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Dear Friends,
I SWEAR I wrote a March
letter.....I have absolutely NO idea where it went! Sometimes
I find computers quite mystifying! At any rate.....
HAPPY APRIL!! HAPPY
SPRING! I love Spring....and I'm grateful to live in
Nashville, where we actually have four wonderful
Seasons! I had some great trips in March, but do I
remember them now? Nope. I'm sure if I looked in my
calendar they would all come back to me....but, let's live in
the NOW!
This month I am home a
lot, which turned out to be a very good thing. My beautiful
daughter Rachael transferred from the Art Institute in Atlanta
to the branch in Nashville, and is moving back home for a
while. We are all both delighted and worried about this new
situation! I remember living on my own, and then moving back
home. It's tough. I never thought about how it was on MY
parents......and now I know that it was tough on them,
too! The good news is, I adore my child, and hearing her
laughter in this house again is a very, very good thing. MY
challenge is mostly to realize that she's 24, and a capable
young woman, and not slip back into codependent Mommy
mode. That's very tough. I want to FIX her every
problem. I want to MAKE her happy all of the time. It's
exhausting.....and completely pointless! As I wrote in a song
about just this thing...."I'M NOT THAT POWERFUL!"
So....we've completely
cleared out the basement, which was quite an
undertaking....all of my product, Dennis' office....a
treadmill.....to make a great space for her, where she can
make her music anytime of the night or day, and come and go as
she pleases, and have some privacy. The UHaul gets unloaded
this very afternoon.....(we've hired some muscle...I'm not
THAT crazy!)
My precious stepson Tim
stepped in and PAINTED the basement for us! God bless
him......and my lovely daughter in law Lisa taught me how to
actually USE the Myspace page that Rachael had set up for me.
I feel that I've traveled MANY light years into the new
century these past few days.
My Mama's brain
connections continue to disappear....one at a time. It's
sometimes frustrating, sometimes painful.....and I still
choose to believe that it's perfect, and that she's just
"letting go". We still have an amazing connection,
and still have some fun, sweet times together.
I hope that life finds
you well.........that you're able to enjoy a beautiful Spring
this year. Remember that you are not alone.....that you can't
do everything by yourself, and that it's important to ASK for
HELP! I wrote a cool chorus recently and shared it with many
writers at the Harmonizing with Humanity event in Phoenix (oh
yes....THAT'S where I was in March!)....it goes like this:
I don't have to do
everything by myself
And a gift that is given
is sacred
So please help me learn
how to ASK for help
And then help me learn
how to TAKE it.
My love to all of
you......thanks for checking in,
xxxx
ktg
Happy February All!
I'm just back from my
first ever trip to Palm Springs, CA. Wow. What a gorgeous
place. It's like my El Paso mountains x 100!! More of them,
taller, some with snow on top....but still brown and rugged,
and just amazing. AND, this was also my first ever time with
the Girl Scout folks. Again, wow. What a powerful and special
group of women (and an occasional terrific man!). I was so
honored to be able to share some songs and thoughts, and to
bestow some well-deserved pats on the back for the work
that they do. I often wonder how very different my Rachael's
life would have been had she not quit her Girl Scout
troop.
Ah well....all I can say
is, if you have a daughter, OR a granddaughter, do everything
you can to get them involved in Girl Scouts. What an
empowering organization it is.........and Lord knows, girls
growing up in this day and age need a lot of empowering, and
great role models. Go Girl Scouts!!!
Oh....and Happy
Valentine's Day! This Valentine's Day also marks mine and
Dennis' 26th wedding anniversary! Halleluja. I'm grateful for
every day of those 26 years....even the ones when I wanted to
kill him! It's amazing how much garbage two people can dish
out to each other, and still get through it, and still love
and respect each other.
I'm heading to
Springfield, IL this weekend....(15th-18th)....mostly to work
on a book project with my co-author, but also to share with
Unity of Springfield. And all of this on President's Day
weekend! Thank you Abe....you rock!
