tag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:/blogs/3-a-m-reflections-d53c6779-99d0-4f93-89b4-a64beec57c69?p=23 a.m. reflections2023-11-11T06:05:00-07:00Amber Norgaardfalsetag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/73021602023-11-11T06:05:00-07:002023-11-11T06:20:02-07:00November 11, 2023 - Veterans Day Thoughts<p>It's Veteran's Day, and I'm thinking of one my old songs “Hell Town” written about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans. This past year, the issue hit close to home when we lost a family member to PTSD. </p><p>Battle certainly doesn’t end when one comes home from a war zone. </p><p>I am grateful to the brave ones who literally give <i><strong>all</strong></i> to serve our country. And I am also deeply saddened when that “all” can't return “home” through trauma's isolating darkness.</p><p>As a society, may we do all we can to build systems of compassion and healing. It's only together that we mend the brokenness. </p><p>For anyone dealing with PTSD, I pray that you are able to get the help you need to begin healing, that you feel the light and the love that surrounds you, and that you can tap into that brave spirit to work through the trauma to shape a different future. </p><p>May we think, speak and act in peaceful ways so that our children don’t learn extremism, racism, antisemitism, hate and ultimately terrorism…so that we can shape a different future as well. Peace begins within each one of us.</p><div class="video-container size_xl justify_center" style=""><iframe data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="lXbEQ_JPrmE" data-video-thumb-url="" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lXbEQ_JPrmE?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><p><o:p></o:p></p><p>Thank you to my musical compadres Doug Floyd (electric guitar), Jay Trapp (bass) and Will Clipman (drums) for making this music with me, to Gina Bailey for the editing and creative vision, and to Nancy Hernden for recording. <o:p></o:p></p>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/72455092023-07-21T16:32:49-07:002023-11-02T00:55:27-07:00July 21, 2023 - Reflections From My "Totaled" Car<p>I live in a society where appearance “matters”. I’ve struggled with this since embarking on my musical journey almost two decades ago. I always wanted my “image” to be about my music - not about how I look or the appearance of anything other than what I was trying to portray through my music. When it was strongly suggested to have my picture on the cover of my first CD, I refused, despite the hype to do this. Instead, I commissioned artist <a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.frankbalaam.com" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><strong>Frank Balaam</strong></a><strong> </strong>to paint the most beautiful album cover that I have (as of yet), depicting the images that my songs encompassed…souls passing through. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/259840/f47c1c092064ceaff7a221cb4ee5d238a11d2efc/original/norgaard-large.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><o:p></o:p></p><p>One year ago this past weekend, I was making music in Green Valley, Arizona when suddenly the roof of Desert Hills Lutheran Church sounded like it was being pelted in. The sky lights broke, rain fell onto the large black, beautiful grand piano that I was playing and the electricity went out. The band and church had to stop mid-service. As the storm passed, we all wandered out to our cars to find broken lights/mirrors/windows and extensive hail damage. </p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/259840/6b2323aa7fd7b42388b71a06e83dff1e1b590ac6/original/mirror-and-tail-light.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><o:p></o:p></p><p>After months of negotiation, the insurance company declared my car a “total loss”. It was strange to me because the car runs perfectly. It's only reached half its lifespan (maybe less), and it’s the first vehicle I’ve ever bought new and owned from the beginning. It just has a “bad case of pox” as my guitarist friend Danny Krieger said (his car got it too).</p><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/259840/b2d79cb259c702e1ed42bfb2e124cbeb8533700f/original/roof.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p><p>I think about my physical being and the wear and tear that life brings. Yet, through it, I’m here, still making music, trusting that when I reach the time “when my hourglass drains its last white sand to the floor,” (lyrics from my song “<a class="no-pjax" href="https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ejUvZt7mE&feature=share" target="_blank" data-link-type="url"><strong>Turquoise Sea</strong></a>”) that my time here will not be deemed “a total loss.” </p><p><span>I decided to keep driving and “salvage” my pox-scarred-car, maybe turn the scars into art, honor its reliability (which I value more than appearance), put the money in the bank for when I need a new car, and in the meantime, make the most of each day…scars, art and all. </span></p>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/64765382020-11-12T23:56:01-07:002022-06-17T22:01:23-07:00November 13, 2020 - Good Day to Be Alive<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/259840/13c65f69b9ea11dd0b051ef6172a6d9df63ed489/original/good-day-to-be-alive-meme2.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p>Years ago when I moved to Tucson, I walked my dogs at sunrise. Some mornings, I’d cross paths with an elderly gentleman wearing a Korea Veteran cap, a cane in one hand and his dog’s leash in the other. One morning, I asked him how he was doing. He replied, “<em>I’m still walking’, the birds are singing’ and those clouds are clearin’. Ain’t it a good day to be alive?</em>” </p>
<p>That one interaction shifted my perspective - quieting my woes and planting seeds for what would become a studio recording over a decade later. </p>
<p>I went home and began writing “<a contents="Good Day to Be Alive" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ambernorgaard.com/track/2416971/good-day-to-be-alive" target="_blank"><strong>Good Day to Be Alive</strong></a>.” </p>
<p>The unfinished lyrics, melody and chords lay dormant in the archives of my journal and mind until 2020 when my band and I began recording “<strong><a contents="Roots Run Deep" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ambernorgaard.com/product/579823" target="_blank">Roots Run Deep</a></strong>”. I knew this album would be the perfect home for the song. I finished it, and we recorded it. </p>
<p>Such a small conversation left a deep imprint on my being, and became part of the “roots” that shape me. </p>
<p>Thank you to my band and musical co-inspirers – Doug Floyd (electric guitar), Jay Trapp (bass) Ralph Gilmore (drums) and Seth Murzyn (violin) – for rockin’ the tune, and to Steven Lee Tracy at <a contents="Saint Cecilia Studios" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.saintceciliastudios.com" target="_blank">Saint Cecilia Studios</a> for his stellar production and engineering work. </p>
<p><em><strong>Here's the studio recording:</strong></em><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="I6S7_fCPFUI" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/I6S7_fCPFUI/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I6S7_fCPFUI?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p><em><strong>And here's our debut live performance of it:</strong></em><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="jLGyz6OIvGk" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/jLGyz6OIvGk/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jLGyz6OIvGk?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p><em><strong>May gratitude fertilize our soil and love shift our ground, allowing our roots to grow deeper and more interconnected.</strong></em> </p>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/70948692020-11-12T23:45:00-07:002022-11-03T13:15:03-07:00Good Day to Be Alive<h3 style="text-align: left;"><b> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif">November 13, 2020</span></b></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lplYmt6F56k/X64km1c9fMI/AAAAAAAAB2E/KZVrUlML09kOaO_kRlvTjZ5H9eh1roDHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Good%2BDay%2Bto%2BBe%2BAlive%2BMeme2.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lplYmt6F56k/X64km1c9fMI/AAAAAAAAB2E/KZVrUlML09kOaO_kRlvTjZ5H9eh1roDHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Good%2BDay%2Bto%2BBe%2BAlive%2BMeme2.