That's what I'm doing today. This post is about some recent life happenings.
1. Last week, our busy morning at home was interrupted by a tragic news of Liam Payne's passing. It was unexpected and shocking to hear someone from a band from your teenage days to die tragically at 31. Although I was not the biggest One Direction fan, their songs were part of my teenage years and their lyrics formed part of the person I am today. I feel for my classmates who were the biggest One Direction fans because I am sure that this news is hitting them extra hard. Rest in Peace, Liam.
2. I recently started Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South. This is the first time I'm reading an Elizabeth Gaskell novel and I'm excited to discover how the story will unfold. It's often compared to Pride and Prejudice and as a P&P fan, I can't wait to discover the similarities and differences of the two. To do that, I have to annotate my copy. Sadly, since I am reading the book at night, before I go to sleep, I don't have the extra mental energy to annotate anymore.
[ The edition I have is the Penguin English Library Edition aka my favourite classic book edition ever]
3. Just earlier, I discovered that a podcast I used to listen to back in the day uploaded new episodes. The show's called Soul Music and the latest episodes feature two songs I like: Tender by Blur and Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez. I'll definitely listen to these episodes this week.
You know, I feel really sad they don't always update this show. It's one of the best music shows out there. The song selection is great and the stories of their guests are heartwarming and relatable. I remember one episode from way back featuring Joni Mitchell's River. I was on my way home when I heard that episode and it led me to discovering more songs from her album Blue. Another episode I enjoy, one which they uploaded last year, is an episode on Nick Cave's Into my Arms. An other worldly song!
The show also featured songs from The Kinks. The episode on Waterloo Sunset is where I first discovered the show around 7 years ago, and the episode on Days from early 2020 featured both The Kinks and Kirsty MacColl's versions.
4. A few weeks ago, I discovered the song *Deportee written by Woody Guthrie. That song reminds me of Carlos Bulosan's America is in the Heart because although the song is about the Mexican farm workers, their experiences working away from home were not different from the story of the main character in the novel.
* This version is from Woody's son, Arlo. I don't think there's a Woody Guthrie version that exists since the song was originally written as a poem.
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