PAUSE . BREATHE . EXHALE .
We are all walking shadows,
Lights dimly burning,
Each one carrying burdens
We pretend aren’t there.
We wear masks not our own,
Borrowing lives
So we don’t live in pain,
Or drown in sorrow.
We roar in laughter,
Smile a little too hard,
Afraid to be seen
For who we are inside.
How long can this last?
How far can we go –
Living through a life
We cannot claim our own?
“Every mask is heavy, but we carry them like skin.”
Lance,
It is lunch time, I’m starving while you’d be dreaming 😆…. hey that rhymes.
I’d also say the past and future continually meeting each other.
You mean Berlin, the band?
It’s not too late to try you hand at songs 😄.
Okay, truth. I didn’t send her today because I felt lazy 🤫.
But, the dancing is for later. That is my only form of exercise, silly dancing.
Good morning my dear Meghalaya 🤓
Your-Rhythm-its 😉infectious. Glad you and your daughter can get those boots a-walkin’, a-walkin’ out the door!
Believe me!
Guess you two will have to pull the 2 sticks in the mud out of their funk and onto the dance floor 💃
How is the weather there today?
Does it have you singing
Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
😊
Well good morning to you too 🌄.
You sound all perky and chirpy. Saturday morning, good rest and your first cup of coffee 🤨.
I like that, two sticks in the mud. Thry are both lost causes. But two females bringing the house down is more than enough, don’t you think so.
It rained! Suddenly showers of blessings.
Raindrops falling on my head.
I like here comes the rain though. Should we add Rihanna’s Umbrella too… but it’s not as apt.
First, why the name Resurrection Sunday? It’s a great one.
So we time travel to the 80s. That’s not bad at all.
We can get those elsewhere. What is YouTube for 😁.
Now who is Wang Chung? Sounds like my international country cousin 🤭.
I hope your dancing shoes are ready too Lance.
Sorry I missed replying to your question here.
Resurrection Sunday is the name of the 4 hour radio show on 91X.
They ‘resuurrect’ lost alternative songs from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.
If you have ever heard of the 80’s techno pop band Yazoo (Yaz in the States), the singer Alison Moyet also had a solo career.
Her song Love Resurrection is sometimes played during the show. Also, 91X uses a soundbite from it of her singing the word ‘Resurrection ‘ when they are advertising the show.
I’ve not heard of Yazoo or I maybhave heard their music but not the band. That usually happens with me.
So I tried to connect to the radio station today but it didn’t work. Husband said there are certain things we don’t get here at all.
It kept showing downloading live streaming but that’s all. I saw Spotify has a Resurrection sunday Playlist, so I’ll have to listen through that. Sadly, it won’t be live.
Happy Sunday Iba 😊
Hope you had a good time at church and all caught up on your 80’s.
No tripping while dancing, huh?
Take your calcium and vitamin D. Make those bones strong 💪
Come on Iba. Your pulling my leg, right?
Everybody have fun tonight
Every body Wang Chung tonight!
I know you know THAT song
Happy Sunday to you too.
A dull and wet Sunday but I didn’t get wet, so that’s good 😁.
Can we catch up with the 80s. I have to see if I can get 91x.
No tripping while dancing but the body is stiff as a board 🤣.
Let me listen to this song. You know I have selective memory, told you, classic edition.
No worries about 91X Iba. You’re right. There are plenty of 80 alternative playlists on YouTube.
The DJ always gives a shout out when someone is listening outside the range of the FM band. Probably more listeners online or through the app.
Even being here in SD county, I listen through Alexa on the Echo Dot. Only when in the car do I listen to regular FM radio.
I just thought Halloran would be floored to have a listener in India contact him. He would probably feel like some kind of International star😄
Well, they do have plenty of listeners in Tijuana. That’s where the radio towers are located.
Oh!
I got one for you Iba:
‘I wish I was in Tijuana
eating BBQ’d iguana ‘
Can you name Title and artist?
Good morning!
I slept in until 5. Yay!
Hope your Monday has been going okay.
Okay , so those 2 songs you messaged me about:
The link I sent you was Yazoo (Yaz) Only You. That singer is Alison Moyet. The keyboardist is Vincent Clark ( Depeche Mode and Erasure). So, funny you asked about their relationship to ABBA, his band Erasure did an entire album of ABBA covers.
The lyrics I quizzed you on was NOT Blind Melon.
That would be Wall of Voodoo. And the song they are most famous for Mexican Radio
🖐🤓👍
Now my turn to say goodnight 😆… I’m not about to sleep though.
Good for you. Sounds like you got a much needed restful night.
Monday blues coupled with the rain. It stopped raining towards the evening, thankfully. I’m fed up of the rain.