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="320" /></a></i></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Years ago when I moved to Tucson, I walked my dogs at sunrise. Some mornings, I’d cross paths with an elderly gentleman wearing a Korea Veteran cap, a cane in one hand and his dog’s leash in the other. One morning, I asked him how he was doing. He replied, <i>“I’m still walking’, the birds are singing’ and those clouds are clearin’. Ain’t it a good day to be alive?”</i> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">That one interaction shifted my perspective - quieting my woes and planting</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> seeds for what would become a studio recording over a decade later. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">I went home and began writing “<b>Good Day to Be Alive</b>.” </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The unfinished lyrics, melody and chords lay dormant in the archives of my journal and mind until 2020 when my band and I began recording “<b>Roots Run Deep</b>”. I knew this album would be the perfect home for the song. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">I finished it, and we recorded it. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Such a <i>small</i> conversation left a deep imprint on my being, and became part of the “roots” that shape me. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Thank you to my band and musical co-inspirers – Doug Floyd (electric guitar), Jay Trapp (bass) Ralph Gilmore (drums) and Seth Murzyn (violin) – for rockin’ the tune, and to Steven Lee Tracy at <a href="https://www.saintceciliastudios.com" target="_blank">Saint Cecilia Studios </a>for his stellar production and engineering work. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Here's the studio recording:</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="302" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I6S7_fCPFUI" width="444" youtube-src-id="I6S7_fCPFUI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>And here's a debut live performance of it:</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="289" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jLGyz6OIvGk" width="456" youtube-src-id="jLGyz6OIvGk"></iframe></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p>As the evening came to a close, all it took was one.<br>A some-one, broken deep in the heart<br>to ignite the brokenness of the other-ones <br>until the factions began.<br>And communion was over.<br>And the old story of “us vs them” began again. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, a cloud hovers over my city.<br>Nature’s communion. Heaven touching earth. <br>An endless offering to humanity – in the air we breathe to the earth that sustains us.<br>Everything we need to thrive - but only when we are in communion.</p>
<p> </p>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/60437662019-12-24T00:21:41-07:002020-09-09T15:32:48-07:00Light to the World<p>December 24, 2019</p>
<p>It was winter solstice, the longest night of 2010. I felt that familiar energy palpable in my veins, like an intense vibration, of a song wanting to emerge. </p>
<p>Mary. <br> The story. <br> The archetype of every human...being completely vulnerable and outcasted while carrying the spark of divinity within. Terrified by that spark, yet going forth on faith to fulfill the quest to bring that spark into the world. </p>
<p>It was this story, the longest night of year, sirens outside of my house, and headlines of our war-torn world that inspired my writing “Light to the World.” </p>
<p>Three weeks after writing this song, the tragic shootings of January 8th, 2011 occurred in my town of Tucson, Arizona. Three days later, I played “Light to the World” outside of Gabrielle Giffords’ office at our community vigil. There were many people, many stories, many faiths and many differences. Yet we had one mission: to grieve in Unity, and in Unity, heal. That night, this song took on a much deeper meaning as we gathered, lighting candles and invoking light into an extremely dark situation. <br> <iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="aRooPSt2JyQ" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/aRooPSt2JyQ/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aRooPSt2JyQ?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p>"She wanders through the valleys and the hills <br>On this dark, dark winter’s night. <br>The leaves left the trees, <br>The townspeople cast her to the waning light. <br>Searching for a home, searching for a place to rest her head <br>There is something inside of her wanting release <br>On this dark, dark winter’s night. <br>The star in the heavens reminds her of Light Divine <br>Where there is no fear, no separation, no suffering, only One. <br><br>And the angels sing,<br>"Glory, come lay your head,<br>Glory, and you shall be fed <br>As you bring forth <br>Light to the world <br>On this dark night."</p>
<p>I walk through the streets of the desert <br>On this dark, dark winter’s night. <br>Treading with a heavy heart <br>Broken by the war raging around me. <br>Red and blue sirens are singing in the key of tragedy, <br>Yet the Peace that passes all understanding <br>Is standing here, holding me. <br>The star in the heavens reminds me of Light Divine <br>Where there is no hunger, no hate, no greed, only One. </p>
<p>And the angels sing, <br>"Glory, come lay your head, <br>Glory, and you shall be fed <br>As you bring forth <br>Light to the world <br>On this dark night."</p>
<p><strong>We wander through the valleys and the hills<br>On this dark, dark winter's night.<br>I reach for your hand and walk beside you, <br>my lantern grows bright. <br>The star in the heavens <em>beckons us</em> to light divine, <br>Where there is no fear, no separation, no suffering, only One. <br>And the angels sing, “Glory, come lay your head. <br>Glory, and you are fed, as you bring forth <br>Light to the World, <br>As WE bring forth Light to the world, <br>As we bring forth Light to the world <br>On this dark night.”</strong> " <br><br><em>~Amber Norgaard lyrics from “Light to the World”</em></p>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/59892602019-12-02T19:28:19-07:002020-09-22T14:39:54-07:00Middle-of-the-Night Words and Melodies<p>Oftentimes, lyrics and melodies awaken me in the middle of the night, and then play over and over in my mind until I let them out. This past week, a distinct vocal riff of C-D-E-E with the words "May I be love" was haunting me. And this is what it became - my Thanksgiving week mantra set to music. Actually, it may pertinent for any day. Or better yet, maybe every day...as a reminder to live mindfully in gratitude, acting from that place of Love.</p>
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<p>May I be love, <br>May my soul shine its light <br>Even in the hardest days, <br>The darkest nights. <br>May I know peace <br>As my own <br>On this journey home. </p>
<p>May I feel grace, <br>May I know that I am One <br>In this corner of creation, <br>We are greater than our sum. <br>May we live each day <br>With a song of thanks <br>For this journey home. </p>
<p>May I see through the brokenness - <br>Be part of the blessing just beyond. <br>May I reach through fear, <br>And offer a refuge from the storm. </p>
<p>May I be love, <br>May my soul shine its light <br>Even in the darkest days, <br>The hardest nights. <br>May I speak Truth - <br>The Truth that sets us free <br>To be the best of what we came here to be. </p>