I continue to find
tremendous help and healing in the "Ask and It Is
Given" book, and the CDs from their workshops. Very
powerful stuff, which I recommend highly. My meditation space
is back up and running, I keep the fountain plugged in and the
waters flowing in there. I can't recommend that enough......if
you don't have a quiet space for yourself, where you can go
and talk to God (or your Higher Power, or Fred, or whoever you
talk to....and LISTEN to).....please make one for yourself. My
life is so, so much better when I take advantage of that.
That's about it for now.
Thank you so much for your guest book entries...for your
emails, and your purchases of my music and books. I am very
grateful for you, and I'm sending you each a big cyber hug,
right now!
Have a great
month......much love,
KTG
Dear Friends,
I'm late again! What is
up with me? At any rate....Happy New Year!!! May 2008 be the
best, healthiest, happiest, most prosperous year ever, for us
all!
Just back from 2 lovely
weeks in Florida. We were in St. Pete, Bradenton Beach, Miami,
and Key West. It was all quite heavenly, actually. Great
people, wonderful presentation, lots of hugs and two-way
appreciation. Our return was very shocking to my
system however......Sat. it was at least 85 in Key West, and
Sunday night when we got home to Nashville, it was 11
degrees!! Good grief!
Oh well, my dearest
step-son Tim picked us up, had the car all pre-warmed (his car
has BUTT warmers, too!) and he and Dennis carried all the
luggage into the house (as I sang a chorus of "I enjoy
being a girl!") And I do! Thanks to men everywhere, who
so kindly and gallantly do the shlepping. We love you for it!
So....what else is new?
I'm off to Palm Springs, CA in Feb. to do a presentation for
300 Girl Scout directors. I'm excited about that. Hoping to do
some work on our house here during the rest of January. We're
thinking about hardwood floors instead of carpeting. We both
seem to be getting more allergic the older we get!
I've got my meditation
space going again......I so recommend that to all of us. It's
so important to get away from the world, the noise, the TV,
mothers and husbands and children, and just be with ourselves,
and our Creator. Just imagine this amazing stream of
creativity, of understanding, of peace, and of answers to all
of Life's big questions......and it's broadcasting all of the
time....24/7. Our only job to get quiet enough to tune in! How
easy is that?
I'm going to end this
now, and go do just what I'm suggesting! I'm sending big hugs
to each of you, and lots of love. Thank you so much for taking
your precious time to come by here.
Happy, happy New
Year.
xx
ktg
Dear Friends,
Holy Cow! What has
happened to November? Have I mentioned my theory that the
world is somehow actually spinning a LOT faster than it used
to, and that's why life seems to be going by sooooo fast???
I'm only halfway kidding. How would we know? Any science
brains out there, write me a note!
At any rate, here we
are, it's already the end of November, so this will be my
Nov/December letter to you all! I spent a large part of
Oct and Nov. on the road. It was really good, if exhausting. I
started out by myself in Colorado. Visited my dear friends JD
Martin and Jan Garrett, got to stay with them and write with
them in their lovely home near Aspen. Shared a Sermon In Song
at my good friend Rev. Sue Ellen Kelly's church in Denver,
then did a Wednesday night at Mile Hi. Both of those were
lovely. The music team at Mile Hi just rocks, and I adore
them. I also did a Sermon In Song at Unity of the Mountains,
near Vail, and that was also wonderful.
In Boulder, I visited my
cousin Morris and his lovely family, stayed a night with them,
and went hiking with Morris and his doggie one morning, up in
the foothills. Gorgeous. Then my friend Liz and I presented a
"breakout session" on our Gift of Hospice
fundraising program at the National Association of Home Care
and Hospice in Denver. We stayed at a VERY cool hotel in
Denver, close to the convention center. The name escapes me
right now, but write to me if you need to know. Each floor has
a different theme, they have room service items and packages
for your DOG....it was just way cool.
Then, I shared a
powerful weekend with some amazing women from Atlanta Unity
North at their women's retreat. Wow. It was quite something. I
did a keynote presentation, and then an hour and half
workshop, using my songs of course. These women were brave and
had the biggest, most wide-open hearts I've ever run across.
It was terrific.
