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Month: May 2012

Month: May 2012

Ghandi, Mayer & Me

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uA_ya8DcLs[/youtube] Pain throws your heart to the ground Love turns the whole thing around No it won’t all go the way it should But I know the heart of life is good In days after Eliot, the album entitled Continuum by John Mayer provided a sort of soundtrack to the beginning of  our grieving.  I couldn’t tell you how it came to be our go-to record during this time or how we began the habit of playing it on repeat in the background, but it probably has something to do with a subconscious attempt to drowned some of the feelings…

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summer planning & some motion pictures

As of late, my writing time has been been sunk into another project which I am almost finished with; instead of doing that thing whereby I disappear, I thought I would post a couple of videos that I have stumbled across recently.  One of the more serious nature, and one not so much.  I will leave it to you to decipher. Byway of quick catch up, we are contemplating driving our entire family to Michigan in July.  Read that again to be certain that yes, we have indeed lost our minds.  Many of you know that we often spend some…

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dearest mothers,

We are all heading tomorrow to the place that produced my favorite person- Lake Providence, Louisiana.  I am not sure that ole LP is ready for the circus that is us, but we are coming nonetheless.  Ginny & I are undecided as of yet on whether or not we are excited about this trip- as these feelings can only be sorted out in the 20/20 vision that is hindsight- once we know if those three rascals slept a wink or not in the pelican state. If you came looking for evidence that there is a god and he is good,…

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slow to see

Last week we celebrated Ginny’s birthday, as well as our 11th anniversary, with a trip to St. Louis that just happen to coincide with Lena’s doctor appointment at said location.   At least that is the version proffered for the romantics.  For the more practically prone, we went to the doctor in St. Louis and snuck in an expensive meal to acknowledge the date on the calendar.  It’s all a little better for the romantics don’t you think? Life in the newly-expanded, ranch style residence we call home is precious these days.  I am not sure the casual observer would handpick…

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Ghandi, Mayer & Me

By Matt Mooney | May 31, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uA_ya8DcLs[/youtube] Pain throws your heart to the ground Love turns the whole thing around No it won’t all go the way it should But I know the heart of life is good In days after Eliot, the album entitled Continuum by John Mayer provided a sort of soundtrack to the beginning of  our grieving.  I…

summer planning & some motion pictures

By Matt Mooney | May 24, 2012

As of late, my writing time has been been sunk into another project which I am almost finished with; instead of doing that thing whereby I disappear, I thought I would post a couple of videos that I have stumbled across recently.  One of the more serious nature, and one not so much.  I will…

dearest mothers,

By Matt Mooney | May 9, 2012

We are all heading tomorrow to the place that produced my favorite person- Lake Providence, Louisiana.  I am not sure that ole LP is ready for the circus that is us, but we are coming nonetheless.  Ginny & I are undecided as of yet on whether or not we are excited about this trip- as…

slow to see

By Matt Mooney | May 2, 2012

Last week we celebrated Ginny’s birthday, as well as our 11th anniversary, with a trip to St. Louis that just happen to coincide with Lena’s doctor appointment at said location.   At least that is the version proffered for the romantics.  For the more practically prone, we went to the doctor in St. Louis and snuck…