<p>May we live each day <br>With a song of thanks <br>For this journey home. <br>May we live each day <br>With a song of thanks <br>For this journey home.</p>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524742019-08-08T23:29:00-07:002021-06-24T23:21:38-07:00A New Story<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><p><span class="font_regular"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;'>I remember when I worked as a young nurse in Alaska. My brilliant colleague had recently arrived to work with us. She grew up in India. One evening, we were walking on the tundra (probably berry picking, but I don’t exactly recall). She looked at me and said in her thick British/Indian accent, <em>“Amber, I do not understand why kids here go to school and shoot each other. In India, it is a </em></span><em><span style='font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;'><strong>privilege</strong> </span></em><span style='font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;'><em>to go to school.”</em> </span></span></span></p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><p><span class="font_regular"><span style='font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;'>That was 20 years ago. I lived in Bethel, Alaska, and the tiny town was still reeling from a school shooting in the mid-90’s. </span></span></p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><p><span class="font_regular"><span style='font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;'>I recently watched the documentary <a href="https://youtu.be/A8sUwXTWb4M" target="_blank"><b>Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am</b></a>. Amazing life. Phenomenal woman. Nobel prize winner and much more. Her writing opens people to connect to their feelings and witness through story that love can transcend the most trying, painful times. She literally lived her words, <em>“<b>If there is a book you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it</b>.”</em></span></span></p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="font_regular"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">new story </i><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">that wants to be written. It reflects Martin Luther King, Jr’s words, <em>“In spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace. We adopt the means of nonviolence because our end is a community at peace with itself. We will try to persuade with our words, but if our words fail, we will try to persuade with our acts.” </em></span></span></div>
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<p><span class="font_regular"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">new story</i><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> is a reckoning of minds, hearts, words and deeds. It doesn’t come through blaming and finger-pointing, but rather through a deep accountability in every human conscience - being aware of each thought that turns into word and then into action, and how this projects into the world. <em>Does it heal or does it destroy? </em></span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font_regular"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s a simple story; and it’s </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">not</i><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> a matter of </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>if</i></b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> we can do it, but </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>when</b></i><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> will we </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>choose</i></b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> to do it? </span></span></p>
</div>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524752017-09-11T22:19:00-07:002020-07-27T17:33:40-07:00Light Remains<div style="text-align: left;">Slowly...over space and time, </div><div style="text-align: left;"> the details of the darkness begin to fade,</div><div style="text-align: left;"> and the trauma ebbs a bit further<br> into the archives of the heart.</div><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VmmE6SrlunQ/Wbda0jVpnII/AAAAAAAABNo/r9Dx_AoP2gcJhJQgmDYxdbQVMCufEr4mgCLcBGAs/s1600/Tribute_in_Light_in_2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VmmE6SrlunQ/Wbda0jVpnII/AAAAAAAABNo/r9Dx_AoP2gcJhJQgmDYxdbQVMCufEr4mgCLcBGAs/s320/Tribute_in_Light_in_2010.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="213" width="320" /></a><br><h4>Yet the Light remains...</h4>Strong, subtle, soft, silent --<br>Growing and expanding into infinity,<br>Waxing in completion --<br>Through the stories we tell<br> of heroism, connection<br> and feats of love.<br>Fully alive --<br> in the candles we light,<br> and in the sparks of inspiration<br> that we act upon<br> and make manifest while still in this "earth" realm... <br><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Sparks of light </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> existing only</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> Because once upon a time </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> in a sacred space,</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> we walked upon Earth together</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> and now are forever </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> embedded</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> with the Light</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> that we witnessed.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>,Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524762015-10-12T20:58:00-07:002022-06-17T22:00:21-07:00Orchestra of PigeonsDuring my sunset walk, I passed a group of pigeons, who suddenly lifted off the ground upon my approach. They were in perfect orchestration on lift-off, and the rush of wind under their wings bathed my senses. Circling above, they innately knew how to move together as one unit. And then as if the great conductor of the sky gestured them to land, they lit in unison, each in place upon the telephone wires.<br><br>When I play music, I feel that amazing conductor of Life at work extending through all of us - through me, my bandmates, the listeners - and for that moment, we are together in vibration and rhythm, each playing a role that contributes to the unique experience of that moment. It is a sense of profound communion.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vjj7VsqP1TM/Vhx0DlwAHnI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/KiBej9aBbHA/s1600/Pigeons%2Band%2BOrchestras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vjj7VsqP1TM/Vhx0DlwAHnI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/KiBej9aBbHA/s400/Pigeons%2Band%2BOrchestras.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="400" width="400" /></a></div><br>I think about how powerful we are in this place. This place of Oneness...where we share a common mission - where we choose to play a part in the song of connection, love and healing...<br><br>Or not...<br><br>For it's always a choice, and we always share in a mission - be it constructive or destructive. We can choose to make breezes or hurricanes, peace or war...ultimately heaven or hell as we walk together upon this planet.<br><br>Either way, when the dust finally settles, what's left is the Oneness that continues to exist...the amazing life force that brought us here and continues to shape shift our beings...that continues to spin the earth just right for the sun to rise and for humanity to awaken to new beginnings...if we choose.<br><br>To the orchestra of pigeons...job well done. Thank you for a fabulous performance on my walk this evening.<br><br>Nature has a way of reminding me that it's my choice of how I fly...scattered and separate, or together and in grace.<br><br>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524772015-07-14T21:51:00-07:002022-06-17T22:01:42-07:00Support POSSIBILITY!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<p><b><span style="color: purple;">---- SPONSORED!! <i>Thank you!!!</i> ----</span></b><b> "Let My Soul In"</b><br>This might be the "prettiest" song on the album. Extremely intimate piano/vocal performance with beautiful cello, violin, viola and acoustic guitar woven throughout. Healing.<br><br><b>___________________________________________________</b><br><br><b>$400 - "Wide Open"</b><br>A dark night of the soul mixed with a hint of morning light. Joe Ferguson's acoustic fingerpicking laced with Doug "Hurricane" Floyd's mesmerizing electric guitar licks, layered with piano, strings, bass, drums, vocals. A journey of depth and resurrection.</p>
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<p><br><b>$500 - "Alchemy"</b><br>My Midwestern roots. Planting seeds and growing love. Blue collar rock 'n roll. Doug "Hurricane" Floyd diggin' into the guitar, Jay Trapp (bass) and Ralph Gilmore (drums) layin' down a solid toe-tappin' groove, Steven Lee Tracy on organ and Ms. Sabra Faulk on harmony vocals. I'm in heaven playin' acoustic guitar and singin' my heart out.</p>
