tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21865687712653621302024-03-13T20:07:53.082-06:00The Venerable Niche Digestof Gretchen Elisabeth DevineGretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.comBlogger931125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-58208966845430338312019-12-01T17:50:00.000-07:002019-12-01T17:50:58.158-07:00November Mix: Shipwreck/Star<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/3973371">Ben Sollee - Extraordinary Machine</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/laundromatinee">LaundroMatinee</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
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<b>2. Something Big - Burt Bacharach</b></div>
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<b>11. Darkness - Pinegrove</b></div>
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<b>14. Things I Do - Andy Shauf</b></div>
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<b>15. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Cecile McLorin Salvant</b></div>
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<b>16. Oh Honey - Delegation</b></div>
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<b>17. Look At Me Now - Caroline Polachek</b></div>
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<b>18. Look at the Moon - Ivor Cutler</b></div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-26691597975129909282019-09-30T00:00:00.000-06:002019-09-30T00:00:09.604-06:00September Mix: Fall Start<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Hey hey. This is the season where music starts getting real good again. Can't wait:<br />
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<b>1. Dream - The Pied Pipers</b></div>
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<b>2. Morning Glories - Dear Nora</b></div>
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<b>3. Heroes and Villains - The Beach Boys</b></div>
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<b>4. Nice and Quiet - Bedouine</b></div>
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<b>5. Mood (Live from Spotify House SXSW '16) - Porches</b></div>
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<b>6. Vuela, Vuela (Voyage, Voyage) - Magneto</b></div>
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<b>7. Motivation - Normani</b></div>
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<b>8. 1979 - Darlingside</b></div>
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<b>9. Aphasia (Audiotree Live Version) - Pinegrove</b></div>
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<b>11. I Just Can't Fucking Do It Anymore - Christian Lee Hutson</b></div>
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<b>14. Snowqueen Of Texas - The Mamas & The Papas</b></div>
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<b>17. Far From You - Natalie Prass</b></div>
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<b>18. Father Doted Over Me - Bly Wallentine</b></div>
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<b>19. My Moon River - Sivu</b></div>
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<b>20. Twilight Time - The Platters</b></div>
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NOTES:<br />
2. I saw Dear Nora in a little bar outside of San Diego in July. They've been playing forever and aren't nearly appreciated enough. <a href="https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/where-to-start-with-dear-nora-your-favorite-indie-rockers-favorite-indie-rocker/" target="_blank">Give them your love.</a><br />
3. Had to listen to Beach Boys in California as well.<br />
6. I cannot get over this song. And I will not get over it until I learn every move of the choreography.<br />
10. Didn't go to this show last year. Still regret it.<br />
14. More finds from the California.<br />
17. RIP Mary Chapin Carpenter<br />
18. Local fave, <a href="https://blywallentine.fun/" target="_blank">Bly Wallentine</a></div>
Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-78197727444964706232019-09-29T20:01:00.002-06:002019-09-29T20:01:35.019-06:00Something for Sunday: AdversityI gave a talk on adversity last Sunday. Here it is:<div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I spent a few years working at a law firm, and am currently working as a proposal writer. So a big focus in my line of work has been in appropriately defining terms. But adversity is one of those heavy words that can mean so many things, it seems almost too big to define. But I’ll still try.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14 </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...for there is a God, and he hath </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">created</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> all things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are, both things to act and things to be </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">acted</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> upon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So many examples of adversity that I have seen in others lives seem too overwhelming to be fair. Francine R Bennion covered some of this topic in a talk she gave at a BYU Women’s conference. In describing suffering, she said: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hope that some of what I share today can contribute to that measure of hope. I am fortunate enough that I can fill my life with some healthy, easy adversity. When I wake up early enough, I go on a run before work. I am not fast, by any means, but I love pushing my body and stretching my muscles. We are so lucky to live next to a beautiful canyon and have hills that test our strength and speed. I’ve been timing my runs, and have an app on my phone that tells me how far I’ve gone, and what my pace is. And I feel a little happy burst if I find I’ve gotten even the slightest bit faster. After months, or sometimes even weeks of training, I find myself fitter, calmer, and healthier. The benefits come quickly, and it is easy to see that giving up sleep for momentary discomfort is worth it. This is what I think of as a daily, happy adversity. It is ultimately small, and easy to overcome because I can see the big picture, and feel the results of my labor fairly quickly. It’s tempting to compare our trails in life to something like this. A race with peaks and valleys that we will ultimately overcome, and be the better for. The only reason it is worth it is because I get to experience a beginning, middle, and end all in one morning. But in reality, our life is the smallest section or the race. And there is no beginning, and there is no end. And for many of us, we may not ever get to feel the vindication of training that has paid off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The truth is, so much of pain is purposeless. It is not always enobling or purifying and it is far from God’s will. There is no beauty in children being killed in a mass shooting. Nothing divine in the millions who are affected by drought, famine, and disease. The Lord told Joseph Smith in D&C 122 that. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I first read this scripture the year my dad passed away unexpectedly after a car accident, and I had spent the next year, more or less, in a daze. I went to work, came home. And every day followed more or less the same in a blur of weeks. Looking back on that period felt like a season of lost time. A year that the locusts had eaten. But God’s promise is that all that is lost will be restored, and that we shall have plenty. I have felt some of the bounties of that harvest in several of the years since, and I am grateful to not have to wait to long to have seen the Lords’ hand at various points throughout my life. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This scripture will always feel bittersweet to me. The friend who shared it with me has since resigned her membership from the church. Many people I love have chosen to resign their membership. They are people who’s testomonies helped me grow, who were were patient with their own doubts, and compassionate to others. Unbeknownst to them, they had been reassuring me through their examples that if they could stay active in the church, so could I. It very, very lonely to have so many of them gone. And I am so sad, that for many of them the church had become such a place of pain for them instead of a place of solace.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">21 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">head</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to the feet, I have no need of you...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">25 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That there should be no schism in the body; but </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> the members should have the same </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">care</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> one for another.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...Behold, here are the waters of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">desirous</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to come into the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fold</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light;</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yea, and are </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">willing</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to mourn with those that </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mourn</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">witnesses</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">first resurrection</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, that ye may have eternal life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is a requirement, that If we are to overcome adversity, we must have empathy. No man can enter the kingdom of heaven alone. This is one of the greatest gifts that God has given us to return to him, each other. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Christ tenderly told the Nephites, “I have commanded that none of you should go away.”</span><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/04/42eubank?lang=eng#note7" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #177c9c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">7</span></span></a><span style="color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> It is an unwavering requirement of Christian disciples and Latter-day Saints to show true love to one another.</span><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/04/42eubank?lang=eng#note9" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #177c9c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">9</span></span></a><span style="color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">… she goes on to say “The Lord knows how hard you are trying. You are making progress. Keep going. He sees all your hidden sacrifices and counts them to your good and the good of those you love. Your work is not in vain. You are not alone. His very name, Emmanuel, means “God with us.”</span><span style="color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> He is surely with you.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #212225; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an article from BYU Humanities magazine, Thomas Griffith describes the atonement as reconciliation, becoming of one mind. He teaches, “The impulse of the disciple is not division, but at-one-ment. The impulse of the disciple is to reach out to the stranger.”</span></div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-72075620413195905592019-08-30T07:00:00.000-06:002019-08-30T07:00:11.740-06:00August Mix: Hot Girl Sommer<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Get your best white peasant blouse and flower crowns:<br />
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<b>1. Up All Night - David Bazan</b><br />
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<b>2. Emotion - Carly Rae Jepsen</b><br />
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<b>3. C7osure (You Like) - Lil Nas X</b><br />
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<b>4. Lucifer - Charles Bradley</b><br />
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<b>5. Love Is Everywhere (Beware) - Wilco</b><br />
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<b>6. Death in Midsummer - Deerhunter</b><br />
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<b>7. Get Together - The Youngbloods</b><br />
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<b>8. My Song - Labi Siffre</b><br />
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<b>9. Distant Moon - Prima</b><br />
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<b>10. Ever New - Beverly Glen Copeland</b><br />
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<b>11. Sailing - Christopher Cross</b><br />
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<b>12. Open - Andy Shauf</b><br />
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It was a rosy june with all the buds and thorns:<br />
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<b>1. City of Roses - Esperanza Spalding</b></div>
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<b>2. Don't Squeeze Me Like Toothpaste - 10cc</b></div>
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<b>3. Teach You - Emily King</b></div>
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<b>8. Too Late For Love - John Lundvik</b></div>
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<b>10. Balance ton quoi - Angele</b></div>
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<b>11. Kill This Love - BLACKPINK</b></div>
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<b>12. Habibi - Ghali</b></div>
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<b>13. Down - Chloe x Halle</b></div>
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<b>14. My Love - Corinne Bailey Rae</b></div>
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<b>15. Baltimore - Lianne La Havas</b></div>
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<b>17. Epic, Pt. 2 - Anais Mitchell</b></div>
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<b>18. Body - Julia Jacklin</b></div>
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<b>19. Never Ending Fairytales - Labrinth</b></div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-37572129398632835042019-05-26T22:03:00.000-06:002019-08-29T20:38:39.042-06:00May Mix: My new album if I was Taylor Swift and releasing a new album at the same point in my career<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5-12-2019</td></tr>
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It's nice to like music again.<br />
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<b>1. Pass Me By - Peggy Lee</b></div>
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<b>2. Gloria - Laura Branigan</b></div>
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<b>3. The Ghost in You - The Psychedelic Furs</b></div>
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<b>4. Outta My Head (with John Mayer) - Khalid</b></div>
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<b>5. Stay Flo - Solange</b></div>
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<b>6. Going To A Town - Rufus Wainwright</b></div>
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<b>7. Good Guy - Julia Jacklin</b></div>
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<b>8. Fish - Mountain Man</b></div>
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<b>9. All Ashore - Punch Brothers</b></div>
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<b>10. Somewhere Far Away from Home - Angelo De Augustine</b></div>
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<b>11. Night Shift - Lucy Dacus</b></div>
