06/02/2026
my birthday was spent like most any other monday: a slow cup of coffee with travis, then a slow cup of coffee alone. a quick grocery trip to get birthday dinner ingredients and then a peaceful afternoon slow cup of coffee surrounded by a light breeze coming through the screen doors. i had many birthday texts and well wishes. and i thank you all for them! my cousin made me and angel food cake with homemade strawberry rhubarb jam to go with it. but, the best part, was having my dear friend Anna (and Ruby) over for dinner. we met in 1989 (the year this song came out), but we didn’t become friends until around 1995ish. I don’t know, feels like she’s always been there though. Every big and little moment in my life, she knows ‘em all. We’ve never been the type to talk everyday and don’t even do much real talkin’ when we’re together. Sitting, cooking, eating, laughing, singing, dressing up, doing chores, exploring, hugging, just being. Some people just get you, and know what you need in your life at any given moment and Anna has always been that person for me. The friend who gives you a bottle of tums for your birthday because she ate all of yours. You know how people say “i feel you, girl”, Anna says it and means it. She’s the strongest woman I know, and also the softest. I’ve never met a person that didn’t want to know her, and I’ve never met a friend of hers that I didn’t like 🎶I’m trying to tell you something ‘bout my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
And the best thing you ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously
It’s only life after all, yeah
Well, darkness has a hunger that’s insatiable
And lightness has a call that’s hard to hear
And I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it
I’m crawling on your shores
And I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
There’s more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
(The less I seek my source)
Closer I am to fine, yeah
Closer I am to fine, yeah🎶