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<br><b>$50 - ONE (1) SIGNED <i>POSSIBILITY</i> CD + ONE (1) HANDWRITTEN LYRIC SHEET </b><br>Choose any one of my songs, and I will write out the lyrics on special paper. Make sure you specify in the little box below which song you want me to write out. It can be any of my songs. Shipped early August.<br><b>___________________________________________________</b><br><br><br><b>$500 - 5 SIGNED <i>POSSIBILITY</i> CDs + SOLO HOUSE CONCERT IN SOUTHERN AZ</b><br>I will come to your house and perform for two hours. You are welcome to help me make the set list. Please call or email me to arrange time and date during late summer, fall or early winter. Tel: 520-444-7831 / E-mail: fireweedmusic@earthlink.net.<img src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" /><br><b>___________________________________________________</b><br><br><b>$1000 - 10 SIGNED <i>POSSIBILITY</i> CDs + SOLO HOUSE CONCERT</b><br>I will come to your house and perform for two hours. You are welcome to help me make the set list. Please call or email me to arrange a date that works into my 2015-2016 tour schedule, otherwise you can help me with travel and accommodation expenses. Tel: 520-444-7831 / E-mail: fireweedmusic@earthlink.net.<img src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" /><br><b>___________________________________________________</b><br><br><br> <div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><b><i>"Now I sing a song to you</i></b></div>
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<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><b><i>Of release, of our release</i></b></div>
<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><b><i>All the stones are rolled away</i></b></div>
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<br><br><br> </div>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524782014-11-11T13:42:00-07:002019-08-09T00:34:30-07:00Soldier SongYears ago, I wrote "Soldier Song" in honor of my loved ones coming home from war. This "war" continues today. Since it is Veterans Day, I wanted to share this song.<br><div><br></div><div><iframe name="mini" src="http://widget.cdbaby.com/09e93a0d-ef47-47b9-b834-9d9005e2b24f/mini/light/opaque" style="border: 0px; height: 100px; width: 100%;"></iframe></div><div>In gratitude for your bravery and service...and in love and light for the healing of humanity.</div><div>
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<i>Oh…my love, it’s been a long year</i><p></p>
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<i>It’s been a long year</i><p></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<i>Now you are here</i><p></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<i>You are here </i><p></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<i>With me…</i><p></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><i><br></i></div>
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<i>Lay your guns in the light</i><p></p>
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<i>It will cleanse them of the fight</i><p></p>
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<i>As I walk by your side</i><p></p>
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<i>Through the demons of the night</i><p></p>
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<i>Your body quaking </i><p></p>
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<i>Memories awaking</i><p></p>
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<i>As I hold all the pieces</i><p></p>
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<i>Of my soldier come home</i><p></p>
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<i>My soldier come home</i><br><i>My soldier come home</i><br><i>My soldier come…</i>
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<i>Oh…my love, it’s been a long year</i><p></p>
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<i>It’s been a long year</i><p></p>
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<i>Now you are here</i><p></p>
<br><i>You are here with me</i><br><i><br></i><i>My soldier come home</i><br><i>My soldier come home</i><br><i>My, my, my, my soldier come home</i><br><i>My soldier come home</i><br><i>My soldier come home</i>
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</div>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524792014-10-13T23:14:00-07:002021-02-10T20:24:31-07:00Dust and Water<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>103</o:Words> <o:Characters>593</o:Characters> <o:Company>Fireweed Music Productions</o:Company> <o:Lines>4</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>695</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>14.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2AcA4J2izHs/VD1U5juzf2I/AAAAAAAAAhg/fe1dhZPw9lc/s1600/dust%2Band%2Bwater%2B1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2AcA4J2izHs/VD1U5juzf2I/AAAAAAAAAhg/fe1dhZPw9lc/s1600/dust%2Band%2Bwater%2B1.JPG" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="183" width="200" /></a></div>I watch a little one’s fascination with soft skin. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Old and baggy," the jaded call it. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">But to the innocent’s eyes, </div><div class="MsoNormal"> it's soft and magic. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">I remember staring at my grandmother’s hands, feeling her blue veins and soft skin. </div><div class="MsoNormal">
<br> I thought she was beautiful.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Now, as I close in on the age that she was then, I find myself staring at my own “softening” skin, loosening around the edges that I use most. </div><div class="MsoNormal">
<br><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cKG4cFT5PNI/VD1VaeFaY4I/AAAAAAAAAho/SeKX23M_64I/s1600/dust%2Band%2Bwater%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cKG4cFT5PNI/VD1VaeFaY4I/AAAAAAAAAho/SeKX23M_64I/s1600/dust%2Band%2Bwater%2B2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="200" width="150" /></a> My mind momentarily has thoughts of dread and judgment of "better days."<br><br> But to a child, no such thing. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">This dust and water that covers us... </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"> To an open mind, it remains as beautiful as a snowflake, </div><div class="MsoNormal">
<br> holding the entire miracle of life in its mere being. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><!--EndFragment-->Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524802014-01-13T19:15:00-07:002019-08-09T00:34:31-07:00Birth of Light<br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k1QjhUE59lo/UsXdu95cHeI/AAAAAAAAAT0/3dJVd7loWEo/s1600/farm+sunset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k1QjhUE59lo/UsXdu95cHeI/AAAAAAAAAT0/3dJVd7loWEo/s1600/farm+sunset.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>NW Iowa Sunset, December 26, 2013</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>It's winter in the northern hemisphere. We've passed beyond the "darkest" day of the year. The sun has begun it's slow ascent, reaching a little higher in the sky every day. The ground lays idle...preparing, readying for the coming seasons, many of its inhabitants in hibernation. Stars shine brightly at night. Strings of light outline fences and trees and houses. Candles are aglow in windows. There is an air of mystery, reflection and regathering in the darkness...a sense of birth and possibility in the specks of light glimmering around us.<br><br>It is time to ready for the coming of another journey around the sun.<br><br>No matter the past, we can make change now. Welcome, 2014.<br><br><br>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524812013-10-31T02:38:00-07:002019-08-09T00:34:31-07:00The Gift of Surrender<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-udADg07YEj8/UnHZADWzIaI/AAAAAAAAAOE/L1KPXDrldhQ/s1600/Raise+Me+Up+still+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-udADg07YEj8/UnHZADWzIaI/AAAAAAAAAOE/L1KPXDrldhQ/s1600/Raise+Me+Up+still+2.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"They knew" </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Image courtesy of De Leon Moving Pictures.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Amber pictured with Deuce at <a href="http://www.equinevoices.org/horses/" target="_blank">Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary</a>. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>"To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. </b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving." </b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">~ <a href="http://www.marianne.com/" target="_blank">Marianne Williamson</a>, from her book <b><a href="http://www.marianne.com/books.htm" target="_blank">The Law of Divine Compensation</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Sunday, June 30th, 2013, I received a gift. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had done everything I could to avoid doing the <b><i>Raise Me Up</i></b> video shoot that day. We had the hottest month of June on record in southern Arizona. And that specific weekend was projected to be the hottest weekend of the entire summer. I had no idea how I was going to pull off a weekend of sleep deprivation, four back-to-back gigs, 50+ miles of travel in between them, 100 more miles for the Sunday morning gig, a visit to my stylist and then another 50 mile trek to <a href="http://www.equinevoices.org/horses/" target="_blank">Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary</a> for a Sunday afternoon video shoot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i> It's a good thing my woe-is-me mind is not in charge. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had called director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209667/" target="_blank">Marcus De Leon</a> several nights before, more or less begging him to reschedule the shoot until September. I had it all figured out...it'd be cooler, less stressful and the monsoons would add a beautiful backdrop. When he explained to me that he had an entire cast and crew with heavy equipment lined up and that rescheduling was not an option, I realized that my only option left was...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Well...<i>to surrender</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And pray that I would maintain grace and music-video-composure amidst the sweltering heat of the desert.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I arrived on scene that afternoon relieved and grateful. Everything had gone smoothly, I was still awake, no travel issues, weekend gigs / hair / make-up schedule successfully accomplished, and I had remembered my boots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Soon after arrival, clouds to the west began to build and grow dark and looming among the Santa Rita Mountains. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I kept thinking, "This is strange...monsoon season hasn't started yet, and only a 'hottest weekend of the summer' was in the forecast." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then the wind picked up, the temperature dropped, and a very recognizable scent of moist creosote wafted our way. Sheets of rain engulfed the mountains. Lightening came, thunder followed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Everyone commented about how magnificent our unexpected "free" special effects were...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i> And that we better expedite the shoot. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So we grabbed one camera and rushed over to the open space where the horses roam in the sanctuary. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I began to sing, two horses gathered around me. They were two of the original foals that were rescued when the sanctuary was started. They had been offspring of mares who were used in the <a href="http://www.equinevoices.org/horses/issues/premarin/#premarin" target="_blank">Premarin industry</a> and were headed to slaughter when the sanctuary intervened to rescue them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They stared at me intently. I felt like they saw into my soul and that we had some kind of agreement...to be right here, right now, making this song and video together...to share this deep sense of compassion, peace and healing with the world. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i> The connection didn't end.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I let the last chord and word ring out, one of the horses put his head towards mine. We both leaned in and rested our foreheads upon each other...for what appeared as only a moment on the outside, but from within, <i>it felt like eternity. </i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I could hear Marcus repeating, "Don't cut, don't cut, keep it rolling." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we finally did "cut," the staff and crew said, "<i>It's like they knew...</i>" and almost as if in agreement, a big gust of wind blew through casting dust and rain upon us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The encore of the season's first monsoon had arrived - despite the forecast, despite my worry. And in its grandiose production, <i>all that was required of me was to show up and play my role. </i>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Indeed, these four-legged sentient beings, my brothers, with whom I walk upon the earth, <i>did know</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HJzDy6YvJ2k/UnISY_4ak7I/AAAAAAAAAOU/AdzhbY78flk/s1600/Raise+Me+Up+still+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HJzDy6YvJ2k/UnISY_4ak7I/AAAAAAAAAOU/AdzhbY78flk/s1600/Raise+Me+Up+still+1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="179" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>"Sharing soul"</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Image courtesy of De Leon Moving Pictures</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>taken at <a href="http://www.equinevoices.org/horses/" target="_blank">Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary</a>.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That day, they taught me the gift of surrender. All I have to do is be present, and a power much greater than me takes care of the details.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Oh, and one last thing...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had never sung to horses before, but I highly recommend it if you ever get the opportunity. </div>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524822013-05-31T22:27:00-07:002020-08-07T16:10:06-07:00Dear Mom... <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>222</o:Words> <o:Characters>1267</o:Characters> <o:Company>Fireweed Music Productions</o:Company> <o:Lines>10</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>2</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>1487</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>14.0</o:Version> 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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Dear Mom,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IcDY-u-Gvqc/UamDA6vloqI/AAAAAAAAAIo/qog7h78rxKc/s1600/photo-15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IcDY-u-Gvqc/UamDA6vloqI/AAAAAAAAAIo/qog7h78rxKc/s320/photo-15.JPG" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Thank you for the birthday pot that you bought me last month! Please tell Dad that I nurtured my inner farm-girl and planted some basil. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">I think it likes being by the piano window. I’ve been writing a lot of new songs this Spring, and my basil and roses and all the plant-clan near that window have really flourished.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">With that in mind, I've had some thoughts I wanted to share...</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Maybe Dad can start piping music out into the corn and bean fields. It seems to work work for my plants. He might have to refrain from playing rock music though. I’ve read some articles that plants flourish better with softer, more classical types of music. My plants have done well with piano, acoustic guitar and singing. I think his crops might like the guitar playing that he does every morning. So...instead of playing in the house by himself, he could go into the fields and play. Besides, playing to the plants and morning sun seems like a better option than being alone in the house - and if it does have a positive impact on crop yields, it’s a win-win situation. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Just an idea I wanted to share.