The Wreck'nciler

Today, I was thinking about puzzles.  I used to love to put puzzles together.  Lay out each piece and make my border and get to work.  I had puzzles of all sorts.  Shaped in tractors, sewing machines, plain, all sorts and all sizes.  Haven't done one in years.  And, you know if there was even one piece missing, I could not keep it.  Just wouldn't do.  Was also thinking about train wrecks.  So, I am writing a very short thought on puzzles and wrecks.  Here goes:  I wreck’n I’ve gone to God a wreck and come back in 1 peace many a time.  Picked up the pieces and took my puzzle to God.  The Wreck’nciler!  Yes!  That's a song I started a year ago.  Hope to finish it soon. Just a li'l side note: I use myself in my photoart because I don't mind making myself look bizarre. I would love to have other subjects? Like I always say, I'm not very photo"glenn"ic, but I'm always available when "she" wants to start working on an idea. PIMP LOL.  So, I'm keeping this short and unpuzzling.  Take your wreck, your pieces to God.  He'll give you One piece, I wreck'n!   Hope you away from my place with a piece of humor and a peace of hope!   HAve a fun day.  Whether you are doin the jig.  Or the jig-saw puzzle.  Dance!    Trace

Full-ish Thoughts! Barking Up The Wrong Tree Dearheart?

It's a li'l dry outside. But, you'll get no barking from me! Well, maybe a li'l. Rain? Where are you? I miss you so. It's been raining on the inside more than the outside lately. Feeling dry? Like me? Gotta give it to God. He can peel away the dry bark! And, I'm not barking up the wrong tree. PIMP LOL. Yes! Give it to HIm so we can keep growing. It's actually a natural process for trees to peel away their bark as they grow, and a spiritual process for us. Well, unless you're talkin' 'bout bark, as in, dry skin. PIMP LOL. Anyways, one way? Still treat each like dearhearts even when we don't feel good or feel happy. Yep. Dearheart? Well, that's what my Pastor from when I first got saved, used to call me. I just remembered that today. What a good man Brother Bill was. He was always so kind to me and let us jam out and our band play every week. Always encouraged the young and old. He loved God AND people. Right? Most people either say they love God and act like they don't like people. Or like people and don't act they like God. He truly was good to me. We'll meet again one day. But, that's another story and you know what I’m thinking? That I gotta stop thinking! Just a thought! PIMP LOL. But, I can still be thoughtful without being thought full (full of thoughts). Sometimes your mind just needs a rest. And, sometimes, when people are sick or tired, or both, they think it okay to be thoughtless to others. Think again! Alright! Now, that you've thought again, you can rest your mind so it’s not full of too many thoughts, but still thoughtful! When we’re thoughtless, everyone can tell the only thoughts we’re full of? Is ourselves. Or, full of something, right? Again. Just a thought! Maybe a full-ish thought, but a thought. Have a fun day. It’s okay to empty your mind sometimes when you’re sick or tired, but not foolishly, so as to treat others thoughtlessly. Have full-ish thoughts of others, not foolish. Just a li'l side note: I use myself in my photoart because I don't mind making myself look bizarre. I would love to have other subjects? Like I always say, I'm not very photo"glenn"ic, but I'm always available when I want to start working on an idea. PIMP LOL. Hope your day is full of rain and quenches your thirst for life. Peel away some of that dry bark. Have full-ish thoughts of others. Trace

Competitioning OR "Come Petitioning"

Had a moment today to check out some of our sites where I share our music and videos over the last 3 years.  I had been very ill, so I decided to convert our CD songs to MP3's and create and produce videos to put up everywhere until a time when we could gig again and share our hearts "live".  Been a wonderfully tough learning process.  Still learning.  So, anyways, just wanted to share that our song "One Heart" got Top 10 in Gospel and is currently 8th in Urban. "What Is It" got top 40 in Soul AND Funk. "Power Of His Love" got Top 10 in what else? Latin and Jazz. What else, indeed! We are ever so thankful to be able to share in so many different lifestyles and have our heart and message heard.  Music is not a competition.  Rather, I call it a "come petition".  You know?  Come petition for us. Throw support.  Or for someone you like!  We just put our music and vids out on sites to touch lives.  Wouldn't mind being able to have it be our livelihood.  Well!  It is lively and it is our hood 'round here. PIMP LOL.  May I just add? Come, petition God for us, also, as we petition Him for you.  Thanks, everyone. Have a lively evening in your hood! Life's a "come petition". Wouldn't it be something if we all would "come petitioning" instead of "competitioning"?  We'd all be winners.  Oh!  And, here is the link to our website to hear the songs or link up to YouTube or anywhere. Click here to go to the basic band music room!  It's all there at my site.   It's a site for sore eyes.   Trace