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<b>12. Baltimore - Gabriel Kahane</b></div>
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<b>13. Satan Is Real - The Louvin Brothers</b></div>
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<b>14. wish you were gay - Billie Eilish</b></div>
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<b>15. Are You Ready For Love? - Elton John</b></div>
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<b>16. Humbug Mountain Song - Fruit Bats</b></div>
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<b>17. This Land Is Your Land - Chicano Batman</b></div>
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NOTES:</div>
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> I got me ten fine toes</span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge"> To wiggle in the sand</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> Lots of idle fingers</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> Snap to my command</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> A lovely pair of heels</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> That kick that beat the band</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> Contemplating nature can be fascinating</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> Add to these a nose that I can thumb</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> And a mouth by gum have I</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> To tell the whole darn world</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> If you don't happen to like it</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> Deal me out</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> Thank you kindly, pass me by</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> Pass me by, pass me by</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge"> If you don't happen to like it, pass me by</span></div>
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One day I will write a song as good as this<br />
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2. Have you seen Gloria Bell?<br />
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6. Best<br />
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12. New Fave. <a href="https://gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com/album/craigslistlieder" target="_blank">He is so funny</a>.<br />
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15. I don't know if I am ready for love but I am ready for <a href="https://youtu.be/S3vO8E2e6G0" target="_blank">Rocketman</a><br />
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-69619022732385938162019-04-13T19:12:00.001-06:002019-04-13T19:12:23.646-06:00April Mix: Branches on the Same Old Tree<br />
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This is one arena where I have no modesty. These mixes are good, and someone neds to hire me to make them. Aren't you lucky you get it for free?<br />
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<b>1. Garden of England (Interlude) - alt-J</b><br />
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<b>2. La Vie En Rose - Lucy Dacus</b><br />
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<b>3. Harmony Hall - Vampire Weekend</b><br />
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<b>4. Funtimes in Babylon - Father John Misty</b><br />
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<b>5. Forest Lawn - Better Oblivion Community Center</b><br />
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<b>6. In A Big Country - Big Country</b><br />
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<b>7. Words - F.R. David</b><br />
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<b>8. Fuh You- Paul McCartney</b><br />
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<b>9. For No One - Emmylou Harris</b><br />
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<b>10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters</b><br />
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<b>11. 1950 - King Princess</b><br />
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<b>12. Drew Barrymore - SZA</b><br />
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<b>13. Pretty Ugly - Tierra Whack</b><br />
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<b>14. I've Got my Mind Set On You - James Ray</b><br />
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<b>15. Look at Me Now - Emily King</b><br />
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5. Who knew I would finally seee Conor Oberst 15 years after being obsessed and being more excited for Phoebe Bridgers? Also related. Was chatting with a new girl at work about the first concerts we had gone to. And she talked about how the song "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World really helped her on her first day of school...in KINDERGARTEN.<br />
6. 1985 was a good year - https://the-time-crisis-universe.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_88<br />
8. Trust me I feel conflicted about this<br />
9. Can't resist a cover<br />
13. Thank you, Shrill<br />
14. Can't resist an original<br />
18. Christian Lee Hutson opened for Better Oblivion Community Center and was great great great. I'm glad that everyone is embracing the Elliott Smith sound. High school really is back again.<br />
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<br />Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-79642299664197441812019-02-01T22:20:00.002-07:002019-02-01T22:20:56.760-07:00February Mix: Your Own<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>1. Andromeda - Weyes Blood</b></div>
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<b>3. Time is Everything (feat. Riley Calcagno) - Vivian Leva</b></div>
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<b>5. And I Love Him - Esther Phillips</b></div>
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<b>8. Getting To Me - Caroline Rose</b></div>
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<b>9. 2021 - Vampire Weekend</b></div>
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1. Thanks to <a href="http://tangentialmeanderings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Julia</a> for re-introducing me to Weyes Blood</div>
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3. What luck to be brave enough to go to a random house show full of semi-strangers twice my age. It was worth it. Vivian and Riley are a beautiful duo.</div>
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7. Inspired by <a href="https://youtu.be/ab5WvwfLuLM" target="_blank">this skit</a></div>
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9. I cannot tell you how excited I am for this. Thanks to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/curator/time-crisis/993269786?app=music&ign-itsct=be1_cur_tim&ign-itscg=30302" target="_blank">Time Crisis</a> for carrying me through</div>
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10. Don't mind if I do</div>
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11. Ben is the best. Listen to his whole new album <a href="https://senwisher.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-87141940696097723302019-01-26T00:00:00.000-07:002019-01-26T00:00:08.777-07:00Saturday Verse: "Snowshoe to Otter Creek" - Stacie Cassarino<div>
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lover, yellow house, the knowledge of surfaces.</div>
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This is not a story of return.</div>
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There are times I wish I could erase</div>
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my fervor to be touched</div>
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where I stand like a stranger to my life.</div>
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There is no single moment of loss, there is</div>
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Is this the real end? Someone shoveling her way out</div>
