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Music Monday – “I was thinking ’bout you crossing Southern Alberta/Canola fields at harvest time/Looked like tumbleweeds all raked up into rows/Brown rusty contour lines”

“Canola Fields” – James McMurtry

Music Monday – “We don’t know just what’s gone wrong/We’re trying to carry on/Going through a rough patch right now/Our whole world’s upside down.”

“Rough Patch” – Fred Eaglesmith

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “When I Was Five, I Walked The Fence While Grandpa Held My Hand” (April 2012)

[At this time of year, I don’t know why I even bother trying to keep up my “a post a day” habit since we’re out at the lake every chance we get and since the Internet is crappy out there,  I couldn’t post very easily, even if I wanted to.  Then I get back and […]

Music Monday – “This machine will, will not communicate/These thoughts and the strain I am under/Be a world child, form a circle/Before we all go under/And fade out again and fade out again”

  “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” – Radiohead

Music Monday – “Are the stars out tonight (sha bop sha bop)/I don’t know if it’s cloudy or bright (sha bop sha bop)/I only have eyes for you dear (Sha bop sha bop)”

“I Only Have Eyes For You” – The Flamingos

Music Monday – [Stereotypical Music From Around The World]

Music Monday – “Girl I saw on Facebook that Mike proposed/That’s bullshit baby, I know you know/I know my chances are getting right slim/You ain’t gotta marry me, just don’t marry him”

“I Saw On Facebook (That Mike Proposed)” – Donovan Woods

Music Monday – “Facing off with gophers/Man it ain’t the same/As being home at the Saddledome/For the Oilers and the Flames”

This song which mentions the Flames vs. Oilers feels appropriate after the Flames heart-stopping OT win in Game 7 versus Dallas which triggers the first playoff Battle of Alberta since 1991… A couple other Oilers/Flames themed songs…

Music Monday – “What do you want to do?/I’m scared to even say the truth/This has been the hardest year/Is it even legal here?”

“The Problem” – Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell “Our Problem” – Amanda Shires with Friends

Music Monday – “She got a six-six-six/I’ve got my crucifix/She’s got a spinning head/Like seeing grateful dead”

“Greedy Soul” – Liam Gallagher