Let's see....I was home
for one night, picked up Dennis, and we left for Chicago, then
Kansas City, where I participated in a Speaker's Showcase for
Five Star Speaker's Bureau. That was really cool, too. There
are some very talented speakers out there in the world.....ok,
and a few rather dry and boring ones too.....but all in all, I
was blown away. I realize that my keynotes are not for
everyone.....sometimes the addition of music sort of freaks
people out...especially those business settings where they're
used to rather dry and boring speakers! But I've gotten
a few nibbles already....most probably from the healthcare
fields and women's groups, where I seem to fit in the best.
THEN, we were off to
Nebraska, where we met up with our lovely friend Jennifer from
the Nebraska Hospice Assoc., and we began our week long trek
across Nebraska, doing the Gift of Hospice fundraisers, and a
couple of other programs along the way. I love Nebraska! Good
people there. (Seems that there are good people everywhere....ain't
that grand?)
I caught some nasty bug
along the way, towards the end, but made it through every gig,
then gave my bug to Dennis, who has since given it back to me.
We are such a sharing and giving couple!
My Mama is a mess
still....more so.....and yet she is still, very often, my
funny, charming Mama. My daughter Rachael was home for several
days. She's gorgeous, loving the Art Institute in Atlanta, and
wanting to stay there. I am praying for more hit songs and
more keynotes and church gigs to be able to help her do just
that!!!
And to you, my precious
friends............I am wishing the JOYS of the season, and
none of the CRAP. Please take care of
yourselves....physically, and emotionally.....and spiritually.
(I keep forgetting that last one, and I get in big trouble
every time!)
Big Holiday hugs and
kisses......please keep in touch.
xxx
ktg
I apologize, profusely,
for not writing this September entry until today, Sept
27th. I had some technical difficulties with my website,
and they were just resolved. Therefore, I think I'll make this
my September/October entry!
I've been traveling a
good bit. Just got back from Unity Village, where the New
Thought Music Awards were held. It was great to hang out with
my peers and friends. They are quite amazing. If you have all
of MY music, and are looking for other meaningful, great
stuff, check out these people: JD Martin, Peter Mayer,
Greg Tamblyn, David Roth, Greg Greenway, Tom Kimmel, Jana
Stanfield, Faith Rivera, Jan Garret.....for starters! Google
them, or write to me if you can't find them.
Then we were up in
Wisconsin, which is becoming like my second home. It was
beautiful up there.....very fall-like, which was a JOY after
such a hot August in Nashville!
I'm off to Colorado here
in a few days. I'll be doing this trip on my own....Dennis has
his own golfing adventure planned. It's so much easier on me
when he's traveling with me....but then again, I do feel more
like an adventurer when I'm solo. I may even try a GPS system
for the first time. Lord help me figure it out!!
Life is good here.
Rachael is making her own life in Atlanta, and spending some
time in North Carolina with friends. ??? I haven't been made
privy to that info yet. My Mom is a mess. She has made
up a terrible, not true story about her caregiver, who is my
life saver....and never wants to see her again. For some
reason, she forgets everything else, but she's not forgetting
this. I'm scrambling around trying to find other helpers, for
I am out of town a lot these next few months.
THE NEW SONGBOOK is
completed! It's really lovely.....please check it out if
you're looking for good music to play and sing yourself.
That's it for now. I
send my love to each of you. Get your flu shot (if you believe
in them), eat your chicken soup (unless you're a vegan) and be
good to yourself. You are in my thoughts.
xxxx
karen
Hey everybody,
It's August! I
don't know what it's like where you are, but here in
Nashville, it is HOT. I mean, really HOT. And did I mention,
it's HOT??? I can't remember ever having this many 100+ degree
days here. And, it's not like El Paso where I grew up. We had
lots of 100 degree days there.....but there was no humidity.
Here.....it's hard to breathe!! Oh whine, whine, moan,
complain.....OK, I feel better now. Thanks for listening.
So.....what else? I took
my precious 91 year old Mama up to Detroit for a family
reunion. God Bless my husband Dennis for coming with, or I
couldn't have handled it. The great news is, she was a
star.....the honored elder....and she was loved on so much. We
have a very wonderful, affectionate family. For a week
afterwards, that's all she could talk about....however, our
two day trip to Detroit became a week long trip to Canada? in
her mind.....and now....three weeks later, she does NOT
remember going, and got really scared and freaked out when I
assured her that she had.
