Happy May

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 Can you believe it's already May? And the Kentucky Derby just happened over the weekend. Most people probably don't care, but it's a big deal here in Kentucky, although I never watch it. Someone told me the horse that won was supposed to be a descendant of the Secretariat. That's a famous horse the was the subject of a movie. 

I've been working on this post for a couple of days and was going to put on a recipe to celebrate Cinco De Mayo, but that has already passed too. I did go to a Mexican restaurant for dinner on Sunday and had a very yummy vegetarian chimichanga. 

Here's a picture of me with my mouth full, totally unaware that my daughter was taking the picture. That cute little girl is my youngest granddaughter, Deborah. 


As I mentioned in my last post, there have been a lot of changes in my life. I have a new apartment that I am slowly making my own. I have a new car and it's blue! My favorite color. 

I have a new song that I've been wearing out. It's not a new song, but a new version of a song that I had probably heard and liked originally, but didn't give it much thought until I heard this new version. The song is "Leave A Light On (Talk Away the Dark)" by the rock band, Papa Roach. They originally released this song on their album "Ego Trip" in 2022 and often dedicate it to the memory of Chester Bennington, the singer of the band, Linkin Park who died in 2017 by suicide. 

The new version of it is with Carrie Underwood, you know the country singer. It's beautiful in it's original version, but even more so with Carrie. Here is the studio version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E4Us2lZ87s

After I heard this I wondered how on earth Carrie ended up singing with this hard rock band and the answer kind of surprised me, but it's very cool. Here's the story from Jacoby Shaddix, the lead singer for Papa Roach, it's kind of a long interview, but totally worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MSWL5_qHlw

I know you all are probably wondering when I'm going to get a new book out. Hopefully before the summer is over. It's been a challenge to fit writing in when I work two jobs, but I'm doing it. I'm looking so forward to getting this project done and making it available. 

I'm going to wrap this up with a picture of a gorgeous sunrise I saw this morning when I was on my break at Walmart, where I work stocking. And then I'm going to hit publish before I get busy and don't get this done, again. 




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