISHED: February 7, 2008

It was about 88 degrees, sun beating down on the red wine colored cloth seats of the burgundy Triumph TR6 convertible.

Take any memory from any song you heard and share it! This song has a few good ones attached and here is one. "I loved it! I loved her immediately because she was pure in heart, she sang it and so beautifully. She was not afraid to show being afraid. When I heard it in the theater I felt her singing just to me telling me that this, love, is a very complex matter. There are no easy ways around what comes assigned to you not the other way around. You don’t seek it, it seeks you and if you are not ready, it even humbles you plenty."

An interesting “poetic” collaboration linking to the horror-writer Stephen King, the fascination with The Stand and a “tribute” to my youngest brother who passed away nine years ago, July 23rd, 2000 yet born on April 23rd, 1980. He lived for today and stood for all the tomorrows. .. we miss you little guy.

If the cognitive construct defines “settling” for something not less than but more than, would you be settling if you were satiated? An interesting analysis of changing your mind, feeling better about your life, just by altering your outlook and seeing all as opportunity for advancement instead of simply, “settling for less than I deserve”.

Acrostics, a type of poetry, began in ancient Greece to increase social skills and teach higher intellectual uses of the brain.