Mirrors Are Mere Auras

Mirrors… We look in them and see just a “mere aura” of the real us.  Not, fully and truly, what's inside. Deep in our spirit and soul.  Or what we hope to see.  Instead, just a  simple air (mere aura) of what is inside.  Mirrors can only reflect mere auras.  We get so caught up with seeing only the scars and flaws and wrinkles that show on the outside that it flaws what we see on the inside.  Leaving scars on the inside.  If we look inside and seek that first, it will change how we see the outside. Oh, maybe not erase the wrinkles and years, but def learn to live with them. It's ironic because in the last month some dear friends and musicians, Drew, Ronnie, Joe and Sam, told me, in so many words, to embrace who I am.  I said, "Do you mean embrace the Trace?" PIMP LOL. Anyways, the bible says we look in the mirror now and see only a glimpse of what is to come.   That is where faith steps in.  What we can't see with our eyes. we see with our faith hearts.  And, we so want others to look at us seeing us with their faith hearts.  So, let us do the same. Look at others and ourselves with the eyes of our hearts.  See more than just the mere aura in the mirror! You know the Fairytale saying, "Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest one of all"? Well, if we are really fair, we would look around us and know it would be God. Though we can't see Him face to face, we see a mirror of Him in all He has created around us and in us. A mere aura of Him! Now, we see as in a mirror, but then face to face.  Faith hopes.  Faith believes.  Faith knows.  A final thought.  Did you know that mirrors are reflected duplications of an object that appears identical but reversed. As an optical effect it results from reflection off of substances such as a mirror or water. In chemistry, a '"mirror image'" is a molecule having a spatial arrangement that corresponds to that of another molecule except that the right-to-left sense on one corresponds to the left-to-right sense on the other. Just thought I'd add that cool info in. What we see of ourselves in the mirror is identical but reversed. A li'l different than how others see us and photography sees us. That's why I always tease and say that I am not very photo"glenn"ic. PIMP LOL.  Couldn't resist a li'l humor.  See, my last name is Glenn.   I don't like the way I look in photos.  Or mirrors, for that matter.  But, I'm learning to seek what's on the inside.  My spirit, my soul.  And, the spirit of God in me.  And, seek that first.  I think that's what the bible means when it says to seek first the kingdom of God.  It's in you!  Anyways, I guess what I'm trying to say is that mirrors can only capture a mere aura.  Of who we are inside. And, sometimes it all seems reversed! Or confusing. Again, faith.  And, the magnificence we see every day in creation and His created is only a glimpse of our Creator and things to come. When you look in the mirror, look deep inside.  When you look upon others, look deep inside. Someday, the outside appearance will be more than mere auras and we won't need mirrors.  Now, I have to go fix myself up a bit.  Yes!  I must look in the mirror....beyond the mere aura.  Hope it doesn't crack!  PIMP LOL.  Oh! One last thing?  Click on the photograph to ge the umm...bigger picture?  Anyways, it is some artwork I did on a photo of my parlor room at my old house on the River Road in Cocoa, Florida.  The mirror was hand-made by a craftsman nearby in Cocoa Village and given to me by my husband on my first Christmas in that house.  I loved the pine cones he carved in it.  It is gone now.  Had to sell a lot of things when I got very sick.  But, I have this memory.  Have a reflective day.  Trace

Lost And Found! Innies Or Outies?

Take a peak in my “Lost And Found” suitcase for whatever suits me and see what you can find!  Then, move on to my list coming up.  You in or out?   It’s just my innies and outies list.  No!  Not belly buttons.  PIMP LOL.  Just read… What have you got to lose?

Find your inner grinner.

    Lose your outer pouter.

Find your inner winner.

    Lose your outer doubter.

Find your inner sinner.

    Lose your outer shrouder.

Find your inner humble beginner.

    Lose your outer “I got more” clouter.

Find your inner tin ear.

    Lose your outer “I need it” louder.

Find your inner thinner.

    Lose some of your outer amounter.

Find your inner dinner.

    Lose your outer chowder.

Fnd your inner “forgive and start over” aginner.

    Lose your outer “I’m through” shouter.

Find your inner akinner.

    Lose your outer flouter.