I'm finally taking my
own advice, that I've been dispensing to others for several
years, and going to an Alzheimer's/dementia support group. I
just need help knowing how to do this better.
My travel schedule is
about to pick up again.....I'm actually looking forward to it
quite a bit. I mean....what's not to love? I get to share my
music with amazing people, get to travel to different spots
and see new things, I get paid to do this....AND my Mama can't
grasp that a CELL PHONE comes with me when I leave town, so I
get a respite from the constant phone calls. (Bet you can tell
that I need to find a support group, eh? This is really hard
stuff to deal with. )
Rachael is doing well in
Atlanta. I miss her terribly......have not touched her
room....we just keep the door shut. I guess some day I might
do something with the space!
LOTS of new songs.
Please be on the lookout for a new CD. I'm going to do one as
a "pre-release" without all of the expensive paper
stuff....and it will cost less. I can't wait til you hear
them!
Did you receive my email
blast about the Radical Empowerment Cruise? Come cruising with
me and Dennis and the amazing Colin Tipping, creator of
Radical Forgiveness and Radical Empowerment. He's one of my
favorite teachers....his work is powerful, and last year's
cruise was fantastic. The cruise is in February.....the
Mexican Riviera. Go visit Colin's website to learn more: www.radicalforgiveness.com.
He'll even help you manifest the money to come! Tell them I
sent you, then join us for a beautiful, transformational week.
And that's about it for
my life. For now. It's too hot to write more. (whine, whine) I
love you dear friends.....thank you for stopping by.
Big HOT kisses and
hugs........
ktg
Hi Folks,
Happy July! Things are
interesting here in the Good household. Rachael has moved out,
for real....this is the first time she ever took her bed with,
so it certainly feels final. She's starting school in Atlanta
this month. I am happy for her.....she'll be 24 on the 22nd of
this month, so I know she needs her own life. It sure does
feel strange to look into her room tho. Isn't being a parent a
weird thing? This is why we raise them....so they can leave! I
might have preferred the old days, when everybody hung around
the farm....maybe built separate houses on the property?
At any rate.....what
else is new? I've been writing a lot, and some really amazing
songs. I'm grateful for my wonderful co-writers, and to God
for allowing me to receive these songs. I can't wait to share
them with you.
My husband Dennis, my
love, will be SIXTY FIVE next month. Good grief! How did that
happen? He thanks those of you who will be paying for his
retirement! My Mama is hanging in there. Her broken foot has
healed, and I am again amazed at the human body. Even 91 year
old bones can heal! Great work, oh Creator. You rock!
I've been feeling the
presence of my Daddy more lately. (He made his transition in
2005). He sends me money on my morning walks. I walk the same
route, and there is always money there for me. This morning
was a 27 cent morning!
I continue to be blessed
by my family....my stepson Tim and my daughter-in- law
Lisa.........and my family of friends.....Merri, Sparky,
Ta......I just don't know what I'd do without them.
And I am blessed by
you...........you have no idea what it means to me that you
are taking your valuable time to read this, and to listen to
my music. I am sending each of you a great big cyber hug. Be
well. Be gentle with yourselves. Laugh often. Sleep
soundly.
I love you,
Karen
Dear Friends,
Happy June! I just
returned from yet another Pozipaloosa tour...these were in
Florida, and they were wonderful. The next batch I get to
participate in are in North Carolina and Virginia. Please
check my schedule, AND check this website for details: www.itoiministries.org
While I'm on a roll
here, I want to also turn you on to www.radicalforgiveness.com
That's my friend Colin Tipping's website. We are doing another
Radical Forgiveness/Radical Empowerment CRUISE in Feb. Please
come. We had an amazing time last year. Colin's work is so
powerful, and the combination of his work and my music is
quite something.
