Music for Late Night Editing

I'm not at all musical, but I'm a music lover. I credit this to my dad. Never will I forget the day I looked over from the passenger seat and saw him wiping away tears while 'Butterfly Kisses' hummed over the radio.
"Dani, don't you ever get married." He said as he dropped me off at school and looked at me like I was leaving forever.
I was six.
Still, that day stays important with me, the day I learned how music can really move a person. Many songs have resonated inside me in my lifetime, and I believe that there are always a few perfect songs to match every occasion. I believe that music is important to God in praising Him.


I've been editing a lot. Lately, there have been a lot of lengthy nights that bleed into early mornings. And while my household sleeps on, I sit editing in Walden with pretty songs as my only company. There are usually candles involved. So without further introduction, this is the music on my playlist right now:

Open Your Eyes - Snow Patrol
Song For You - Jenny & Tyler
Nothing Like You and I -The Perishers may be my favorite love song. Yes, I just wrote that.
Sinking Friendships - Jonsi. Also, this song by him.
Copper Down - The Boy Who Trapped the Sun (my dear sister sent me this song because she thought I'd like it...I love it & her.)
The Funeral - Band of Horses
Oh My God - Jars of Clay. I could write pages about how this song has touched me at different times of my life. It's about how we all have 'encountered' God at some point in our life and it starts to get really intense around 4:20"Sometimes I cannot forgive, and these days mercy cuts so deep." If my book ever gets published, I would love for the last paragraph of this song to be on my first page.
Fast Fast - Let's Buy Happiness, just cause it makes me happy.

What's been your jam lately, readers? What songs resonate in your soul?
Next post: Walden :)

Sorry for the radio silence

I'm back! And have been, for a little while. I'm blorry. :)
But to win your love back, I have collected some links from around the web that may amuse your literary hearts:

A seven year old girl once sent Roal Dahl a sweet and thoughtful gift- one of her dreams, contained in a bottle. Read the letter Dahl sent her back.

I've been reading through the Betsy-Tacy series again, and was flabbergasted to find that there is an actual Betsy-Tacy house open to visitors in Minnesota! Bucket list! (P.S. If you haven't read this series, do.)

Ever wondered how your favorite literary characters would spend their Valentine's Day?
Quote from the article: "Romeo and Juliet: Originally, these two were planning on doing a double date on V-day with Hamlet and Ophelia, but every time they hang out, someone ends up dead."


P.S.S. To any wondering, I had a REALLY great time touring the US of A. One of the best parts for me was Disneyland.
(sadly true)