It’s early, but not that early, and I’m sitting here with an espresso, enjoying the fact that I don’t know what I’m really doing today. It’s Monday, the library is still closed for the holidays, and it rained last night, a gentle rain that rhythmically splashed against my window. It alternately kept me awake and pushed me back into dreams, although I don’t remember them. I never do, really.

My head is fuzzy. Full of fuzzy thoughts, warm ideas that float in and out, unbidden. These fuzzy thoughts are helped along by the lovely Laura Groves (AKA Blue Roses), a wonderful musician from Yorkshire, in the UK. She reminds me of Tori Amos, or Joni Mitchell. I’ve heard her voice described as a sound that can calm thunder. Right now, I am listening to a track called I’m Leaving, from her self-titled Blue Roses album.

Here’s a live track of her performing Coast.