What else can I share
with you? I've been writing a good bit.....songs, AND I'm
working on a book with my dear friend Liz Sheahan. We got
together in the Wisconsin Dells a few weekends ago, and wrote
and brainstormed and wrote some more. We also had an amazing
time playing! We ended up in a local restaurant/bar for dinner
one night, and were there as they began.....yes...their
karaoke set! Well....Liz said she'd give me a dollar if
I would sing "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye", which
I wrote of course. I had a few more sips of my drink, and I
did it!! Too much fun. Of course, Liz was telling the
waitresses that I wrote it....and I'm pretty sure nobody
believed her, but they did think I sang it quite well!!
I haven't been
meditating lately....and it shows. I am promising myself here
and now, publicly, that I will clean out my sweet meditation
space down in the basement, and begin again. It's so
important, and yet I allow myself to get out of the habit. Ah
well.....shall not beat myself up!
And I hope that you are
not beating yourself up.....and I hope that you are giving
yourself some meditation/quiet/prayer time. I really believe
that God sends us messages during those times........and we
just won't get them if we don't allow that space and time and
SILENCE.
I love you.....thank you
for caring enough to come and check this page out. Be
well..........take good care of yourselves.....remember that
your picture is up on God's Refrigerator!
xxx
karen
It's MAY, it's
MAY.....the lusty month of May!! .....Sorry....I slipped into
one of my favorite movies of all time........Camelot!! Don't
know that I'm feeling the "lusty" part, truthfully!
But May it is, and summer is a comin'.
I just did a Pozipaloosa
up in Kansas City and Wichita. Met a new friend...the
amazingly talented Peter Mayer. He and my good buddy David
Roth and I were "in the round". I highly recommend
these Pozi shows (positive music) if there is ever one in your
area....check it out! Some great songwriters, musicians, and
beautiful hearts.
My mama broke her poor
little foot. We had a few very bad days....pain killers and
dementia are not a pretty combination. I'm grateful that she
didn't break a hip. She's getting used to wearing the big,
cumbersome "boot", and using the walker. (I had
wondered why I wouldn't give away my daddy's walker!) I'm also
very grateful to the kind, patient people who work at her
assisted living facility. It takes a very special kind of
person to work with all of those
beautiful/demanding/interesting old folks!! God bless them.
Happy Mother's Day to
all who fit the category. I'm looking forward to honoring MY
Mama, and to being honored myself, frankly! Being a mother is
a tough gig. When your world is falling apart and you need
someone to blame....yup! It's all HER fault! I've done it to
my own sweet Mama, and I've had it done to me. Ouch. Oowie.
Hurts. Wonder why we do that?
May your Mother's Day be
joyous. If your mother is gone, if she wasn't a great
mom........may you forgive her. If she's still here, my wish
for you is that you know that she did her best, and may you
forgive her. And if YOU are a Mother, please know that you
have done your best, and may you forgive yourself.
Have a wonderful May, my
dear friends. May we all find a bit of the
"lustiness" therein!!
I love and appreciate
you so much,
ktg
Happy Easter! Happy
Passover! Happy April!
Hi dear friends,
Is Spring a wonderful
time, or what? I truly love it. I've been hearing, from Esther
Hicks and Abraham, about how being in a state of GRATITUDE is
the closest we come, ever, to being in our natural
state.....and how when we ARE in that state, we are wide open
to receive all of the gifts the Universe has lined up for
us....gifts that we may be holding away from ourselves by
unconscious negativity. I get that today. I am all alone
in my sweet house, just being overcome by a sense of
well-being and gratitude.
I wish I could bottle
this feeling, right now, so I could recapture it when I am in
the dumps.....which happens WAY too often. So I'm trying to
analyze WHY I'm feeling this way. OK.....I did go to a high
energy water aerobics class this morning. That must have
something to do with it. AND, I came home and ate really well
(fresh steamed veggies, fresh fruit), and in alignment with
what I have promised myself I'd eat in order to lose those
nasty 10 pounds that crept up on me this winter.
So...........All of that makes sense. Exercise my
body....check! Eat good natural, healthy stuff. Check! KEEP MY
WORD, to myself especially. Check! Hot dog! I might be
on to something here!
Those of you who have
signed my guestbook lately.......bless you. Your entries
always lift me up, and encourage me to keep on doing what I'm
doing.
