Didn’t We Almost Have It All: Grammy Roundup

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Barbara McDowell

I went to sleep Saturday night as I did the evening of June 25, 2009.  That was the day Michael Jackson died.  Hearing of his death, like Whitney Houston’s, was incomprehensible.  I get that no one can cheat death.  It is the life actions that sometimes hasten it that are so tragic.  So I went to sleep with a heavy heart, a feeling of disbelief and the irrational wish that when I woke up, CNN would break in and say it was all not true.  But, sadly, it is.  For this Melodic Monday, we come together left with the blessings for what she’s left behind.

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A Somber ROW80 Check-In: 2/12/12

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Barbara McDowell

“I love the the Lord, he heard my cry.  And pitied every groan.  Long as I live.  And troubles rise.  I hasten to his throne.”  ~ Whitney Houston with The Georgia Mass Choir, “I Love The Lord” from The Preacher’s Wife soundtrack

Whitney Elizabeth Houston August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012.  Two Emmys, six Grammys, 30 Billboards and 22 American Music Awards.

One life.  Lost.

Writing/Craft

  • 1,500 words of new fiction a week either on novel WIP or short stories.  934 words on the short story I started on Tuesday.  Goal not done, though I spent time digging in yesterday and starting to fix the outline issues I needed to address on the novel WIP.  I feel much better about it now.   Continue reading →
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