I had to watch the Yazoo video. No wonder the ABBA influence or tune was so prominent. At first I thought they were singing an ABBA song.
I thought the Wall of Voodoo was initially a Mexican song, as the music started. How old is that song, 70s?
Iba, hope you are having pleasant dreams of the Meghalaya.
I want to say Wall of Voodoo was 80’s.
Mexican Radio was their biggest hit.
But, they also covered Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire ‘.
And the singer from Wall of Voodoo did a solo album with a song called Camouflage.
Great song about a U.S. Marine in the Vietnam War. Guarantee the vets at the V.F.W. hall are all drinking with their buddies to that one.
C’mon lads!
Raise your glasses and let’s drink to Camouflage!
TO CAMOUFLAGE! They all roar. And by the end of the song there isn’t a dry eye in the bar. 😭
Since I slept only in the AM last night, I am dozing off.
No dreams Lance but I do enjoy the pictures and videos my brother or his wife puts up. My brother has a transferable job, within the region, so he gets to explore places.
The way you described that feels so personal, as though you were present with them, raising your glass too.
Sounds like another great song. With that much history behind the song, if people aren’t teary eyed, then they’re missing a heart.
Thank you for giving voice to what so many feel yet seldom dare to express — your words stir both reflection and hope. At times we all wear masks, forgetting that they cannot stay forever, that sooner or later our true selves will be revealed. Reading your recent pieces, I sense a thread weaving through them — almost a quiet series on the tension between who we try to appear as and who we truly are. This one lingers deeply, capturing the silent battles we fight beneath those masks.
Slow down , breathe, Pray 🙏
Zahvalnost Vidovitoj Zori – ženi koja mi je spasila brak i porodicuKada sam bila na ivici da izgubim sve – brak, porodicu, mir u duši – pojavila se Vidovita Zora. U životu me mnogo ljudi razočaralo, prevarili su me dok sam tražila pomoć. Lažna obećanja, prazne reči, a meni je bilo sve teže… Alkohol, kocka, droga – zlo je ušlo u naš dom i razaralo nas iznutra.Ali Zora je bila drugačija. Njena snaga, njeno znanje i njena iskrena želja da pomogne probudile su nadu u meni. Nije obećavala čuda – ona ih je stvarno uradila. Pomogla mi je da spasim brak, da očistim kuću od negativnosti i da se ponovo okrenemo ljubavi, miru i zdravlju.Danas smo zahvaljujući njoj jači nego ikada. Porodica mi je ponovo na okupu.Vidovita Zora nije samo vidovita – ona je moj anđeo čuvar. Hvala ti što postojiš. Nikada ti neću zaboraviti šta si uradila za mene.
🌟 NEVEROVATNO, ALI ISTINITO! 🌟
Postoje ljudi koji menjaju živote, i ja sam imala sreću da upoznam jednu takvu ženu – pravu damu, kraljicu i čudesnu osobu u svakom smislu te reči. 💖
Spasila mi je brak, porodicu, decu, posao – bukvalno sve! Donela je mir, sigurnost i nadu tamo gde sam mislila da ih više nema. Njena pomoć je neprocenjiva, a posvećenost, stručnost i srce koje ulaže u svoj rad su retkost koju svako treba da iskusi. ✨
Iskreno i toplo je preporučujem SVIMA! Uverila sam se sama, a sada pomaže i mojoj kumi i drugarici. Ako tražite nekoga ko radi sa srcem, sa znanjem i sa istinskom željom da pomogne – ovo je ona! 💫
Ne čekajte čuda, već ih dozvolite da se dogode – jer ona ih čini stvarnim. 🌹
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Lol… no worries on that Hubert, I still trust your judgement 😆
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Zahvalnost Vidovitoj Zori – ženi koja mi je spasila brak i porodicuKada sam bila na ivici da izgubim sve – brak, porodicu, mir u duši – pojavila se Vidovita Zora. U životu me mnogo ljudi razočaralo, prevarili su me dok sam tražila pomoć. Lažna obećanja, prazne reči, a meni je bilo sve teže… Alkohol, kocka, droga – zlo je ušlo u naš dom i razaralo nas iznutra.Ali Zora je bila drugačija. Njena snaga, njeno znanje i njena iskrena želja da pomogne probudile su nadu u meni. Nije obećavala čuda – ona ih je stvarno uradila. Pomogla mi je da spasim brak, da očistim kuću od negativnosti i da se ponovo okrenemo ljubavi, miru i zdravlju.Danas smo zahvaljujući njoj jači nego ikada. Porodica mi je ponovo na okupu.Vidovita Zora nije samo vidovita – ona je moj anđeo čuvar. Hvala ti što postojiš. Nikada ti neću zaboraviti šta si uradila za mene.
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