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with cold intention? Someone naming her missing?</div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-64273788788497311652019-01-24T20:39:00.000-07:002019-01-24T20:39:04.160-07:00January Mix: Problematic Nineteenager<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>1. Buckeye Jim - Burl Ives</b><br />
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<b>2. In Another Life - Foxwarren</b><br />
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<b>3. Faded Dream - Goldmyth</b><br />
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<b>4. Army Dreamers - Kate Bush</b><br />
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<b>5. Moonlight - XXXTENTACION</b><br />
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<b>6. Darling - Real Estate</b><br />
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<b>7. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen</b><br />
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<b>8. Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates</b><br />
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<b>9. When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout</b><br />
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<b>11. Here Before - Vashti Bunyan</b><br />
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<b>12. Red Wine & Promises - Mike Waterson, Lal Waterson</b><br />
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<b>13. Your Dog - Soccer Mommy</b><br />
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<b>14. Be the Song - Foy Vance</b><br />
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<b>15. No Matter Where I Roam - Tom Brosseau</b><br />
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<b>16. He Came From The Mountain - Bruce Cockburn</b><br />
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<b>17. Ol' Man River - The Beach Boys</b><br />
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1. When you'd rather live in a Disney movie than real life<br />
2. When you'd rather live in a Andy Shauf party than real life<br />
3. When you'd rather live in a dream than real life<br />
4. When you'd rather be in Kate Bush's army than real life<br />
5. Sorry<br />
6. They made good<br />
7. I'm reading Warm Bodies and wish I was just watching the movie. I think it's my favorite? The soundtrack is the best<br />
8. A banger<br />
9. It slaps<br />
10. This is what the teens are listening to<br />
11. I read a tweet about about a mom saying her daughter talks about her life "from before" and she's 4 years old and it freaked me out so bad I almost couldn't sleep<br />
12. The best best best that you can't hear on Spotify so listen to it here<br />
13. More neu emo<br />
14. More from the Warm Bodies soundtrack<br />
16. The sweetest song that I heard for the first time when Emily Golightly played it at a Christmas acoustic night<br />
17. Always the best harmonies from these brothersGretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-75729783701423922852019-01-01T13:46:00.000-07:002019-01-01T13:46:15.319-07:00A Poem: "The Birthday of the World" - Marge Piercy<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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On the birthday of the world</div>
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of my perennially damaged</div>
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psyche, shoring up eroding</div>
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that refuse to rot on their own.</div>
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for peace. How much have</div>
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sliced and diced, where</div>
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have I spoken out? Who</div>
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have I tried to move? In</div>
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this holy season, I stand</div>
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self-convicted of sloth</div>
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bends reason to slithering</div>
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opening, the fire dazzling</div>
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what judges me, I judge</div>
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myself. Give me weapons</div>
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of minute destruction. Let</div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-7630224590394828622018-12-23T20:35:00.000-07:002018-12-23T20:35:34.084-07:00December Mix: DrEaMO<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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2. No Fear of Hellfire - Nap Eyes</div>
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3. Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt</div>
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4. Alone (feat. Lily Elise) - Twin Shadow</div>
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5. I'm Not Scared - Tomberlin</div>
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6. Sunday Light - Choir Boy</div>
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7. Caledonia, My Love - Hiss Golden Messenger</div>
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8. Bring Your Love To Me - The Avett Brothers</div>
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9. Beautiful - Bazzi</div>
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10. Imagining My Man - Aldous Harding</div>
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11. Necessary Evil - Unknown Mortal Orchestra</div>
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12. We Were Meant to Be Together - Tom Brosseau</div>
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13. Palace (Sam Smith Cover) - Cam</div>
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14. Show You a Body - Haley Heynderickx</div>
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15. Smoke Signals - Phoebe Bridgers</div>
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16. L'Inconnue - Beach House</div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-2135659430958347462018-12-04T09:38:00.003-07:002018-12-04T09:38:42.163-07:00A poem: "Day in Autumn" Rainer Maria Rilke<br />
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I subscribed to the Poetry Foundation's daily poems and it was a great decision. Today's:<br />
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After the summer's yield, Lord, it is time </div>
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As for the final fruits, coax them to roundness. </div>
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Direct on them two days of warmer light </div>
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to hale them golden toward their term, and harry </div>
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the last few drops of sweetness through the wine. </div>
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waking up to read a little, draft long letters, </div>
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fitfully wander, when the wild leaves loosen.</div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-30349597149687400922018-11-18T18:45:00.002-07:002018-11-18T18:45:57.886-07:00Another Mix: Ember<br />
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Hi!<br />
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From too little to too much music. I'm trying in podcasts for music at work, which means more and more mixes, for better or for worse. Here's Ember<br />
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1. Country - Porches<br />
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2. Rollin' With The Flow - Charlie Rich<br />
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3. Baltimore - Randy Newman<br />
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4. Die Young (Rhye Remix) - Sylvan Esso<br />