By the way, it just
occurred to me that since my favorite book these days is
called "Ask and it is Given", that I should actually
share what's up in my life, and possibly
even..........uh................duh............ASK!! I'm
raising money to start Song Guru Enterprises. I'll have over
400 songs in the publishing company, my CDs and books will be
in there, as well as some exciting new projects. I plan on
making my investors a LOT of money, while we change the world,
one song at a time!
So........if you're
interested, please send an e-mail to my dear husband Dennis,
who is captaining the investment piece. dennis@karentaylorgood.com
I send you SO much love,
sweet friends. Thank you, thank you, for appreciating my
music. I don't know what I'd do without you. May this Spring
season be one of renewal for your spirit and your soul.
I love you,
Karen
Hi my dear
friends,
Happy March to you! I
had a totally wonderful beginning to this month. Dennis and I
were in Key West, staying with our lovely friend Margarita.
She lives right on the water, in a very peaceful spot 15 miles
up from the town. I got to commune with nature in a BIG way. I
saw more pelicans on this trip than I ever have.....and up
quite close and personal! (I have a major thing about
pelicans!) Our friend Pedro introduced us to the giant Tarpons
(big fish, if you're like me and didn't have a clue) that live
right outside his back door in the canal. He feeds them and
they go crazy! There were many Ibises (lovely white big birds
with long curved thin beaks) who would line up on the
telephone wires....and seagulls, and doves and heron. We
ate fresh fish that Margarita had just caught, and lobsters
that she caught and froze last lobster season. Oh yum. And
Paco the Parrot invited me, for the first time in 5 years, to
pet his head! (This invitation came immediately after he bit
me. I love you Paco, but you might be just a touch bi-polar!)
So....I am refreshed and
renewed, and ready for Spring! I'm grateful that Mercury is
not longer retrograde, too. That is ONE aspect of Astrology
that I'm quite sure is for real. Communication becomes very
difficult, nobody calls you back, deals get stuck on
hold.....it's frustrating! AND, that's over for now, thank
goodness. I'm already seeing things begin to flow again, and
I'm grateful.
I'm actually grateful
for LOTS of things in my life. I find that making a (mental or
written) gratitude list is a surefire way of getting out of a
funk...which I find myself in quite a bit, I'm afraid.
So.....I'm grateful for my talents, for my husband, for my
child, for my Mama, for my family and my friends....and for
YOU, for taking your valuable time to visit me here.
Please accept a great
big cyber hug from me. Be well. Be happy. Be GRATEFUL. I
love you.
xxxx
Karen
Dearest Friends,
February, 2007.......and
life continues to SPEED by. Does it still go by slowly when
you're young? Or has it sped up for everyone? Feel free to
comment in the guestbook if you have any insights there,
please!
My precious stepson Tim
lost his Mama this morning. I would appreciate your prayers
and thoughts for him......Tim Good. He is such a fine man. He
brought his mom, Judy, and his grampa John to live with him
here in Nashville about a year ago. Judy had early onset
Alzheimers. She was only 63. Grampa is 97. Tim and his amazing
wife, my dear daughter in law Lisa, have been caring for the
two of them. I have learned so much from watching them. It's
pretty wonderful to SEE unconditional love in action.
So.............about
this strange, challenging and wondrous thing we call
LIFE...it's pretty intense, isn't it? I'm sure it's supposed
to be, all part of the Plan, etc.......AND, it can be quite a
ride.
My wish for you this
month is that you enjoy this ride called Life.....that you
find friends, loved ones, pets, to be with and to share your
joys and sorrows. I find myself very, very grateful today for
all of those souls who are sharing MY journey.
Thank you for being
among them. Be well. Sleep. Breathe. Laugh.
I love
you....................
xxx
karen
January, 2007
A brand new year. Wow.
My wish for you.........may your 2007 be filled with new
adventures, lots of self-love and appreciation, lots of
gratitude, much forgiveness for yourself and others,
prosperity, a peaceful mind and heart, and excellent health.
Actually, that list
pretty much covers MY wishes for 2007, too! Big news
coming........Dennis and I will celebrate our 25th Anniversary
on Feb. 14th. We're still trying to come up with come special
way to mark that day.
