Happy Holidays from our family to you!
Cabin of Love
Honest to God
“The dark night aspect of love is shocking in its contrast to the bright airy quality of love’s beginnings. . .
“Some people find love’s darkness within the context of marriage and partnership. Others go through a long period of distress because for one reason or another they can’t achieve a lasting relationship. Whether you are looking for love or trying to make it work, it can be the most difficult challenge in life and at times may seem absolutely impossible. The impossibility slowly cracks you open, teaches you the limits of human understanding, and gives you a bridge from the human to the divine.” – Thomas Moore, Dark Nights of the Soul
I wrote “Honest to God” from my own war to live both honestly and faithfully in my marriage. The two are not mutually exclusive, though many relationships function as if they are.
And after you’ve made it through my music video above, reward yourself with this one:
Human
Here’s a new videosong, recorded in a newly gutted space in our house. Before we cover up those gorgeous walls with up-to-code drywall, we thought it’d be fun to make a film in this space!
Anunciation
New videosong for Advent season –
Lyrics-
Annunciation
copyright 2010 Julia Bloom
Her angel was a plastic strip with two lines colored pink
No spirit overshadowed her except a couple drinks
No holy child was prophesied, no savior for the world
No mystical experience, just cliche boy and girl
But this baby is a miracle
This baby is a mystery
This baby shakes the universe
This baby rattles history.
In Flanders Fields the poppies grow, the larks fly overhead
At Buchenwald they laid them out, the dead upon the dead
In my house at my kitchen sink, I wash everything clean
Tomorrow I’ll be here again, doing the same thing
We point and stare at miracles
We smile and nod at mysteries
We stagger through the universe
Regurgitating history.
Arise and shine, your light has come, this glory rises over you
Though darkness covers everything, this glory rises over you
The people walking in the dark have seen a great light
And in the land of death’s shadow, there has dawned a light
An inconvenient miracle
Swaddled round with mystery
Growing from the universe
Kept alive through history.
Doctor Doctor
Are things feeling a little extra timey-wimey to you today? That’s because it’s Doctor Who Day! Here’s a song we wrote to celebrate.
Julia Bloom 