Have You Ever One-dered??

We’re back on the albums again! Part TWENTY EIGHT 30-21. - This week features Ms. Lauryn Hill, Sam Cooke, The Clash, and seven other artists to continue this massive undertaking. Hmm, who else could there be? ;) - Barely squeezed in the albums! Def not enough time for Poetry Time. But you already knew that. Here’s the written version for you: ____________________________________________________ What I Have Learned So Far Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Because, properly attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion. Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit to no labor in its cause? I don't think so. All summations have a beginning, all effect has a story, all kindness begins with the sown seed. Thought buds toward radiance. The gospel of light is the crossroads of—indolence, or action. Be ignited, or be gone. -by Mary Oliver ____________________________________________________ To honor the top 100 albums (and my favorite poet), the poems for the rest of this series will all be coming from Mary Oliver :) - ONLY 20 ALBUMS TO GO!!! I’m freaking out. (I’m *really really really* going to miss this project once we’re through.) Onward and upward we continue. - Oh it’s a major endeavor, alright. I’m going to try to listen to at least 10 albums a week for the rest of the year! Yeah, I’m not joking. Media, art, and entertainment publication Paste Magazine came out with a list of the 300 best albums and we’re going to go through them all! Well, I’m going to. And then we’re going to talk about it! Great tracks, themes, history, info, related artists, cultural context, personal experiences- they’re all going to play a part in these reviews. Totally stoked because I love music. (And a little intimidated! Because this is a lot to process) - If we keep up with an episode per week featuring 10 albums each, we’ll just about finish by the end of 2024. - There are only two of these left. (Gasp.) Take a break, listen to some of this music, and I’ll see you Monday, C :) - BONUS POEM If you’ve made it this far down into the description, then you get an extra surprise today! Some time ago (I’m not quite sure when, but it could have been exactly a year ago!) I came across a poem from modern poet Lyndsey Rush that mentioned today’s date (December 13, 2024) specifically. Ooh, it would be fun to do this poem on the show on that exact date! I thought to myself at the time. So apparently I saved the link to it, and set a reminder on my phone to pop up yesterday and remind me. And then of course promptly forgot about it. Until the reminder resurfaced! Just as it was supposed to. But who was to know when I set it that we’d be in 300 Albums territory on this specific day? I had no idea. (Don’t you love that about life? You almost never know what’s coming.) So not only did I not have time to include this poem in the audio of today’s episode, but I had already chosen a poem by Mary Oliver to fit into today’s poetry slot. What’s a gal to do? Include it anyway! So here’s the text of the additional poem, for your enjoyment and to assuage my original desire and intent: Same Time Next Year? This time next year I hope you're gobsmacked by all the wishes and wins that life lobbed your way I hope, by December 13, 2024, that your worries about That One Thing have lifted, and you're so far past the pain you have to squint to see it I hope in 365 days or so, that you find yourself Pleased as punch Walking on air Up to your tits in contentment Certain (but open to surprises) that it can't get any better than this