Category Archives: Thoughts on Life

A Poem + Thoughts on A Father’s Legacy

Posted on February 16, 2013 by sfrenes

My dad passed on January 29th of lung cancer. This is us last November,  just after he was diagnosed. (I think we have the same smile.) He went quickly, only 3 months from diagnosis. None of us was ready for … Continue reading →

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Oohh. Ahhh.

Posted on September 19, 2012 by sfrenes

Music has a life of its own. I love how art is like that. It becomes something altogether new to each person experiencing it. There’s a song on my new CD called Breathless. I wrote it because I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Bloom

Posted on April 25, 2012 by sfrenes

bloom don’t kill time or hesitate when your soul heavy with the weight and glory of something New awaits transformation. give yourself fully to change, trusting the forward motion to bring you closer to your fully developed perfect Self. (inspired … Continue reading →

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Don’t Fight It: Lessons from a Ninja Massage Therapist

Posted on April 10, 2012 by sfrenes

“It’s best if you don’t fight me, ” Maggie said, sitting across from me in a yoga-pretzel pose that advertised her massage therapy occupation. “Because when I find the trouble spots, I go after them aggressively, and it can either … Continue reading →

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Just One Guitar!

Posted on January 4, 2012 by sfrenes

When I was 16 years old and starting to discover songwriting, I was taking lessons on an old nylon stringed guitar that was constantly out of tune. My parents had bought it at a garage sale; it was painful to … Continue reading →

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Making Room for Christmas

Posted on December 4, 2011 by sfrenes

There’s a line from a Jonatha Brooke song I love that comes to mind every December Once a year the holidays come swinging at your head (-from Secrets and Lies) Something about hearing that first Christmas carol, or seeing that … Continue reading →

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What the Cornfields are Teaching Me

Posted on August 4, 2011 by sfrenes

There are cornfields near my house that run alongside a path where we walk our dog a few times a week. In the summertime those cornstalks shoot up fast–it’s the heat. Two days ago they were heavy with ripe corn, and … Continue reading →

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“Let the beauty we love be what we do” -Rumi

Posted on July 21, 2011 by sfrenes

It seems to me that with experience comes constant paradigm shifts: my philosophies and desires keep getting fine tuned as I discover what I love doing, and what I don’t. What I thought I wanted 10 years ago in my … Continue reading →

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Catching the Thief

Posted on June 22, 2011 by sfrenes

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.- John 10:10 I know this thief, and he doesn’t mess … Continue reading →

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Momma, don’t let your babies grow up to be….

Posted on June 16, 2011 by sfrenes

There’s an old country song that says…Momma, dont’ let your babies grow up to be cowboys….and then goes into all kinds of reasons why. Well, lately I’ve been singing that one only replacing cowboys with musicians or ARTISTS. Doesn’t sing … Continue reading →

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