The Seasons

Tonight I'm reminded of Exposé's Seasons Change. I'd forgotten how much of a love song it is. It's sweet and innocent, this video. Three friends, together helping the other move on - forward w/their lives.

Things are different. Maybe, that's why these lyrics ring in my ear. It's early fall, and the air is not yet crisp. Last year was the coldest I've experienced here. I'm looking forward to this year's snowfall, bulky sweaters, boots, and potato leek soup. Winter cooking churns out the best meals. It's hearty. Much more satisfying than summer meals. Fall is a bit of both Winter and Summer, a strange blend. At least in my kitchen. Salads - fruit and vegetable, warm sandwiches, cold beer, but no icy drinks. 

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// Remember 1987? No! This music video will take you back. Enjoy.

"Some dreams are in the night time

And some seem like yesterday

But leaves turn brown and fade

Ships sail away

You long to say a thousand words

But seasons change

It feels like it's forever

No reason for emptiness

But time just runs away

No more day by day

You dream again it seems in vain

When seasons change

I want you

I want to feel you by my side

I need you

Don't you know I need you baby

Seasons change feelings change

It's been so long since I found you

Yet it seems like yesterday

Seasons change people change

I'll sacrifice tomorrow

Just to have you here today

For ever seems so far away

There's time for love and for play

You dream about today

Feeling slips away

The winds that blow they go away

And seasons change

I want you

Don't hide your feelings from inside

I need you

I've got to have your love now baby

Seasons change feelings change

It's been so long since I found you

Yet it seems like yesterday

Seasons change people change

I want you

I want to feel you by my side

I need you

I've got to have your love now baby

Seasons change feelings change

It's been so long since I found you

Yet it seems like yesterday

Seasons change people change

I'll sacrifice tomorrow

Just to have you here today

Just to have you here today

Seasons change feelings change

It's been so long since I found you

Yet it seems like yesterday

Seasons change people change

Change the season"

Songwriters: Lewis A Martinee

Seasons Change lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

In Color

I've craved the feeling of painting while at home. My weekly visits to my favorite pottery store aren't enough lately. Several years ago I bought a few of those adult coloring books that are supposed to reduce anxiety and increase concentration. They frustrated me. I was impatient. Didn't even like the metallic color pencils I purchased for the sake of the tin they came in. 

Photo Credi (c)deyanira.

I've changed this past year. Part of me is calm. Part of me is erratic. Part of me still cares. But, most of me is looking for colors I've never seen before. Colors he'll never know or understand. It's these days I've turned to that which once caused me strife. See what I've done now? Added color to pages designed to entice and draw us in. 

I've listened to my heart through music and stumbled through the lyrical maze. Each time, the pain that once pulsated through my pores and streamed down my cheeks is harder to find.

I've turned to colors to amend my mood, give me perspective and a better life. Cheesy? Maybe. True? Definitely. Coloring these black and white pages and adding my color to them makes me happy. Happy, like a child. Happy, like I used to be - that innocent, kind of cheer. Do you remember that feeling? It was the sense of the present. Of being fully immersed in your mind and creation. Remember?