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9D2V95nreLI/UamCNIVLF8I/AAAAAAAAAIc/zhoBuaUK5vA/s1600/photo-16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9D2V95nreLI/UamCNIVLF8I/AAAAAAAAAIc/zhoBuaUK5vA/s200/photo-16.JPG" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="200" width="150" /></a>Since my basil is so robust this year, I might start giving it away at my shows. I mean, it’s high in vitamin K, pretty good in vitamin A, with a little bit of folate, calcium, iron, and magnesium. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">I figure…healthy fans<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>= a sustainable music career. <p></p>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">What do you think? <p></p>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">I guess you can’t get the farmer and the nurse out of the musician, can you? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Some things just are the way they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Thank you for loving me the way I am :-)<p></p>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">I love you and miss you lots!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Am<p></p>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><!--EndFragment-->Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524832013-05-27T14:16:00-07:002022-06-17T22:00:42-07:00The story of this day...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I originally wrote this "reflection" for my newsletter on May 28, 2012. In honor of this day a year later, I would like to share it again...</b></span><br><br><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">Today is <strong>Memorial Day</strong> in the U.S. It is a day symbolized by flags and flowers – honoring the lives lost in war and celebrating hope of life re-emerging. As historian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Blight" target="_blank">David Blight</a> so eloquently writes, <em>"War kills people and destroys human creation; but as though mocking war's devastation, flowers inevitably bloom through its ruins." </em></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><br></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">I like to know “the story” behind tradition. Here is what I found out about this day:</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial; padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Originally this day was called </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><em>Decoration Day</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">. The first account of this type of celebration was in May 1865 at the close of the Civil War. Over 600,000 soldiers died in the Civil War, and our war-torn country was left trying to heal, reunite and make sense of devastation. In Charleston, South Carolina, a city left in ruins from the war, thousands of freed slaves, black people and white people gathered in a procession. Led by children, the parade marched through what had been a slave-owners’ horse-racing course. During the war, the race course was turned into an outdoor prison camp to hold the Union soldiers fighting for emancipation. The procession ended at the gravesites of the soldiers who had died in the prison camp. The celebration marked a “first” in our history: "a procession of friends and mourners as South Carolina and the United States never saw before" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><em>(New York Tribune)</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">. It was a coming together of people – to heal, to mourn, to sing, to celebrate life. It was beginning of the ending of slavery and the reunification of our country.</span></span></blockquote></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">One hundred forty-seven years later, we are still affected by war. I wish peace to all who suffer loss and brokenness related to war. I am grateful for our coming together. As we walk compassionately with each other through grieving and honoring, we become strong and heal. I have faith in the victory of truth and goodness of this world - where there is no more oppression, bondage, walls to love or hindering of spirits.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><br></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">“We have it in our power to begin the world over.” ~<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine" target="_blank">Thomas Paine</a></span></span></em></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I am grateful to all who give of themselves for the betterment of humanity...</b></span></div>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524842012-09-13T02:38:00-07:002019-08-09T00:34:31-07:00Voice Lessons: Getting Out Of My Own Way<i>This past January, I made a personal commitment to take monthly voice lessons. I came home from a lesson in April, and journaled the following experience:</i><br><br>I can hear it. The anxiety mounts. My brain kicks into full-banter mode, "Ugh! I'm pitchy. It's those high notes. Why can't I match them and be on pitch? I need to <i>make</i> time to practice. After years of doing this, you'd think I'd have it down by now."<br><br>It goes on and on. My voice strains harder. I completely lose focus and the pitch gets worse.<br><br>My instructor says with conviction, "Open." I snap out of the relentless brain chatter and watch her make a facial gesture of surprise, dropping her mouth down, opening it wide. There it is - her voice crystal clear, like that of an angel. Perfectly on pitch and purely expressive in flow.<br><br>Suddenly, my focus returns and I plug back into the energy that we are exchanging. I relax. I open.<br><br>And there it is...the pitch! I am one with it! I <i>become</i> the air that vibrates from me into all that is around me. I match her voice. We sing the melody with the piano. The "ahhh" moment happens - the sound dances, vibrating in synch with vocal chords and piano strings. And there is <i>music</i>.<br><br>She remarks, "Stop worrying about the pitch. At least you let it out now. That's progress from when I first met you."<br><br>Yeah, well, I guess I just need to let it out...step beyond the pre-recorded loop of "past woes and insecurities" rattling my brain hemispheres and settle into the simple, quiet present...and get out of my own way.<br><br>When I do this, I get out of <i>our</i> way. And thus, we can move the air <i>together</i> and make music.<br><br>Hmmm..maybe if we all plugged into the present moment of energy exchange with one another, the vibration of air <i>would</i> move mountains...or at least perceived obstacles.<br><div style="text-align: center;">_______________________</div><br>When I shed worry, fear and insecurity, I awaken to the <i>present</i>, the only place where I am free and unlimited in my commune-ication with <i>all that is.</i><br><br>"Two voices raised together call to the hearts of everyone, to let them beat as one. And in that single heartbeat is the unity of love proclaimed and given welcome...<b><i>for what is Heaven but the union direct and perfect, and without the veil of fear upon it.</i></b>" ~ A Course In Miracles<br><br><br>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524852012-06-03T15:13:00-07:002019-08-09T00:34:31-07:00B E - i n g<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LPr9_DvU5MQ/T8sXxTGAMqI/AAAAAAAAAHU/lpLj2A-A5hc/s1600/580613_3438130765514_2074362003_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LPr9_DvU5MQ/T8sXxTGAMqI/AAAAAAAAAHU/lpLj2A-A5hc/s320/580613_3438130765514_2074362003_n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="320" width="300" /></a></div><b><i>B E - i n g . . .</i></b><br><br><i>that's what she taught me </i><br><br>in the 162 months that we spent together.<br><br>Always IN the moment.<br>Never holding grudges.<br>Unconditionally welcoming.<br><br><i>Even in the end...</i><br><br>The last night, I laid on the floor with her. She was very sick, yet calmed by my touch. As a final communication of grace, she lifted her head, laid her warm, furry cheek on mine. She rested there...letting her cheek BE upon mine for what was maybe a minute. Maybe more. Maybe less. It didn't matter. Time had stopped. We were in <i>the</i> moment, the NOW, the only place where I believe we sense eternity. <br><br><i>Simply <b>B E - i n g</b> .</i><br><br>Then putting her nose to mine, breathing in my breath, she laid her head back down on the pillow.