Earworms... or A Tune in my Head

St. Laurent Fruit and Vegetable, our regular place to get produce, has closed. Oh no! It was in such a convenient location and had such great prices that it will be hard to replace. Eating pounds and pounds of vegetables every week makes this one important grocery shopping stop. I'd hate to have to rely on our local store as they really suck in the produce department, not to mention their outrageous prices...

 

Yesterday, after clipping the poodles (has 6 weeks passed already?), I lounged around surfing for music.  I came across some favourites as well as some music I haven't listened to for so long. Luckily I'm a member of a non-iTunes download site where the songs are just $0.15 - what a deal - and they seem to have everything. I even found the soundtrack for the Leonard Cohen documentary which includes the version of "If it be Your Will" sung by Antony (http://youtu.be/wKhGKB6faW0). I listened to that one over and over again, it is so haunting. Today, with my list of finds in hand, I loaded up my mp3 player.  One genre I'm missing though is Island, or Reggie music. If anyone has suggestions I'd welcome them!

Do you ever get an earworm in your head? You know, the songs that just repeat for days and you just can't shake it? My latest one is Home on the Range, which isn't too bad, but a few years back I got "From New York to LA" by Patsy Gallant ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haZCnt_SVgM&feature=youtube_gdata_player) stuck in my head for WEEKS. I just couldn't shake it. OH CRAP!!! I may have just fed the worm... quick! listen to something else less offensive!

I've done most of the writing for this post on my tablet. Have I said recently how much I love my prune? (Asus TF101 transformer aka productivity unit extraordinaire). It was so awesome to have with me on my trip - it is small, has a great keyboard, reads my camera from a USB, could charge on the airplane via USB, has a lovely touch screen, does a good job with Skype (hi honey), has a regular browser as well as lots of apps, and is just generally awesome. I should get a kickback for all the glowing adverts I do for it, but alas I don't.

“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

Antony and the Johnsons - Crazy in Love

I've been surfing around on youtube looking for a song sung by Antony on a Leonard Cohen documentary (If it be Your Will). Once I found it I started listening to some other music by him. This was my favorite - I love his voice, it is like Angels singing in the heavens.

Watch "Antony and the Johnsons - Crazy in love" on YouTube

I guess I'm a bit bored - it is windy and rainy, a perfect day for staying inside -  but a trip to the new texas bbq place should have been undertaken.

Medicine Hat and Beyond

 

Around Medicine Hat

Sagebrush growing in one of the many parks.

Many steps down from the heights.

I loved this stool in the Med Alta Pottery museum. So simple and rustic.

This is a clay brick carving by James Marshall. This is one of the 14 stations of the cross.

Police Point Park – one of the many parks in Medicine Hat.

 

A Present to Me

I got this at Lammle’s Western store. It seemed just perfect as it has the blue western stone, and the “carving” is somewhat Nordic, a little bit like my great-grandfather’s artwork. Mom and Dad got me a silver ring that also has carving on it – I love it! They are both the perfect souvenir to this wonderful trip.

 

Drumheller

We are just reaching the point where we descend a steep hill into the gully. It was an incredible view from here.

 

Calgary and Beyond

This is a great statue, unfortunately a bunch of kids were sitting right against it with all of their luggage – couldn’t they have found a better place to sit where they didn’t block the whole statue? They did move some of their stuff back a bit when it was clear that we wanted to take some photos…

The next few photos don’t really need captions, except to say they were taken as we were ascending into the heavens over Calgary.

 

Ah, there are so many things betwixt heaven and earth of which only the poets have dreamed! Friedrich Nietzsche