when the wrong in the world
is weighing on me
and i feel too small to do
anything
i just lay my life down
i lay my life

when the meaningless grind
of the day to day
is all consuming
in every way
i just lay my life down
i lay my life (more…)

*i’ve had this song churning around in my mind for a while now, and finally finished it last week and then put chords to it last night with jered (husband) and brent (brother). it was inspired by my friend ryan’s niece, who’s name is prairie bell. when i heard her name i thought to myself, that is me! i am a prairie bell! a city girl on the outside (i admit i’m a bit high maintenance when it comes to make up & hair) but a prairie girl on the inside (i love the prairies, the countryside, country music, etc). soon after i started writing this song… which i hope will be the title of my full length album that will be in the works in the winter/spring of 2008/09.

in my daddy’s backyard
there’s a sky stretching out
just as far as i can see
with my arms open wide
and my head thrown back
i know i’m right where i want to be
and when i’m flying home
from wherever i’ve been
there’s a view below i know so well
it’s a patchwork of snowy farm
and windy highway that’s home
to this prairie bell (more…)

This last month or so has been insane, hence the reason my blog has been somewhat neglected. A few months ago I decided that I wanted to do something with all the experimental recording Jered and I have been messing around with in our basement studio. I was booked for a show at Axis Cafe for July 18th, so I decided to make that show my deadline for an EP (“extended play” sort of a mini album). My usual musicians Jered and Ryan are on tour this summer with Shane Yellowbird (a canadian country artist) and were/are out of town that day… so I rounded up some new musicians and started rehearsing. (more…)

you’re not always what you seem
with that insincere smile there on your lips
you’re always so quick to blame
and you’re never too easily convinced
you say that you’re not the stubborn one
you just don’t like to change your mind
you say that you’re not the lonely one
you just always end up left behind (more…)

Since the last time I wrote in my blog, I have been to a women’s conference in Surrey, B.C. with my mum, sister, niece, aunt and two cousins. It was a whirlwind of a weekend but I learned some good stuff from one of the speakers in particular, Charlotte (can’t remember her last name – to be updated later). One of her “sermons” was called “Putting your first things first”. (more…)

If I had a genie, and three wishes… right now they would be:

1. That I could spend a few months straight JUST recording my music.
2. That I could have unlimited access to musicians who knew my songs inside & out.
3. WORLD PEACE… (is it selfish that this is #3 on my list?)

*sigh*