What a week this last one turned out to be! Thursday night a fellow blogger, Evil Squirrel’s Nest, gave me the 2012 Best Blog of the Year Award. And yesterday one of my posts, Day 120 I’m Afeared, was featured on FRESHLY PRESSED, right here, on WordPress. All that, on top of you stopping by, reading my blog and taking the time to ‘like’, comment and share. Thank you so much. This is one heck of a community we’re part of. I’m so enjoying getting to know you.
I love music. Growing up there was always music playing in our house. My mother had a beautiful voice. My dad? Not so much. Me? I had a boyfriend who said 
he was going to start a group called Fransi and the No Tones. That should tell you everything you need to know. He silenced me forever. I don’t even sing in the shower any more. We all loved listening, though.
And of course, I still do. How do your tastes run in music? Mine are pretty eclectic. Soul. R&B. Blues. Reggae. Cuban. Afro Cuban. