Frog Lullaby

There is nothing like the sound of a frog and toad chorus on a spring night from a vernal pool.  I grew up with this music, which I listened to from our second-floor screened in porch.  Often, I'd sit in the dark, sometimes just with a candle, listening to the echoing, vibrating sounds.  To this day, I can't hear frogs and toads without getting a little drowsy. 

I recorded about a minute of the music tonight, but apparently it's harder to post an audio file online than it is to get into Fort Knox.  (I love how old a reference that is - I feel like Bugs Bunny might jump off the page at any minute.) 

I'm sorry I can't share.  But just know that I'll be falling asleep to the lullaby of frogs and toads shortly.  Zzz....

Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise

If you’re loved by someone, you’re never rejected Decide what to be and go be it

Oh Avett Brothers, thanks for writing this song, especially today as I'm pondering big thoughts like what my true nature is and who I want to be as a person.  You're right.  I should just decide what to be and go be it.

Thanks.

The Long Nothing

This is the first Saturday morning in 2011 that I have woken up ready, willing and able to go for a long run.  The rest of the Saturdays before this, I've either been to tired, too fuzzy from the night before or too lazy to go.  And that pretty much sums up my first four months of 2011.

I started the year with all kinds of purpose and plans, but for some reason decided to instead regress to a way of living I haven't seen since my 20s.  Not that it hasn't been amusing and garnered some good memories and new friends, but there's not really been any there there.  It's like being on a solid diet of cotton candy and popcorn.

I'd love to say that today is the day that I turn 2011 around and get focused on some of the big life projects I have going on.  But I've said that about 14 times since 2011 started and am getting tired of hearing myself say it.  Not to mention, I have more than a few social engagements today that I'm gladly going to and which will inevitably lead to a renewed lack of focus.

So how long will the long nothing period last?  Longer than I suspect, I have a feeling.