life of a georgia Artist

  Photo by Grant on Unsplash Some say music can sooth the savage beast, but who is this beast? Music can sooth a dog,a cat, or a person. Both animals and people react to musics the same way we react to scents. Both affect us in different ways. When I want to relax I put on Lisa Lynn and listen to her strum her beautiful harp. Also some soft jazz helps me relax, but lately Christian music has been on my play list. There are so many amazing artists out there that I keep listening to more new to me people and am simply amazed the affect it has on my mood and heart. While we are constantly checking our phones, our email, or whatever else is going on in this world of instant notifications, we need to slow down and realized all the damage this is doing to us. Some of us are now no longer able to relax at all. We used to linger after church and talk. We used to go to picnics with friends and talk. I have seen people at a place together, like eating out, and both texting each othe

Photo by  Alan Dasein  on  Unsplash When winter settles into our skin, not only does our skin dry but so does our spirit. We are lack lusted out. We are cold, tired from so many hours in the dark, and the light in most of us has been snuffed out. Our moods are dark, our spirits diminished, and all in all, we stay in our pajamas and drink tea and do nothing else.  Winter is our hunker down time, our hiding, or our hibernation. We tend to stay in more, we tend to keep to ourselves more and read. We like to pile on the blankets, drink the cocoa, knit or read, and we stay by ourselves. There is nothing wrong with any of the above, but spring is around the corner, yes even though half of the country is under snow.   Now how do we emerge from our cacoon called winter? Winter needs to shed its darkness and dreary light. We need to unbundle, unburden, and dig ourselves out of our commas. Perhaps the light will stay longer soon, the snow will melt to mud season, and we can drink