<br><br><i>I knew it was time. </i><br><br>She communicated peace. The tension in her body momentarily released, and my heavy heart filled with love and gratitude.<br><br>It was time for her to go.<br><br><i>Happy trails, gentle soul. </i>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524862011-03-12T23:35:00-07:002019-08-09T00:34:31-07:00Fortune Cookies, Luck and Perspective<div><i>Adapted from a journal entry on December 30, 2010</i></div><div><br></div>I'm delayed in the Denver airport due to weather...not a surprising occurrence in the mile high city during winter. <div><br></div><div>I stand in line to order a meal at Panda Express. Balancing the computer bag on my shoulder, a guitar case in one hand and the styrofoam container in the other, I make my way to a seat and sit down to eat. The man next to me looks over and asks, “Is your flight delayed?” I reply that it is. He says, “Mine too.” </div><div><br></div><div>I smile and suggest, “Well, I guess maybe it’s time for us to take a little break in the Denver airport and eat.” </div><div><br></div><div>He turns to me and says, “Yes, I thought I’d take advantage of half-way healthy food...Where are you heading?” </div><div><br></div><div>“Tucson,” I replied. </div><div><br></div><div>“Wow, that’s where I’m headed too.” </div><div><br></div><div>We make small talk, sharing our knowledge about Tucson and eventually chatting about where we come from and what we do now. </div><div><br></div><div>As we finish eating, I notice I have two fortune cookies with my meal. I offer him the extra cookie. He accepts and jokes that I am now "responsible" for his "future luck."</div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We laugh and open our cookies. He asks me what mine says. I read aloud, “You often have more influence on people than you think.” I smile and ask him what his reads.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">He looks surprised, glances down and recites “Wednesday is your lucky day.” Then, he hesitantly says, “Well, I guess it’s a day late since yesterday was Wednesday.” </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I perk up and suggest, “Or, maybe <i>next</i> Wednesday is your lucky day. And if not that one, then the next one.” </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A reflective grin falls across his face. “Oh...you’re an optimist! Well, this is actually quite interesting that I got this fortune. I used to believe that Wednesday was my <b><i>unlucky</i></b><span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"> day..." </span>His voice trails off for a minute, and then he finishes."It’s the day that I broke my neck in a high school wrestling match.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">His eyes momentarily look far away.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I was sitting on the right side of him. I had noticed that as he talked to me, he would stiffly turn his whole upper body to look at me as we were conversing. Yet, I knew from his history that he was an athletic mountain bike racer. I finally had the full picture.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">He looks at me again, but this time, very seriously. “I don’t believe that anymore. Actually, I’m very lucky. I’m lucky to have had the people who were there for me when it happened...I'm lucky that they took care of me the way they did. If they hadn't been there, or if something had changed about what happened...well...I would have been a quadriplegic.” </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He went on to tell me about the time between that day that he broke his neck until now. He told me about his kids, his very full life in Arizona and Colorado, his adventures mountain biking, and his dream to live in a sailboat one day and sail up and down the West Coast.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">As he spoke, I knew that he was very aware of his good fortune. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A decisive grin spreads across his face. He finishes the conversation in conviction, “I’m going to carry this fortune in my pocket to remind me.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In hearing his words and feeling his presence, I am moved. I reflect about my "luck." My full life. The beautiful people that surround me. And my warm meal. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My heart fills with gratitude for my good fortune. And I am fully content - delayed in the mile high city airport, on December 30th, 2011, next to a man who shared his story of luck with me.</p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524872010-11-11T03:26:00-07:002019-08-09T00:34:31-07:00Camouflage Backpack, Crew Cut & Blue Eyes<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">He said his name was Todd and that he felt at home in the Dallas Airport. We were wandering among a sea of men and women dressed in BDU’s. It was the middle of October, and I was loaded down with my guitar and a backpack full of music gear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">We had crossed paths in the terminal when he asked</span>, "<i>What do you do</i> to carry one of <i>those</i> around<span style="font-style:normal">?" He was referring to my guitar.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> I replied, “I play music for a living. What do <i>you</i> do to carry one of <i>those</i> around?” I pointed to his camouflage backpack. </p><p class="MsoNormal">"I blow things up."</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wasn't sure exactly what to say to that. And as I looked at him in a loss for words, he offered to carry my guitar. </p><p class="MsoNormal">"You want to walk with me and carry my guitar <i>all the way to my gate??</i>" </p><p class="MsoNormal">He said, “<i>Well, of course</i>, we don’t just kill people.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">My heart fell. That's not why I had asked that.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I stumbled on my words, “I know…I <i>know</i> that’s not why you do what you do. What you do is <i>really</i>…hard.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">He shrugged apathetically. “It’s not that hard anymore.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">My words left me. I wanted to wrap him in a blanket of light and take the walled-up angst out of those blue eyes...those blue eyes that had their “coming of age” in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was younger than me in years, yet, with the toll of war, his eyes were older.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We talked about music and how we both play Tom Petty on the guitar. We talked about where he was stationed, his two deployments to the Middle East and his nicotine habit. I told him about my journey from nursing to music, about playing a very heartfelt show at Ft. Hood in '07, and about my childhood memory of catching a snake while visiting my Uncle at Ft. Riley.</p><p class="MsoNormal">When I gave him my card, I apprehensively said, “You can check out my tunes online, I don’t know if you’ll like them. They might not be your style of music.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">He replied, “You’d be surprised by what I like and what I listen to.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My mind stopped. “You’re right. I don’t know.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">He walked with me to Starbucks, waited for me to feed my caffeine habit, and accompanied me back to the gate with my guitar in his hand.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">In the space between our words, we walked side by side in silence and respect, honoring each other’s stories. I imagined that my carrying a guitar and backpack on tour must be much lighter than what he carries on his tours.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But <i>really</i>, what <i>do</i> I know?</p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know that I’m grateful to have carried my guitar off the plane that day. It was a doorway for the guy with the camouflage backpack, crew cut and blue eyes to share his story with me, and for me to do the same with him. </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">On this Veteran’s Day, and in the trail of days before and after, I honor the stories of those who serve and have served in our military.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i>It is in the sharing of our stories that <b>we come home</b>.</i></p><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lXbEQ_JPrmE?fs=1&hl=en_US">