I was named "New
Artist of the Year" in the UK........I had three #1
singles on their New Christian Music charts.......which is
pretty wonderfully weird if you think about it!
I am now officially The
Song Guru.....my goodness, the US Patent and Trademark office
does NOT make the process easy. You REALLY gotta want it! I
also have secured Thesongguru.com, and Song Guru Music
Publishing. I'm working on the Song Guru radio
show........what's next? Song Guru soap? Song Guru
cereal?
I've been song writing
quite a bit here lately, which brings me great joy. I've
gotten so busy traveling in the last few years, I wasn't doing
much writing. What else can I tell you? My mama is doing
ok.....cannot remember anything, but other than that and her
eyesight, she's hanging in. Rachael is having some struggles.
It's strange how much we can hurt when our children hurt,
isn't it? It doesn't do them a bit of good, either. I trust
that she will find her way. She is an amazing, precious child.
And how are YOU, dear
friend? Let me know. Drop me a line. I do read my guestbook
entries every few days. I'm going to learn to blog here soon.
I love you. Thank you
for caring. Be well, and treat yourself gently. Happy New
Year!!!
xxxx
karen
Happy, happy December to
you. May your days be merry and bright....no, wait, that's
already been done. So hard to be original these days! How's
this......may you remain calm and peaceful and find joy in
friends and family in the midst of the insanity that is the
holiday season??? I like that. Dennis and have threatened many
times to go on a cruise for three weeks and skip the whole
thing! Someday, I suppose we will, but that day is not yet
here, so for now, I will do my best to remain calm and
peaceful and find joy in family and friends, ....etc, etc.
Just got back from a
great trip to New York City. I took my daughter Rachael with
me......it was her first Big Apple experience. What fun to see
the city through the eyes of someone seeing it for the first
time! We stayed with my precious cousin Alan, who lives in
lower Manhattan, which was wonderful. We saw Wicked on
Broadway. Oh my. How amazing it is!! Just absolutely
brilliant, that's all I can say. I wish I had written it, and
it inspires me to work on a musical before I die.
Rachael and I had our
challenges, as I did those maaaaaaaaaaaaany years ago when I
was first "individuating" from my parents, and found
myself in their company. It's tricky stuff, and we worked
through it quite admirably, I thought. She was delightful
company, and she braved family dinners and my SESAC writer's
night performance, and a trip to a live radio show for an
interview at 1am!! (We went in our P.J.s and bedroom slippers.
Rachael's idea, and a great one!)j
This month is all about
getting our business plan together. FYI, I am taking the
publishing bull by the horns and raising money to start a
kick-butt music publishing company. I have 400+ songs which
have never been heard. They are like these precious golden
eggs that I labored over and laid, but never got around to
hatching them and allowing them to LIVE! I'm looking forward
to continuing to put out powerful music that allows people to
feel and heal and laugh and cry............and looking for
bigger and better ways to get it out to the world!
Also, I'll be working
with my dear friend Colin Tipping, and we'll be putting
together some audio/video clips....Colin's work is so
powerful, and the way he uses my music to enhance his work is
quite brilliant. So, Mr. Radical Forgiveness and the Song Guru
will be going on the road.....the cyberspace road!
Be well my dear friends.
PLEASE remember to take some quiet time for yourselves during
this crazy season. Remember to put YOUR oxygen masks on first.
Remember to nap when you need to.....and it's perfectly
alright to disappear into your own space in the midst of large
family gatherings! I do it all the time, and people rarely
notice!
Merry Christmas. Happy
Chanukah. Joyous Kwanzaa! Ho Ho Ho.
I love you, and
appreciate you..............
Karen
Dearest Friends,
It's already
mid-November, and I apologize for just now getting to this. I
have been on the road since Oct. 31st. I've had some wonderful
travels. Went from Nashville to Wisconsin to Florida to
Nebraska. I'm home for one day and off to Florida again. Then
I'll be home until the week after Thanksgiving. I'll be in New
York City, performing, doing a radio show, and my precious
daughter will be traveling with me! I am really excited about
that. I don't think that Rachael and I have ever done a road
trip, just the two of us.