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5. breathin - Ariana Grande<br />
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6. Sympathy (feat. Rainsford) - Twin Shadow, Rainsford<br />
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7. passionfruit - Yaeji<br />
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8. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos<br />
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9. It Is What It Is - Kacey Musgraves<br />
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10. The Bug Collector - Haley Heynderickx<br />
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11. Standing in the Doorway - Hiss Golden Messenger<br />
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12. Brighter! - Cass McCombs<br />
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13. Goccia - Christina Dona<br />
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14. Asheville Skies - The Milk Carton Kids<br />
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15. Dark Room (Demo) - Choir Boy<br />
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And you can listen on Spotify here:<br />
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<br />Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-32466134157841814112018-11-05T00:00:00.000-07:002018-11-05T00:00:01.852-07:00Don't miss the election I revisited the ol' blog back in July and found this forgotten draft from before the election:<br />
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"When the election has ended, one candidate will come out victorious. But that doesn't mean their supporters or detractor will dissapear. Friends, neighbors, and strangers will still be there. Ways of thinking will still be there. Those core beliefs and issues will still need to be met, challenged, debated and considered. Our work won't end on November 8th, it should be just beginning."</blockquote>
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At the time, I was confident of a Hilary Clinton win, and anxious to leave the sideshow of the election in the past. <a href="https://nyti.ms/2emNxpa">Opinion pieces</a> were saying that they were ready for the election to be over so that there could be some sort of return to normalcy. Reading these <a href="https://nyti.ms/2e2tVqt">old op-eds</a> are a strange sort of time travel, and living history lessons. I hope I can learn from that past.<br />
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I was sitting in a GRE math prep class the day of the election. One kids mentioned he was winning Florida, and then more chimed in with updates, and I just started crying and had to leave. I sat at home alone, and put my wasted "I Voted" sticker on a framed print in my living room.<br />
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It's still there. It was supposed to serve as a reminder not to be complacent, but it hasn't really worked. We have <a href="https://elections.utah.gov/2018-election-information">a chance tomorrow to do something</a> about it. Let's try.<br />
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-22219446301759787852018-11-02T19:36:00.000-06:002018-11-02T19:36:00.665-06:00November Mix: Never (Always) Alone, Always (Never) at Home<br />
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<b>1. Your Wildest Dreams - The Moody Blues</b><br />
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<b>2. Alone - Halsey</b><br />
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<b>3. Look What I Found - Lady Gaga</b><br />
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<b>4. Little Bubble - Dirty Projectors</b><br />
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<b>5. The Night Comes Down - Queen</b><br />
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<b>6. Friends of Mine (Mono Version) - The Zombies</b><br />
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<b>7. Love Hurts - Mountain Man</b><br />
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<b>9. Richardson Road - Grasscut</b><br />
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<b>10. Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel</b><br />
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<b>11. Me & My Dog - Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus (Boy Genius)</b><br />
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<b>13. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - Feist</b><br />
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<b>14. what can you say - Adrianne Lenker</b><br />
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<b>15. Slack Jaw - Sylvan Esso</b><br />
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2. New anthem<br />
3. dun dun dun dun dun duuuuuuunnn dun dun dun dun dun dun duuuuuuun dun dun dun dun dun duuuuuun duuuuuun duuun<br />
4. Guys. Dave Longstreth wrote the most heartbreaking songs from this album and convinced me that love is impossible and then he go married just a couple months ago? Anything is possible, I guess.<br />
5. I should be watching Bohemian Rhapsody instead of writing this right now<br />
8. She's back and this video is way better than it needs to be<br />
14. She's a poet<br />
15. A bonus special session:<br />
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<br />Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-74942868592031227612018-10-26T19:14:00.000-06:002018-10-26T19:14:04.748-06:00A Halloween Mix: Spooky Moodz<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>1. Then End of the World - Sharon Van Etten</b></div>
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<b>2. Calling Occupants Of Interplantary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day) - The Carpenters</b></div>
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<b>3. Immigrant Song - SOAK</b></div>
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<b>5. In Conflict - Owen Pallett</b></div>
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<b>8. High Times - Elliott Smith</b></div>
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<b>10. Babylon - Mountain Man</b></div>
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<b>17. White Fire - Angel Olsen</b></div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-88620882216270273802018-09-22T16:44:00.002-06:002018-09-22T16:44:42.682-06:00A Beginning of Autumn Mix: Fall In<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's the first day of fall, thank goodness. Even better than the real new years day. I am desperate for a new season.<br />
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Get it:<br />
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<b>1. Milkshake - Riverdale Cast</b><br />
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<b>2. Sleeping with the Television On - Billy Joel</b><br />
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<b>3. He Would Have Laughed - Deerhunter</b><br />
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<b>4. Motion Sickness - Phoebe Bridgers</b><br />
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<b>5. Up In Hudson - Dirty Projectors</b><br />
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<b>6. Once More to See You - Mitski</b><br />
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<b>7. Totes Les Promises - La iaia</b><br />
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<b>8. Brite Boy - (Sandy) Alex G</b><br />
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<b>9. Pristine - Snail Man</b><br />
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<b>10. Free Will and Testament - Robert Wyatt</b><br />
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<b>11. Mother Big River - Jessica Pratt</b><br />
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<b>12. The Other Woman (Live in New York) - Nina Simone</b><br />
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<b>13. To You (Andy Shauf cover) - BadBadNotGood</b><br />
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<b>14. Where Do My Bluebird Fly - The Tallest Man On Earth</b><br />
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<b>15. The Dead Hear - Midnight Oil</b><br />
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<b>16. Big Sis - SALES</b><br />
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<b>17. So Long Ago, So Clear - Jon Anderson, Vangelis</b><br />
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<b>18. Happines - Molly Drake</b><br />
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Spotify:<br />
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NOTES:<br />
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2. No shame.<br />
4. The. The. The. Song. It is in my head everyday. <a href="http://smithstix.com/music/event/22074/julien-baker-and-phoebe-bridgers" target="_blank">Let's go</a>.<br />
12. Heartbreak and a half.<br />
15. Actually <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Heart" target="_blank">cool</a>.<br />
18. The bittersweet.<br />
<br />Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-58991771261987305252018-09-22T15:57:00.001-06:002018-09-22T15:57:51.120-06:00An End of Summer Mix: Overripe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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September 2nd, 2018</div>
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I lost a whole summer and will never get it back.</div>
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Oh well!</div>
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Here's a mix:</div>
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<b>1. Boo'd Up - Ella Mai</b><br />
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<b>2. no tears left to cry - Ariana Grande</b><br />
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<b>3. Comme Un Enfant (Second Date Mix) - Yelle</b><br />
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<b>4. Break-Thru - The Dirty Projectors</b><br />
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<b>5. I Promise You (Ezra's Demo) - Ezra Koenig</b><br />
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<b>6. Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc</b><br />
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<b>7. Malemolencia - Ceu</b><br />
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<b>8. Herside Story - GoldLink, Hare Squead</b><br />
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<b>9. Nice Boys - Temporex</b><br />
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<b>10. Bad Boy - The Jive Bombers</b><br />
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<b>11. Japanese Denim - Daniel Caesar</b><br />
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<b>12. Love is A Wild Thing - Kacey Musgraves</b><br />
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<b>13. Burning House - Cam</b><br />
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<b>14. The Basement - Marlowe, L'Orange</b><br />
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<b>15. 'Til It's Over - Anderson .Paak</b><br />
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And if Spotify is your thing:<br />
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NOTES:<br />
4. My pump up. The best.<br />
5. Thank you, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/idsa.10c38810-b979-11e6-967b-2c2a79fdc3f1">Time Crisis</a>.<br />
10. I found this song from scrolling through an instagram account dedicated to cute boys' jawlines.<br />
12. If you're not listening to Kacey Musgraves all the time, what is wrong with you?<br />
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-33930620209210822022018-08-24T00:00:00.000-06:002018-08-24T00:00:09.671-06:00Hedge Maze - A Celebrity July MixtapeA photo:<br />
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A mix:<br />
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<iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/gretchendevine/playlist/2uQHeLWH7RHSA8oQexHWjv" width="300"></iframe>Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-74060834585607575662018-08-17T00:00:00.000-06:002018-08-17T00:00:00.302-06:00Tomorrow's on the way - A Celebrity May MixtapeA photo From Daniel Morel:<br />
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<img alt="image.png" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=dff6720646&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r2556608801008387519&th=1636b1be15918b1e&view=fimg&sz=w1600-h1000&attbid=ANGjdJ_h5PJREJ8FX8deZUX74DsIT2CpHwB6Iea2FrVyWgfP71jfBIB_4Ybl4nrAF3MMXfv_lO0tpP77O6Y5lHVuUIISnspg4oKPlTAqjMLTqjxCYvZb9_CmmGhqbW0&disp=emb&realattid=ii_jh9ou4cn0" /><br />
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A Mix:<br />
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Some background on Daniel Morel, Haiti, and the photograph that I included in my email for this mix. Life is wild and weird and can be wonderful:<br />
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"I went to Haiti This past November. I had found some relatively cheap first-class tickets due to a mistake fares being posted online. I bought a ticket right away, thinking I could convince someone to go with me. </div>
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So I boarded a plaine to Port-au-Prince with a very slim plan as to what I would do when I would arrive, all by myself. A friend of a friend from church, Emmanuel (a true savior to me) met me there with his friend and a motor cycle. All three of us managed to fit on it, I don't know how. Another miracle for the day. They took me half an hour to Hotel Olaffson where I was planning to spend the night. It is walled off from the rest of the city, but a sort of ramshackle refuge. The cobblestone driveways was littered with broken glass and beer bottles from the previous All Souls Day celebrations. No lights were on. No guests around. Dogs roaming around. You would think it was abandoned. I got a room that had a plaque on the door saying that Barry Goldwater had stayed there once. I felt very uneasy and wondering why I was there.</div>
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Later that afternoon I sat on the patio of the Hotel trying to access wifi. Daniel Morel was sitting there, and invited me to sit next to him. I learned that he was a photographer, and this is one of the photos he showed me. </div>
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It was also from the celebrations the previous day. I learned that he was the first person who captured images from the 2010 earthquake. He described taking photo after photo, holding onto the wall as the ground was shaking. He captured all those early terrifying moments as long as he could, until it started getting dark. Night time in Haiti is different from anywhere I have ever been. And after the earthquake there was no electricity. An even darker night, I cannot imagine. But there was electricity at the Oloffson, where he had friends. Daniel got there quickly as he could and posted his photos online. They spread like wildfire, leaving him uncredited. It became a huge law suit that was recently settled. You can read more about it here:</div>
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<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/haitian-photographer-wins-major-u-s-copyright-victory/&source=gmail&ust=1534105431430000&usg=AFQjCNGue9fhK6NZl6Oy_e1wWQ7EIzjiJw" href="https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/haitian-photographer-wins-major-u-s-copyright-victory/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://lens.blogs.nytimes.<wbr></wbr>com/2013/11/23/haitian-<wbr></wbr>photographer-wins-major-u-s-<wbr></wbr>copyright-victory/</a></div>
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Later that night, Daniel introduced me to Catherine Porter who was working on a story about death for the New York Times. We discovered that we were taking the same flight out of Haiti, and she offered to pick me up on the way out. A true kindness. </div>
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I forgot about the article she was working on, and just found it. Today. This minute.</div>
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It is incredible:</div>
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I haven't been able to get through all of it because it makes me cry. But I can't think of a more fitting thing to reflect on for this coming Memorial Day weekend. From remembering those we've lost to the incredible service of others who try to ease some of that suffering. </div>
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One little photo can hold so much. Can't it?</div>
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I tried to capture all those feelings in my <span class="il">mix</span> this month. I'll let you be the judge as to whether I succeeded or not." </div>
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<br />Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-33035368823824256352018-08-10T00:00:00.000-06:002018-08-10T00:00:02.527-06:00Nous étions toi et moi - A Celebrity April MixtapeA photo from my uncle, James Cromar:<br />
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A mix:<br />
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-57232043961594087312018-08-03T00:00:00.000-06:002018-08-03T00:00:06.045-06:00Can't Hide From a Memory - A Celebrity March Mixtape<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I started a little music mix project with a group of friends a few months ago, Celebrity Mixtape. We picked a photo and made a mix based off of what we saw. Here's the first:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-65916768532379460182018-07-29T17:56:00.000-06:002018-08-11T14:15:39.602-06:00Something for Sunday: Mankind is our BusinessOh hey! Remember me?<br />
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I gave a talk in my new ward last Sunday. Here it is:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;"> I'm excited to be back in a family ward. It is beautiful to be surrounded by people </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">from </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">different ages and stages of life. I’ll get to see this first–hand as I’ll be working with </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">some of your children in my new calling as Primary Chorister. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> As a child I grew up in an old home on South Temple; the same one where my </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">grandmother, Billie Ann Devine grew up. She told us stories about running around the </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">house with her younger siblings, making rope ladders out of sheets across the second </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">level staircase, and spending summer nights sleeping in the screened-in porch. But as a </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">kid myself, my mind was firmly rooted in the present where our own family memories </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Titanic soundtrack with my friends. And I climbed onto the roof as a teenager to tan. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I honestly didn’t give too much thought to the prior occupants of the house, even </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">though they were my own family. Several years ago my dad passed away and my </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">they are our brothers and sisters in Christ.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Part of the actual assigned topic for this sacrament talk was “How does doing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">family history work strengthen our testimony”. Maybe you’ve noticed I’ve taken a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">circuitous route to approach this topic, and I have to admit why. I just don’t do family </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">history work. There certainly are plenty of reminders that it’s something I should focus </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">on. I think God is nudging me in that direction since one, I was assigned to give this talk </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and two, my new apartment is less than a block away from the family history library. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Combine that with the fact that I walk by the temple everyday should be enough of a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">sign that family history needs to be a bigger part of my weekly routines. I’m very lucky </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">though, I have a grandfather and aunts and other family members who are doing so </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">much of the work already, I’ve justifie</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d to myself th</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">at if I were to get involved, I’d end up more in the way than anything else. But as I’ve </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">pondered on this topic, I’ve realized that family history work is far too important to </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and that they may know the covenants of the Lord</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">” (introduction to the Book of </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">uncertainty, and familial strife that still resonate today. Aside from the scriptures, we </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">decisions. One of my friends shared with me how her grandfather was disowned by his </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">was able to follow her example when her own marriage was threatened by infidelity. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Now that my friends and I are facing the same sort of challenges are loneliness as our </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">When we learn more about our families, it doesn’t only strengthen our faith through </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">love, it makes us more inclined to find ways to serve. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The church’s focus on family history </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">gives us the chance to emulate the savior as we bring the opportunity to make and keep </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">sacred covenants to our ancestors.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">President Ezra Taft Benson</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> spoke on this subject in a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">1983 issue of the Ensign:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Ours is the privilege of opening the doors of salvation to those souls </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">who may be </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">imprisoned in darkness in the world of spirits, that they </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">may receive the light of the </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">gospel and be judged the same as we. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Yes, ‘the works I do’—proffering the saving </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">ordinances of the gospel </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">to others—‘shall [ye] do also.’ How many thousands of our </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">kindred </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">yet await these sealing ordinances?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“It is well to ask, ‘Have I done all I can as </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">an individual on this side of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the veil? Will I be a savior to them—my own </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">progenitors?’