Happiness hiding...

Friends,

Hope all is well as the leaves start to fall and crinkle under your feet.
I am doing splendidly. In fact, it has sort of struck me odd that I have been so content and happy this past month.

Sometimes I start to wonder if I blink, will I wake up from this dream? I mean seriously...this has got to be fake right?

My songs have started to sound oddly...dare I say....peppier? Honestly, that feels weird for me to write because a year ago, most of my songs were contemplative and probably pretty depressing. I would tell my friends about a new song and they would reply, Casie, is this another one of your depressing songs?

However, like I said, my songs these days have been happier? Happy, sad, angry, bitter, soulful...I guess you write songs where you are at in life...and I think I am actually ok with where I am at in life. Every place in life is temporary and I know I won't have these moments forever so I'll just take it as it is and stop over thinking (that's a new one for me!).

On the other side of things, some dear friends of mine have been going through dark times and I have been able to step in and bring some love and cheer into their lives. It's awesome how things work out like that sometimes.

Goodness I am rather "reflective and bloggy like" in these entries...thanks for listening to me...don't worry next time, I'll just make a list of things I got at the grocery store and leave it at that...no reflection, point, theme, metaphors, existential fluffy things I promise!!

Elated elephants,
C

Fall Mornings

<3
C

Comfortable

Friends,

I love fall. I love the smell, pumpkins, clothes, sunrises, sunsets, warm colors, change, leaves. I think most of my family and friends are tired of me going on and on about fall but they all seem to agree what a relief it is after our hot texas summers.

This week I was thinking about life and how it is full of: hard work, hardships, health issues that remained unresolved, war, hurt, disconnect from people you love, fear, doubt, noise and the list goes on. Have there ever been times that it just all hits you?

Ask people what they want most in life...you'll get varied answers but most will probably choose "a comfortable living". I guess that hit me more so this week...the word "comfortable". Where is that point? so I find myself continuing to work towards becoming "big and known" and then will I be "comfortable"? It just got me thinking...

Here and now. Yesterday, was a beautiful fall day. I got to meet a new person who shares my love of music and is coordinating a gig for me, run off to play music at a wedding rehearsal, meet up with a friend to make music which turned into partaking in a nice conversation outside in fall and then having a late night talk with some friends.

As a result, I have more music work, places to be, being bitten by mosquitoes that seem to love me more than I love fall, and a little sleep deprivation but I'm quite content.

Casie, what would make your life most comfortable?

A. being famous someday
B. having a beautiful house with a music room and wrap around porch someday
C. get some music and books published someday
D. soaking in the here and now
E. still puzzled with this word "comfortable"

Yep, gotta go with E. Alright friends, I also gotta go and get ready to see some newlyweds off with wedding musak!

Your truly,
C

Someone heard

Hey friends,
My song, "Just Songs" got played on a radio station in Commerce, TX this evening and I was more than ecstatic.
It makes me smile knowing someone heard it in or near that city.

It was my mom, me and best friend on speaker phone gathered around my computer to listen to the online radio stream. :)
It was a great moment and I hope to have many more like that to come.

As long as there are opportunities for me to take, I will keep making music...wait what am I saying?

Opportunities or not, I'm still making music.


<3<3<3
C

For you

Sometimes you get hugs,
sometimes you get a friendly smile,
sometimes you get a laugh,
sometimes you get a "hey chin up",
sometimes you get a favourite type of cookie,

but they are not

a certain person's hugs,
a certain person's friendly smile,
a certain person's laugh,
a certain person's "hey chin up"
a certain person's favourite type of cookie,

this is a shout out to all my certain persons...you make my world a lovelier place.

Love and miss you,
C

This is what I write when I an not satisfied

"If I could have that dress
with pretty wavy lines, polka dots, soft fabric,
stripes, curves, flowiness, twirling action,
hoop skirt, blue colors, fringes, red colors, purple colors,
v-neckline, bow in the back, fun factor, sexy factor,
cute but classy factor...

If I could have all that, my dress would look awful."

Rethink what you have and be satisfied.

<3
C

Sweetness

Hi friends,
Hope you are enjoying your day! It was labor day today and I did some labor but not too much. Hope you had some rest as well.
My family and I went to our usual breakfast restaurant this morning and we were talking about people and how people treat people. There was the usual waitress dad sees on his lunch breaks. Little detail: dad usually brings an extra cup to refill ice and water for work. One time he forgot his work cup. However, she got him an extra one that she should have technically charged him for but it's just one of those nice things people do sometimes. We chatted with her for awhile and I got to meet this person who treats my dad nicely every time he is there.

There is not much to the story. It's just refreshing and nice to hear people caring for each other.
We need that reminder sometimes. It's not about the times you are happy for a happy reason like: the weather, good financial circumstances, or birthdays...but the times when money is hard to find or your really don't want to be there for your all day shift and you still don't mind sharing a bit of your heart with someone.

that's impressive and a beautiful thing.

Sharing the sweets,
C