This will be a short
message, and I promise to do better and be more prompt in my
December greetings. I have to go unpack so I can pack again!
I have been doing lots
of Hospice Fundraisers, and meeting some of the most amazing
people along the way. I'm so proud to be associated with
Hospice. If you DON'T know much about Hospice, please do some
research. It's a great place to donate your resources and your
time, AND, it's so comforting to know that when you or your
loved ones are ready to leave this life, you will NOT have to
do it alone. They are truly angels.
That's it for now.
Please have a fine Thanksgiving. I am giving thanks for YOU,
caring enough to be in my life. That's pretty wonderful.
Thank you. Breathe. Take
care of YOU.........don't get overwhelmed with Holiday stuff.
You are in my thoughts.
Love and hugs,
KTG
Hello my dear Friends,
How can it possibly be
mid October already? I swear the earth is spinning faster and
faster every year. It could be, no? Oh well. Please forgive my
lateness in writing this.
Happy October!! Hope you
have fun plans for Halloween. I'll be in Wisconsin.....and
I'll have be wearing the Goofy & Minnie hats I just bought
at Disneyland!! I must say.....I had the best time there. My
dear friend Ta and I spent two whole days just playing and
being silly. It was amazing, and fun, and we managed to walk
off ALL of the junk that we ate! Gotta eat junk at Disneyland!
Anyhow....."it's a small world after all.....it's a small
world after all....la la la la............" Hope I gave
you an earworm too, since I've had one ever since that ride!
We did Space Mountain by accident. Oh my. Never would have
ridden it had we known what it was!!! Spent a day at
California Adventure, too, which is the newer park right next
to Disneyland in CA. Some terrific rides there.
I am reminded of how
important it is to PLAY sometimes. Please remember that, and
take time for yourself. It renewed my outlook, my spirit, my
whole body. Yipeee!
Things are good here. I
had a wonderful time with my sisters in ABWA out in Anaheim.
What a great bunch of women. Then had a great time in Salt
Lake City at the Hospice Conference there. I love my Hospice
family and those Utah mountains are amazing!
My next adventure will
be the Radical Forgiveness Cruise. I'm so looking forward to
that. Being around Colin Tiping and weaving my music in around
his work is just the best. Very good for my soul.
And so.....until we next
speak..........remember to PLAY. And breathe. And give
yourself credit for making it this far on this life journey.
I love you,
KTG
Dearest Friends,
Happy SEPTEMBER!!
I am completely thrilled
that there is a hint of Fall in the air. Enough of this hot
summer already!!
I just got back from my
first visit to Amelia Island, FL. What a special place. What
special people. Thanks to my friends Mark and Donna for
arranging these expanded "house concerts". If you
would like to offer your community a special night of music,
let's tawk!!
My precious Rachael has
moved to Huntsville, AL for now. I miss her energy in the
house (OK, it's also quite a bit calmer, but I DO miss her a
lot!) My Mom is hanging in......short term memory gets shorter
each day. She still knows my phone number tho! Calls me a lot,
and that's OK. I'm honored to be her go-to person. (Alright,
some days after phone call number 15, I might get a bit
exasperated, but I do so adore her.)
Please note.....
THE RADICAL FORGIVENESS CRUISE. October 22-29. I'll be
there, providing music for my friend and amazing healer and
teacher Colin Tipping. His Radical Forgiveness work is
powerful stuff. It has helped me immensely, and he uses my
music in such beautiful ways. Dennis and I will be there. Hope
you will be too. Check out www.radicalforgiveness.com.
What else can I share?
"On Angel's Wings", the single, is out to radio.
If you have any room in your prayer lists, would
you please put that song in there? It needs to get past the
"gate keepers" and just be heard, and then all will
be taken care of. AND, if you do hear it on your favorite
radio station, please call them and tell them how much you
appreciate them for playing it!
As always, I appreciate
you checking in here. I LOVE your guest book entries...can't
tell you how many times they pull me up and keep me going. Let
me know what's going on with you. Be well......breathe......do
you know how adored you are???
So much love to you,
karen
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