March 13, 2004
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Eileen Quinn
This woman’s songs make me pee in my pants.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/quinn3Most of them have to do with the trials and tribulations of sailing with your spouse, although “Building a Boat” is more of a ballad. She pretty much sums up the cruising life in every single one of her songs. . . .
5 am, my turn at the helm
the sky above is a shimmering realm
on an endless velvet sea
we glide along through the night
i know how insignificant i am
and somehow that seems just rightthe wind like a lover whispers my name
the sun kisses the horizon aflame
oh the sun’s coming up, another day at sea
all is right with the world and mehere and now
this is just where i belong
reaching silently into the dawn
under a clear sky
on a rolling sea
where there’s time and room enough for methe smell of baking bread
coffee strong and hot
there’s nothing I want
that I haven’t gotand i can’t think of any other way
i would rather be greeting the day
oh the sun’s coming up, another day at sea
all is right with the world and mefrom “The World and Me”
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© 1997 Eileen Quinn
Comments (2)
Your March 16 story is riveting and should be told to the world. Fleeing tyranny is unknown to this generation of Americans, but from terrorists to intolerant liberals, we may see a time where we are fighting for freedom on our own soil.
I remember seeing the beautiful scenes of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia during the winter Olympics in the 1970′s (or 1980′s). What a modern, beautiful city it was.
It was amazing to see, not more than 25 year later, clouds of smoke billowing above it from bombs as the city fell into anarchy from civil war. I remember thinking that could never happen in America. Now I’m not so sure.
Bush is making sure that never happens. He must succeed.
My ex-boyfriend studied in Prague for several months, and he remembers it as a gorgeous city that he would have liked to return to and live in. He was very sad to hear that much of it is changed since the war.
I am sad I didn’t see it before the war.