Findally, I mean finally, if you feel lost about anything?  Call on the Finder of everyone.   Call on God.  Again, what've you got to lose?  Oh!  And, the photograph?  A very old suitcase filled with my gloves without a match and hats and sparkly glasses and scarfs and necklaces and clutches and things that you would find in the lost and found.  A mixture.  Sorta like me.  I once was lost…  But!  Now, I’m found.      Trace

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So, I usually write up a story off the cuff about something going on that day in my heart or in my head or somewhere out there!  Today?  Been thinking alot about music.  And, the rollercoaster I go on with it.  It's def a ride!  Anyways, I wanted to share the music side of me.  I do love all kinds and I have been singing forever.  But, was always too afraid to tell anyone, unless I was drinking or doing drugs.  I stepped in my first church in my 20's and accepted Christ in faith and that faith is still growing.  I started playing guitar and then singing and writing.  Played in a band called "Shepherd's Heart (Rock The Flock)".  Then, I got very ill and had many surgeries to save my life.  They told me I would probably never be able to sing, let alone live very long.  When, I realized I had nothing to lose, I decided to give singing a try again.  Besides?  I kept feeling a pull in my soul to sing.  No matter how much I thought how crazy that would be, I just couldn't not sing!  When you get a soul pull, yank or tug?  You gotta listen.  So, I did.  Against all odds of the world.  Because with God all things are possible.  Knowing that?  Is my "even" power.  When I feel at odds with everything and everyone, "even" then I know He is my strength.  I'm not one of those very confident girls at all, but I do know who gives me my everything.  Of that?  I AM confident!  And, I still have a lot to learn and maybe even re-learn.  I lost alot of memories and even the years I sang I can't remember...from seizures.  I haven't had one in 3 years and I am learning to build from where I'm at.  Experience is a great confidence and talent builder, and I couldn't remember much.  But, in my experience with God?  He can build on anything.  Use anything or anyone.  My fave person He uses?  My daughter, Garnet Rose.  She is the one in the photo playing guiat.  She is an awesome singer.  The photo was taken about 10 years ago.  Can't wait to see her gift of music in the years to come.  She's been singing even before she could talk.  We even used to sing our grocery list at the store.  I just had that memory from seeing this photo.  With all that said and knowing the world's odds, I still feel compelled to share what God has put in our hearts and souls and minds, even now.  Both words, photograph art, video art and music!  Stop by our website, even now!  It'd be odd if you didn't.  Here's the link: www.basic band.biz

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Oh!  And that was just me...singing my hearts out!  Have a fun weekend, everyone. Sing your hearts out!  Even now!  No one will think it odd! PIMP LOL.     Trace

Plausible, Pauseable, Possible And Applauseable!

I remember when we had to get up to change the channel on the TV when you didn’t like something or turn it down or even off.  Wow!  We had it so rough! I also remember thinking that someday a handheld wireless thingie to run the TV was possible, probably already. Yes! I knew it was possible and plausible. And, maybe even pauseable.  That memory got me thinking, of course!  Sometimes we can’t just turn off the show that’s going on in our life or turn it down or change it to something more pleasant.  Not even remotely! Or remotely! PIMP LOL.  We gotta go through it. Commercials and all! You know?  People always trying to sell you something that you just don’t buy. Anyways, I just want to pause for a moment and say:  When something in life just does not seem plausible and def not pauseable, remember that anything is possible when you take everything to God.  Now, that is really something! Applauseable!  Remotely possible! Oh! And, the photograph?  It’s the very 1st remote. Oh, the power it gave us! You can just hear the SCI-FI music coming out with the streams of light.  But, oh!  The power He gives us!  And, the music He gives us.  And more than streams of light!  Floods of light.  Have a good night.  Pause for a moment and thank Him.  I appreciate, very much, all you guys stopping by my stories and our music.   Trace

Caught Like Prey! Or! Catchin' Your Pray!

So, today is cleaning day. Gotta let some light in and knock down all the cobwebs.  And, then, I can get started on the house. PIMP LOL.  What?  I need a little cleaning up, too.  I've been on the web so much this week I’m feeling a lil’ like a Brown Recluse! But, really, working on our music, video, art and writing websites does take me over sometimes. Well, I let it.  My mind is always spinning…on and off the web.  Sometimes, I just gotta knock down all the cobwebs to see the light in the corners of my website, my house and my soul.  And, those cobwebs can be very well hidden and blend in. Difficult to spot without some light shining through them. Spiders use them to catch their prey.  I like to knock the cobwebs down in my heart and soul every now and then, so I can “catch my pray”!  You know what I mean!  Knock down the cobwebs so the light bulb comes on.  Don’t be reclusive and only stay on your web and THE Web!  Inclusive is where it’s at.  Include God and include others!  Whether it's knocking down a few cobwebs in your life or being a light in someone else's life so they can see cobwebs, don't forget to get your pray on.  It's just simply talking and listening to God.  Catch your pray, instead of being caught like prey!  Gotta go!  Been spinning too long!  Thanks for shining a light in my life by stopping by.     Trace