lenten journal: a time for singing

Writing about time -- and finishing up with Tom Waits -- has sent me in search of time songs. Today I offer a soundtrack to pass the time.

Bruce Cockburn opens the set with "Lovers in a Dangerous Time."



John Mellencamp continues: "Save Some Time to Dream."



An old favorite -- Shawn Colvin singing "Ricochet in Time."



As long as we're in old favorite mode -- Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time."



One more old favorite: "Where Does the Time Go?" by the Innocence Mission.



On to Ryan Adams -- "In My Time of Need."



Here is Dawes with Mumford and Sons: "When My Time Comes."



And our closing hymn: Paul Simon singing, "Love and Hard Times."



Sing along every chance you get.

Peace,
Milton

lenten journal: an open letter to an old friend

for David Gentiles

it’s not the anniversary
of anything other
than the second March
without you here
still you showed up
unexpectedly at a meeting
I had with some people
to talk about a dream

and then again tonight
in Nathan’s new book
though I had a hunch
you might be in there
but you snuck up on me
when I sat down to write
with the innocence mission
as background singers --

one friend writes,
everything is changing
while the day sky stays blue
changing around him
and me without you
waiting for you to arrive
where does the time go
where does the time go

-- and then I remembered . . .
it’s opening day
your Indians are in first
for at least a few days
at least that’s what I said
to the picture on the desk
both of us smiling at Christy’s
wedding like old friends

Peace,
Milton