a backyard overflowing with intense reds and bright oranges
i am not one of those gals who has been ‘like super psyched’ about pumpkin spiced lattes and ugg boots. instead i am holding on to the last shreds of summer for dear life.
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When asked to defined morecowbell, I always explain this site as a documentation of my journey towards living life louder. More than a tagline for my website, “living life louder” is a personal mantra. A reminder to stay true to myself. keep the funk alive. fuel the fire which burns under my skin. be more colorful.
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“I fall in love every day. Not with people, but with situations.” .amy winehouse (amy would be thirty one years old today.)
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to bear witness
A sunset rocked me. It was not an obligatory; “i may never see the dark spill over jerusalem again so I will soak in every second” moments. It was simply one of those skies that startled me. Unexpectedly rattled me to my core. A landscape splashed with a golden rose, impossibly magical hue, which only presents itself when we need it most.
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america today is on bended knee
i watch this every year and encourage you to do the same. watch it with your children. feel the pain we all felt that day. remember those who were lost. remember the feeling of coming together. remember how proud we felt to be americans. to be resilient. to be free. god bless the souls of the men and women who perished on that fateful day. god bless the brave troops who fought and still fight to defend this great nation. god bless the united states of america.
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in the sky with diamonds
she was smart… she was funny… and she was a fellow believer in copious amount of mascara. the level of my sadness at the passing of joan rivers has taken me by surprise.
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“imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” .lewis carroll (alice in wonderland)
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need you to turn to
Elton John: 1970
Gifted to me by Kevin Wortman
Acquired in 2014 on the corner of Haight and Ashbury
a quilt of beliefs
my mister bought me this pretty book while we were antiquing in st. johnsbury, vermont. we stumbled into a mom and pop bookstore (my favorite kind) and spent some time browsing the tiny literary haven. i instantly fell head over heels for the velvety cover.
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she cried. tears pooling in the wrinkles at the corner of her eyes; begging me to help her. sneak her out when the nurses turned their backs. feeling like she was falling, she clutched and clawed at the bed.
Detailswith a dreamy, far-off look, and her nose stuck in a book
i feel that old, familiar, sinking feeling rise up through my veins, slowly taking over my nervous system and drowning any trace of my true self.
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up where the air is clear
i feel an intense yearning to be outside lately. i need to feel sand in my toes, wind in my hair, and dirt between my fingers. at the end of the day i want to be exhausted, sweaty, and dirty.
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“beyond just writing about falling in love and out of love and wanting to do certain things and going out and partying and all the things that i grew up writing about, i want to write about deeper things.” .joan jett
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like the paper thin skin of her hands, my grandmother’s eyes are almost transparent. i watch as they frantically dart around the room, desperate to focus and meet my gaze. they are pleading; begging me to understand a lifetime of tiny memories, of regrets, of little vignettes frozen in time.
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More Cowbell Featuring Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live
Watch the “More Cowbell” Sketch Featuring Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live (SNL).
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i’m forever blowing bubbles
my lovely girlfriends tricked me into meeting them at a vegan restaurant for dinner last week. as a super carnivore who eats cheeseburgers “as rare as you are legally allowed to serve them,” i was less than impressed.
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Lately I find myself repeating the same advice to anyone in their early twenties: Start traditions with your friends. Traditions you adhere to year after year, no matter what.
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music saves your mortal soul
some days, the only thing i really understand is music. loud, pulsating, irreverent rock and roll tearing through my internal solar system.
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with my eyelashes all in curl
i laid perfectly still, unmoving, as krissy gently applied sixty individual eyelashes to each of my eyes. before even seeing how fabulous the lashes looked, i already felt more glamorous.
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