florence.

oh, florence. i love you. really, i do. i swear there were days last long, miserable, cold, snowy winter that i wouldn't have survived if it weren't for Dog Days of Summer and the dance parties you encouraged. thank you.

and thank you for this new song. i have a feeling this might be the anthem of our move, for those long, lonely days that i know will come even though i'm excited about our adventure.

what do you think? do you like it? are you a florence + the machine fan?

ps. i know i've been a little video happy lately. i'd say i'll stop soon, but no promises.

some songs for a rainy day.

i'm sitting on my kitchen floor surrounded by packing paper and awkwardly packed boxes. the rain is trickling out of the sky here and there. i'm listening to my rosie thomas pandora station and feeling somewhat melancholy. you know that music that you love but also makes you want to cry? here are some of the tunes that i'm humming along to this morning.


the swell season
falling slowly


ray lamontagne
within you


amos lee
the wind

a sweet song.

 You know when you just mindlessly listen to a song, until one day when you listen to the words and suddenly like the song a million times more? That's this song for me. It's such a sweet, emotional song about parenting. Read the lyrics, listen to the video. You'll be happier for it, promise.



The One Who Knows
Words and music by Dar Williams

Time it was I had a dream
You're the dream come true
If I had the world to give
I'd give it all to you

I'll take you to the mountains
I will take you to the sea
I'll show you how this life became
A miracle to me

You'll fly away
But take my hand until that day
So when they ask how far love goes
When my job's done
You'll be the one who knows

All the things you treasure most
Will be the hardest ones
I will watch you struggle on
Before the answers come

But I won't make it harder
I'll be there to cheer you on
I'll shine the light that guides you down
The road you're walking on

You'll fly away
But take my hand until that day
So when they ask how far love goes
When my job's done
You'll be the one who knows

Before the mountains call to you
Before you leave this home
I want to teach your heart to trust
As I will teach my own

But sometimes I will ask the moon
Where it shined upon you last
And shake my head and laugh and say
It all went by so fast

You'll fly away
But take my hand until that day
So when they ask how far love goes
When my job's done
You'll be the one who knows

songs i'm loving.

today i wanted to share with you a couple songs i've been loving. maybe you know them, maybe you don't. i love finding new songs to listen to on repeat, so i'm hoping these might help you do the same :)

The Low Anthem, Cage the Songbird


The Low Anthem, Charlie Darwin


Gillian Welch, Elvis Presley Blues


Hem, Not California


also: Tim Gearan, Pinwheel Eyes and The Donkeys, Walk through a Cloud.