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They say certain smells can take you back to another time in your life.  For example, you may walk by a bakery, smell fresh cinnamon rolls and immediately be reminded of your grandmother.  The same can obviously be said about music.  We often attach certain songs to a specific time, place, moment or person.  It seems that everywhere I go I hear the songs that remind me of Grand Bend.  This is just from today:

The Hollys- Bus Stop (Andy)

OneRepublic- Apologize (Greg)

Regina Spektor- Fidelity (Annie)

Sara Bareilles- Love Song (Heidi)

Jason Mraz- I'm Yours (Me?)

Daft Punk- One More Time (Greg, EVERYONE)

The soundtrack of my summer follows me everywhere.

The Write Timing

Hello, Right Brain!  It's nice to use you again.......

I had a few goals for myself this summer:  

Run.  Read.  Write.  Raft.

Pretty simple, eh?  I wanted to get back in shape, read and write more, and build a raft.  And looking at that list written out for the first time, I just realized that all four of those things are incredible sources of relaxation for me.  Therapeutic, even.  And I use to do these things ALL the time, (okay, maybe not the raft building, that was a new one), but then 2008 came along and I guess I got lazy.  Unfocused.  

When I moved to Grand Bend for the summer, I saw the perfect opportunity to "see clearly" again.  With my priorities back in order, I dropped 10 lbs. and got my personal best 5km time down to 23:38, polished off several books and built the beautiful monstrosity known as The Daryl Hannah (more on her to follow).  However, I never really managed to pencil in any time to pick up a pencil (or pen.... or most likely to type.  Let's be honest here it's 2008, who writes with a pencil anymore?  I just liked the imagery of that sentence.)

From time to time in my life writing has played a significant role.  My writing always seems to pick up during major changes in my life.  This blog presents the opportunity for writing to be really important to me once again.  It's all about the write timing.