A Very Rosie Christmas was inspired by Rosie, who was very much a Christmas cat who loved opening her presents early! I may add words to it someday, but for now it's an instrumental. I'm also going to keep it up for the whole year since we have started to put less emphasis on Christmas Day, instead hoping to split Christmas into 365 parts and having a little bit of the Christmas Spirit every day!
Click on the image of "Life's Mystery" to the right to hear this song on YouTube. I think it might be my favorite song because of the lyrics, which came to me in minutes as I put pen to paper.
Click on the image of this song, "Tears," to see and hear it on YouTube. Tears is about abuse. It's for people like me who feel like crying, but can't shed tears. Instead, we just cry inside.
If you click on this picture it will take you to YouTube to hear this hopeful song called "Light On The Horizon." This is the first video I made using a song that I wrote quite a while ago that was originally much faster. Yes, that's me playing and singing everything as I do on all my songs, which is a lot of fun. That's Rosie the Wonder Cat, who I miss dearly. More about her in the next song call
Click on the image of this song, "I Just Can't Say Goodbye" to watch it on YouTube. I wrote this one about the loss of a pet, or any loved one, how hard it is to see them go, and having to face that reality and related grief.
Walking Wounded is a song that I wrote years ago when I was going through an unhappy time, which I ultimately overcame because I remained hopeful. When I decided to record it more recently I was saddened by the desperate people at the border who literally were the "walking wounded." Our friend Pedro sings the Spanish lyrics that I added to the end of the song: "Somos los heridos que caminan."
Click on the image of this song, "Dance Until The End...," to see and hear it on YouTube. Unfortunately, it may be quite relevant as it is my cynical take on how we are ignoring climate change.
Click on the image of "JJ's Jam" to hear it on YouTube. Once I hit the opening chord of this song the rest was done in minutes. I've been sitting on it for a few years so it's nice to finally do something with it - it feels so much better to be positive and strong, especially now during these times of harsh adversity for so many. The pexels website is a godsend with all of the free photos that so