The Lone Old Faithful. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
On my boss’s land, there are Old Faithfuls resting, one day–they’ll be restored and re-introduced to the crazy roads of North Carolina.
I smiled as I walked around hours of land, taking in the beauty of their full-bodied presence. Soon, there will be hands prepping them for new life.
I stumbled upon one with a rustic vibe–tucked neatly in a corner of land far away from the others. Is this one special, I thought…
Why else would it be given its own slice of God’s creation, while all the others fight for space?
Could it be The Chosen One?
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I bit into the cookie butter goodness and relished Biscoff, transported to my first flight amongst the “friendly skies.”
My body nearly convulsed from the sugary deliciousness, but I remained calm.
How can something so small pack such an intense taste and lure me into wanting more?
It’s Saturday, Self-Care Day, and I cared for myself by stealing a sweet treat while my senior dog snored in the background; heavenly bliss.
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This will probably be my favorite segment on my blog in a very long time! Welcome to Opening Lyrics to Songs That I Love!
“Unholy” is a song by British singer Sam Smith and German singer Kim Petras. It was released on 22 September 2022 through EMI Records and Capitol Records as the second single from Smith’s fourth studio album Gloria (2023) and as a bonus track on Petras’ debut studio album Feed the Beast (2023). It was teased by Smith on their TikTok account a month before its release and went viral due to its use in thirst trap-style videos. Produced by Ilya, Omer Fedi, Blake Slatkin, Jimmy Napes, and Cirkut and written by them alongside Smith and Petras, “Unholy” is a sexually charged electropop, dance-pop, and synth-pop song with choral and hyperpop influences. It uses the Phrygian dominant scale and its lyrics are about a family man who cheats on his wife at a strip club.
“Unholy” received mostly positive reception from critics, many of whom considered the song a standout from Gloria and praised its sound as catchy yet unusual, while others found the song less transgressive than it was intended to be and criticized Petras’s verse. —Wikipedia
Sam Smith is such a versatile artist. I am taken aback by the range he displays musically, and he never ceases to amaze with his song arrangements and the collaborators he chooses. This song has a banger for a beat; instrumentally, it could stand alone and still get all the accolades it has accumulated.
I blast this baby at wild decibels every time I hear it. I make no apologies for it.
If I can feel the music and the lyrics speak to me, too, you’ve instantly lasso’d me in as a fan.
Thank you for joining me on this musical journey. I said I would share 10 songs and their opening lyrics; however, I feel like a bonus song should be shared. And it will be–next week!
Sunday Microfiction #9: A Day To Bloom. Created with Canva.
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From Ryan Grewell on Unsplash. The image depicts a bear in a body of water with rocks and trees in the background. Most of the bear’s body is submerged. We see the bear’s head above the water, along with his right leg, which he appears to hold with his right arm. What is this bear doing?😅
I am your most esteemed Tour Guide and Developer of this beautiful place, Logan Tismouth. If you’ll direct your attention to Caper the Bear, who appears to be river bathing as we speak…
Logan extends his arm and points his hand in the direction of the bear. The crowd follows with their eyes.
Caper is a show-stopper. He is one of the happiest bears any of us has ever seen. He is our featured attraction here at River’s Ridge Sanctuary. We provide semi-natural-to-their-habitat homes for bears, mountain lions, deer, bobcats, etc. You name it, we’ve got it! But Caper is something special.
Three years ago, he was found slumped over the stump of a chopped-down tree, dehydrated with a gaping wound in his lower left leg. Daniel, our Lead Ranger, placed the call to me. He gave me the rundown of the bear’s status and informed me to send out two more rangers, a sack of tranquilizers, and a pack of bottled water. He estimated his time there would be four hours. I issued the work order and had all of the items disbursed, along with the requested rangers, too.
If we had not acted fast, Caper wouldn’t be here today. So you see, not only is he our featured attraction, but he is the only bear with a story like this to tell at River’s Ridge Sanctuary. And we believe he knows just how special he is. I have to say, I’ve never seen a vain bear, but Caper is one.
He has grown accustomed to looking at himself in a mirror. When I visit his dwelling space, I take a hand-held mirror along with me. His greeting is always with a light paw to my right shoulder, and a welcoming scoff as he blows a puff of air into the forest around us. I pull out the mirror, hold it up directly in front of him, and he muses about himself for several minutes.
Stunned by his mannerisms, I leave the mirror with him. He has a collection of them now. Several of the rangers and staff have coined another nickname for him, one of which I do not approve, “Logan’s Very Special Vain Bear.”
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