hootenannie

Sometimes, when life feels uncertain and I feel crazy, it’s good to remember that I have not been given a spirit of fear, but the power of love and a sound mind.

I’m still alive.  I’m here.  But I have been a blogging failure lately.  Let me see if I can catch you up a little bit. After writing songs in Nashville all weekend, I began my Valentine’s Day by walking into the Nashville office and surprising my co-workers.  “It’s a Valentine’s miracle!” said Emily, because she…

On this little blog, I don’t really talk in specifics about my dating life (do I have a dating life? You’ll never know). In the event that any given romantic endeavor doesn’t work out, I can handle my own disappointment – but the collective devastation of us all? That would just be too much. I…

As inspired by this man… … we’ve been working on our dance moves: Double Dream Girls from Annie Parsons on Vimeo. The best moments are at 2:05 (“point your hand over there!”), 2:42 (“butterfly!”), 2:47 (“freestyle!”), and 2:52 (Becca’s amazing punch).

Discussing the fact that blue is my least-favorite color… Him: “I don’t care what you say.  Blue is awesome, perfect for songs.  It’s the only shade of color that on one side of the spectrum represents extreme happiness (blue skies), and the other, deep pain (having the blues, midnight blue).” Me: “What about yellow.  Sunshine,…

I am registered for the Country Music Half-Marathon in Nashville in April. Long story short: I’ve basically given up any hard-core training. Short story long: My life is so full right now.  I don’t have the hours in the week to put in the miles, nor do I have the desire to give anything up…

Some of you have been asking about my search for the ideal purse.* Listen, all I want is something dark brown and genuine leather, with no silver buckles or gold chains, small enough to carry into a bar, but large enough to lift a bottle of wine from a wedding reception. That’s all. And I…

All of last year, I lived in the apartment above the most silent man of all time.  The only time I ever saw him was when he would stand outside his front door smoking cigarettes with his headphones in, avoiding my eye contact as I would pass him on my way to the third floor. …

Since the Honda died 4 weeks ago, here is what I have been doing: 1) Checking Craigslist incessantly for cars. I am on the hunt for something that is Colorado-worthy, will do well in snow, and has high enough clearance to get into the mountains in the summer – however, I also want something with…

My sister Becca is a great gift-giver.  She puts a lot of time and thought and effort into the things that she gives people – and this past Christmas was no exception. In addition to our “real” presents, she made everyone in our family an awesome dog portrait.  Weird?  NOT IF YOU’RE A PARSONS. Becca…