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best song writers of the last 50 years
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Concur w/most of the above, must add: John Hiatt, Bruce Springsteen, Dar Williams
lexish
18 yrs ago
Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark...
ETA Tom Waits!! And Gillian Welch...
There are so many!
lexish
18 yrs ago
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...and she's on her way to Montreal!
My first second catch - a great way to begin a long weekend (it's BC Day on Monday - one of those invented holidays that give us a long weekend where there didn't used to be one...…
lexish
18 yrs ago
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by Romeo Dallaire, the Canadian General in charge of the criminally underfunded and ignored UN mission during the genocide in Rwanda. Not the easiest book to read, given the subject matter, but incredibly powerful. Pop…
lexish
18 yrs ago
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My best catch yet!
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2902857/lexish/book_-White-Shroud-:-Poems-1980-1985-Allen-Ginsberg
lexish
18 yrs ago
Oral History, Fair & Tender Ladies, The Devil's Dream, Saving Grace
She writes beautifully about the Appalachians (sp?)
www.leesmith.com
lexish
19 yrs ago
Thanks again - I'm clearly not a technical genius, but the cut and paste thing should be within my limited abilities... : )
lexish
19 yrs ago
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It sure is - jennannej thank you for posting the link. I'll have to figure out how to do that for the next one! Yippee!
Edited to say: Meant to reply to jennannej's post. What the? Anyhow...
lexish
19 yrs ago
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Don't know how to post the link, but it's the book *Miss Wyoming* on my bookshelf. Yay!!
lexish
19 yrs ago
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Book Talk
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1/11/05 and 1/12/05: What are you reading now?
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Re: Almost done with Galileo's Daughter
lexish
19 yrs ago
I loved this book! The ending will get you. I wept.
lexish
19 yrs ago
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His books about life on the prairies in the dirty 30's are some of my favourites. My great-grandparents originally settled in Saskatchewan, so his stories resonate for me. They involve many things that are written abou…
lexish
19 yrs ago
is my new favourite Christmas song.
Favourite Carol: Silent Night
Also love the Bing Crosby/David Bowie version of Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth.
lexish
19 yrs ago
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lexish
19 yrs ago
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lexish
19 yrs ago
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I have family who live there, so it's extremely convenient!
Not only are they some of my favourite people on the planet, they live in one of the most lovely places on the planet. One of those visiting relatives exper…
lexish
19 yrs ago
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Live in Vancouver and love it. I work in the film industry here, as a second assistant director (which basically means I run around and tell people what to do all day...). I play guitar and sing badly but enthusiastica…
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I'm going to Hawaii on Saturday!!
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Don't think we'll get to the Big Island this trip, unfortunately.
lexish
19 yrs ago
But thank you! I'd love to see it someday.
lexish
19 yrs ago
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As I've just accepted a job that will have me standing outside all night in the cold and rain for most of January - March, my husband didn't have to work hard to convince me we should go enjoy some warm weather! Tying o…
lexish
19 yrs ago
When I reached a year of sobriety, I made a tape of all my favourite songs of that moment in time. Years later when I listen to it I think of how hard that year was and how much of a sense of accomplishment and of self …