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></object>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524882010-10-20T20:52:00-07:002019-08-09T00:34:31-07:00Six Feet of Clay: Reflections from a Cemetery in Missouri<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RkjVQ_obNRU/TMk9MEFDjVI/AAAAAAAAAG0/6055EMBSE4Y/s1600/IMAG0309.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RkjVQ_obNRU/TMk70AIUJiI/AAAAAAAAAGs/K_l8glJ1VfM/s1600/tree.jpg"><br></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RkjVQ_obNRU/TL-5Rj-pjDI/AAAAAAAAAGc/t0ExtcFknOc/s1600/6+feet.jpg"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RkjVQ_obNRU/TL-5Rj-pjDI/AAAAAAAAAGc/t0ExtcFknOc/s320/6+feet.jpg" class="size_orig justify_left border_" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530342578801183794" style=" margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" /></a><i><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><br></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>"</i><i>Six feet of clay makes every man equal</i><i>," </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">the epitaph reads.</span></div></i></span>
</div></i></span></div></i><div><br></div><div>I stop in my tracks. </div><div><br></div><div>That's quite a final statement to leave to the living.</div><div><br></div><div>My mind spins. What would inspire this?</div><div><br></div><div>A lifetime of events epitomizing human "inequality"? A country freshly emancipated from slavery with Jim Crow laws "regulating" racial discrimination; a Women's Suffrage Movement; World War I with its genocide and ethnic cleansing; the Great Depression and its economic fall-out drastically devastating minority groups; World War II and the annihilation of millions of Jews and those deemed "unfit for society" by a dominating class; Rosa Parks' big stand; and Martin Luther King Jr.'s early work in the Civil Rights Movement?</div><div><br></div><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RkjVQ_obNRU/TL_M5wEBxaI/AAAAAAAAAGk/0nSAQesf5aE/s400/cinder+graves.jpg" class="size_orig justify_right border_" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530364159960663458" style=" margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 400px;" />Yes, Mr. Warren's time on Earth had plenty of fodder for such a statement.<div><br></div><div>
<i></i>It's a beautiful Fall day in Springfield, Missouri. I wander through Hazelwood Cemetery to the once segregated south-side where "people of color" were buried. I find graves marked by cinder-block-like stones with no epitaphs, some with faint letters scratched into them.</div><div><br></div><div>There's a timeless quality to the words <i>"six feet of clay makes every man equal".</i> </div><div><br></div><div>Fifty-three years later, I am bombarded by headlines of hate-crimes, bullying, suicide, war, genocides and more.</div><div><br></div><div>It all seems ridiculous and insane. Because when all is said and done and lives are gone, what's left? </div><div><br></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RkjVQ_obNRU/TMk9MEFDjVI/AAAAAAAAAG0/6055EMBSE4Y/s400/IMAG0309.jpg" class="size_orig justify_left border_" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533020894664035666" style=" margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 400px; " /></span><div>A gravestone maybe.</div><div><br></div><div>Often a family. </div><div><br></div><div>Always a lesson. </div><div><br></div><div>And the web of energy woven by a life-thread. </div><div><br></div><div>Fifty-three years later, Mr. Warren's life-thread weaves from a stone inscription </div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>into my thoughts </div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>into this blog </div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and now into you.</div><div><br></div><div>And Hazelwood Cemetery is no longer segregated.</div><div><br></div><div>
<i>I find peace here.</i> In the lessons of <i>transformation</i>.<i> </i>In<i> being part </i>of the transformation.</div><div><br></div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> And i</span>n the poetry of epitaphs and gravestone art...Symbols of human love and connection. Threads of energy that emanate <i>timelessly</i>.</div><div><br></div><div>
<i>"Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only change forms."</i> ~First Law of Thermodynamics</div><div><br></div><div>Every step is a <i>choice</i> in how I transform my energy.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Amber Norgaardtag:ambernorgaard.com,2005:Post/58524892009-09-21T15:15:00-07:002021-12-23T02:25:59-07:00Singing with Vern<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RkjVQ_obNRU/SrgQDG-Q_YI/AAAAAAAAAFA/w3qpdzIv2UU/s1600-h/cricket.jpg"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RkjVQ_obNRU/SrgQDG-Q_YI/AAAAAAAAAFA/w3qpdzIv2UU/s320/cricket.jpg" class="size_orig justify_left border_" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384071000118852994" style=" margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" /></a>So...I've gotten a bit attached to a cricket in my house. <div><br></div><div>It's the singing thing. </div><div><br></div><div>We both do it, and his chirping from sunset until early morning sounds like a lullaby to me. </div><div><br></div><div>Maybe it's because it reminds me of growing up on the farm and the intense connection that I felt as a child to nature. </div><div><br></div><div>It's different in the city--much more subtle...</div><div>But Nature makes her way through the concrete and human boundaries:</div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>from the ants who dare to venture through my kitchen,</div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>to the grasshopper on my rose bush, </div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span>the hummingbirds and butterflies outside my picture window, </div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>the bats flying overhead in the Fall during my evening dog-walks, </div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and </span>the coyote that taunts the neighborhood dogs...</div><div>To the cricket that chirps in my bathroom at night.</div><div><br></div><div>There's something calming about his song... especially amidst the incessant sirens and occasional domestic disputes of neighbors nearby. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure if it was the creative side of my brain, or the crazy side (besides, I think the two are connected)--but my brain decided to name this cricket Vern. </div><div><br></div><div>He reminded me of one of my favorite childhood books <b>The Mouse and the Motorcycle</b> by Beverly Cleary--about a mouse named Ralph who had many adventures with human encounters living in a run-down inn.</div><div><br></div><div>All this came about the morning that Vern decided to crawl on my toe while I was taking a shower. It was one of those moments for me, where I was startled to feel something on my foot, and then wondered if it might be the gecko that occasionally sneaks into my shower. </div><div><br></div><div>But sure enough, I looked down, and it was Vern. </div><div><br></div><div>And he was NOT in good shape. </div><div><br></div><div>I hoisted him onto the tile outside my shower. He wasn't moving. By the time I got out, he was on his back, and I thought that he had bit cricket dust. </div><div><br></div><div>I flipped him over, but I admit--I didn't have much hope for the poor little guy.</div><div><br></div><div>As I made coffee afterwards, I hummed away in honor of Vern...thinking about how I would miss his evening chirping and how his exodus into the shower must have been very tragic. </div><div><br></div><div>An hour later, I went back into the bathroom. Vern's legs were responding to touch, and his antennas were no longer waterlogged and stuck to the tile. </div><div><br></div><div>I was amazed...a cricket resurrection!</div><div><br></div><div>The last couple nights as he's chirping from different corners of my house, I just smile knowing that Life has an uncanny way of transcending my expectations. </div><div><br></div><div>AND...I've started to make music with him. </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>He's got a great sense of rhythm and sings in the key of D. </div>Amber Norgaard