September was National Self-Care Month, and we began with a couple of simple questions: What actually counts as self-care? What does it mean to care for yourself? A nap? Five quiet minutes? Doing something you enjoy, even when there are a hundred other things you could be doing? But as the month unfolded, the questions…
When I was younger, so much younger than todayI never needed anybody’s help in any wayBut now those days are goneI’m not so self-assuredNow I find I’ve changed my mindI’ve opened up the doors Now Playing Song: “Help!”Artist: The Beatles Watch, then come back. Help! has always been one of my favorite Beatles songs. Mainly…
Now Playing Song: “Where the Streets Have No Name”Artist: U2 Watch, then come back. I want to run, I want to hideI wanna tear down the walls that hold me insideI wanna reach out and touch the flameWhere the streets have no name I’ve always loved this song, but as I’ve gotten older, its meaning…
There’s a picture painted in the opening lines of Bebo Norman’s Falling Down that has stayed with me for years: “Angel’s on a subwayShe’s buried in a magazineStuck inside a replayOf someone else’s dream” Now Playing Song: “Falling Down”Artist: Bebo Norman Watch, then come back. We spend a lot of time trying to figure out…
A Magnolia Morning Radio Reflection There are some things we understand better when somebody explains them. And then there are things we understand differently when we hear them. That’s part of what Magnolia Morning Radio has always been about. Music can get around the parts of us that want everything neatly labeled and logically arranged….
Who are you willing to stand beside, and who have you allowed to stand beside you? There’s a particular kind of strength in knowing how to stand beside someone. To stay when things are difficult. To notice what they need before they have to explain it. To learn the small details that make something easier,…
There is a question near the beginning of Surface Pressure from Disney’s Encanto that tells us exactly what’s underneath all of Luisa’s strength: “Who am I if I can’t carry it all? If I falter…” The song then spends the rest of its time showing us why that question matters. Luisa carries weight. Expectations. Responsibility….
Which role have you learned to play? Shakespeare gave us this familiar image in As You Like It: All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. Centuries later, Rush echoed that familiar image in…
Some songs ask questions that refuse to age. Supertramp’s “The Logical Song” begins in childhood, in a world experienced as beautiful, magical, and full of possibility. Then education begins. Expectations arrive. The child is taught how to become sensible, practical, dependable, acceptable, and appropriately defined. But beneath all that learning, a more troubling question survives:…
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