This is a ride, not a fight.

I'm all for moving forward, but there are times when you kind of get stuck on something. Stuck on a person, a place... a craving for cupcakes.

I seem to be getting stuck a lot lately, and it's only fitting that I've also been stuck on some good music at the same time.The Weepies were suggested to me recently in one of those wonderful spontaneous conversations with a stranger about music. At first it just sounded like some easy listening to me, but the beautifully woven lyrics behind the mellow tunes soon had my full attention.

These are weathered story-tellers that have made their peace with the reality of pain and loss, and turned it into something precious. They've surprised me time again by describing something I've felt with images I've never thought of. They take what life is and turn it into what it feels like. At the same time though, they stay rather chilled, without making you cry yourself to sleep Damien Rice style.

Try... any of it, pretty much. I had Old Coyote and World Spins Madly On on repeat for half a week, but How You Survived the War and Hideaway are decent too.


Listen to the Weepies...for when you're missing the right words.

This is not the official music video, but it's beyond beautiful. Watch till the end! 

Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

Ring around rosie game 

always ends the same way

we all fall down.

Get up now, baby, it's your song playing.

-Old Coyote