Thursday, March 5, 2015

Tapestry

It was a quiet day here in Alexandria.  Snow twirled from the sky all day long, providing us with some nice sound insulation.  The usual noises of cars and door slams were absent, replaced by the occasional scrape of snow shovels in search of pavement. 

It was a good day for lingering over a cup of coffee while considering how I would spend the day. By the time I started moving I realized I was in hour three of the Today Show- meaning if I didn't move off the couch soon I might never do so.  I switched off the TV and opted for music instead.  

A few months ago I took my turntable out of storage and brought it downstairs.  I've been reminiscing with my old LPs ever since.  Today I found Tapestry by Carole King.  Tapestry was an album I listened to over and over again back in the day.  Singing along as I cleaned up the kitchen today I could picture myself at the age 11 or so listening to each and every word as I read the lyrics on the album's cover.  


Back then it took me awhile to memorize all the lyrics.  Yes, it's been quite a number of years since I was 11, but the words hadn't left me.  Carole and I had a solid performance today- it was like neither one of us had aged at all.

4 comments:

  1. I had to read this slice because from it's title I suspected you were referring to Carole King. I'm a big fan of hers because it's what I grew up listening to -- because of the way my parents' love James Taylor. "So Far Away" is one of my favorite songs from that album. It sounds like you had a superb day. :)

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  2. I had to read this slice because from it's title I suspected you were referring to Carole King. I'm a big fan of hers because it's what I grew up listening to -- because of the way my parents' love James Taylor. "So Far Away" is one of my favorite songs from that album. It sounds like you had a superb day. :)

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  3. Nice - I can picture you singing along! Hope you had a great day.

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  4. Carole King--I played her Really Rosie record on my Fisher Price.

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