GOLDEN

photo by Jennifer Lawrence Films

Weren't Rachel McAdams and Jennifer Lawrence beautiful at the Golden Globes?  From hair to makeup to jewelry - you know, their whole 'look' was spot on?!   Kirsten Dunst's beautifully designed, Greeky' Goddessy smokin' dress, you gotta respect.  Jana Fonda's, Amy Schumur's, and Katy Perry's dresses; maybe not my favorites.   Cate Blanchett always owned.    story             . . . We like to look at pretty things.  And we judge them.   Best or Worst ...   Important to do?  Is there more to a woman than what's on the outside??     Duh.

Principle in the type:  ". . . contribution of women is often under-appreciated.  I wish to express gratitude for the influence of good women, identify some of the philosophies and trends that threaten women’s strength and standing, and voice a plea to women to cultivate the . . .  power within them.         D. Todd Christofferson 

EASY FEELING

photo by Steve Alexander

Glenn Frey passed away Monday, at 67 years of age.  R.I.P.        

Personally it shakes me a little, like this article says, because frankly the Eagles were literally "the anthem" of the kids just ahead of me in school.  "One of the best selling bands of all time," (link) --by the way.    It's a longer post today because I walked a bit down memory lane.  Thank you, Glenn Frey for that.                

When I went to an Eagles' concert a few years back, I remember Frey saying he always saw their music, being all about the harmony.  The band's signature even.  He also cracked, "For the record, we never broke up ... we just took a 14 year vacation."  Ha!   They played this song (video below).  It's newer.  I thought it was very Eagle'y, and lovely.  The video's slide show rounds today's thoughts out. 

((And click here if you need Hotel California in all it's glory.  This one, it's real good.   Freakin love this song.  The Hub's fav ... and he's right, it's gold.))

Always important to me in my old-days-music:  Who I thought was cutest in a band.  In the Eagles? --Joe Walsh.                       But for now, Glenn has all our hearts.



          

                               

Principle in the type:  "We learn the dance steps with our minds, but we hear the music with our hearts."       Wilford W. Andersen     

DREAMIN' NOT IN BLACK AND WHITE

photo by U.S. Embassy New Delhi

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy was celebrated yesterday.  There is no shortage of interesting tidbits about him and his story.  According to sources, King almost left out of his most famous speech, the 'I Have a Dream' bit, if not for "a remark shouted by gospel singer and King friend Mahalia Jackson . . . ' Tell them about the dream, Martin! ' "   she called to him.      story                         

Principle in the type:  "Civility in society is achieved when the majority of people do what is moral because they believe they should, not because they are compelled by law or by police force."      Wilford W. Andersen     

SHUMPERT DELIVERS

photo by Allana

NBA star Iman Shumpert helped deliver his first child, --at home!   He "helped deliver [his and fiance Teyana Taylor's] baby when Taylor suddenly found herself in labor in the bathtub. . . . Shumpert . . . tied a pair of his red headphones around the umbilical cord of his daughter . . . until an ambulance arrived five minutes later."    ~Welcome to the Parent's Club, Ma and Pa!  story                             

Principle in the type:  "As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure.  Are our examples worthy of emulation?  Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?  Unlike the book on the library shelf, the covers of which shield its contents, our lives cannot be closed.  Parents, we truly are an open book in the library of learning of our homes.”            Thomas S. Monson

 

DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT

photo by herval

Note to self:  Remind my kids not to light each other on fire to make a cool YouTube video.  Luckily avoiding injury, in Pennsylvania two 13-year-old boys decided to do just that.  "One agreed to be set on fire so the other could film it and post it online."  A blowtorch was involved, the fire proved tricky to put out, and they didn't even get to download a boss clip.   news 

Principle in the type:  "Ponder how you spend your time and ask yourself regularly, ‘why?’  This will help you develop the ability to see beyond the moment.  It’s far better to look ahead and ask yourself, ‘why would I do that?’ than to look back and say, ‘why, oh, why did I do that?’ "      Randall L. Ridd     

                                                                                                   Happy Weekend Peeps!