</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“Without them, we cannot be made perfect! Exaltation is a family </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;"> When we do family history it strengthens the links between the past and the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">present. In </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">reality, if we are true believers in eternity, than we understand that the</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> past </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">is just as much a part of our eternity, as the present and the future. When we choose to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">research the history of our families and gather information to perform ordinances and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">make covenants on their behalf in the temple, we are participating in a type of holy time </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">travel. Just as Christ atoned for our sins before our birth, we can bring help bring eternal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">blessings to our loved ones after death.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> So much of our society is focused on what we can build for ourselves today instead </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">of what we are creating for others and our common future. The gospel is all about </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">attending to the needs of others as a way of sanctifying our own soul. Some of my favorite </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">lines from Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” come from the ghost of Jacob Marley. It </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">may be, will find its </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">mortal life too short for its vast means of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">usefulness… no space of regret can make </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">amends for one life's </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">opportunity misused!” `But you were always a good man of </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">business, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">`Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. `Mankind was </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">my business. The </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">forbearance, and benevolence, were, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">all, my business. The dealings </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">ocean of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">my business!'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;"> Family history brings our focus to the business of mankind. As we look at the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">legacies of those who came before us, we can’t help but examine what type of actions </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">we are taking today. What are we doing now that can guarantee a bright future for the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">families that will come after us? Everyday bring us new opportunities to be generous </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">with others. To be active and informed citizens and neighbors. To be better stewards to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">our earth. And to make space for those who are marginalized or forgotten. Building our </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">present and appreciating our past is all for naught if we are not focused on mankind as </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">our business, like Jacob Marley said. President Benson said, “Exaltation is a family affair”. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre;">Our family is not limited to our own nuclear homes, but extends to everyone.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> If it is God’s purpose is</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">“to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/moses/1.39?lang=eng#38" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Moses 1:39</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">). Then it is our purpose to help with that work. In an April 2016 general </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">conference talk, President Eyring said “It is because our priesthood obligation is to put </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">our families and the families of those around us at the center of our concern. Every </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">major decision should be based on the effect it will have on a family to qualify for life </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. There is nothing in our priesthood service as </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">important as this… As we are faithful in our service to help Heavenly Father’s children </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">to go home to Him, we will qualify for the greeting we all so much want to hear when </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">we finish our earthly ministry. These are the words: “Well done, thou good and faithful </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">enter thou into the joy of thy lord” (</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/25.21?lang=eng#20" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Matthew 25:21</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">).”</span></div>
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Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671720021944018282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186568771265362130.post-17942569490812431002018-02-10T00:00:00.000-07:002018-02-10T00:00:04.402-07:00Saturday Verse: Nikki Giovanni - "What It Is"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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WHAT IT IS </blockquote>
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if it's a trail we can hike it<br />if it has two wheels we can bike it </blockquote>
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if it's an allergy we can sneeze it<br />if it's a pimple we can squeeze it </blockquote>
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if it's dew it "covers Dixie"<br />if it's Tinker Bell it's a pixie </blockquote>
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if it's a breeze it can blow us<br />if it's the sun it can know us </blockquote>
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if it's a song we can sing it<br />if it flies we can wing it </blockquote>
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if it's soda pop then it's drinkable<br />it might be X-Rated but that's unthinkable </blockquote>
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if it's a boat we can sail it<br />if it's a letter we can mail it </blockquote>
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if it's a star we can let it shine<br />if it's the moon it can make you mine </blockquote>
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if it's grass we can rake it<br />if it's free why not take it </blockquote>
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if it's a tide it can ebb<br />if it's a spider it can web </blockquote>
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if it's chocolate we can dip it<br />if it's a golf ball we can chip it </blockquote>
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if it's gum we can chew it<br />I hope it's love so we can do it</blockquote>
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