Oh, Loretta.

Life has been great lately. God has been pouring his blessings upon me in such a way that I'm almost just anticipating the bad is going to come. I'm trying to get that out of my head and delight in my God right now. If the bad comes, I hope to delight in Him then, too.

I've been writing a lot. I've written lots of new songs in the past week, and I almost have a hard time wrapping my mind around it. I get so much joy from singing. It's nerve wrecking though. I write about pain, joy, love and im trying to be vulnerable. It's the one thing that can connect us all. Life can be so hard at times, pain can overwhelm. Some days we are walking on a cloud, maybe we are in love, maybe we are adventurers... but we have joy. Love is beauty, intimacy, and sometimes heartaches. But I want to write about it all. Maybe you will like my stuff. That's cool. Maybe you won't. And that's cool too. I'm just going to be true to my story and myself, and hopeully you will relate.

Some people have been wondering what kind of stuff i do... when i sing... I don't mean to, but I have a twang. it's odd. I guess you could say im folk. But i hate labels... Just call me Melanie. :)

I saw bradley hathaway the other day play at swayzes. If you haven't heard him, you need to check him out. He humbled himself after the show and even played a couple songs for us outside of the venue on the cold sidewalk. It was wonderful.

loving this right now... rock and roll and folk... makes me wonder why people don't do old country stuff like this anymore...Oh, Loretta you are like my newest hero.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuC_l3ymXhM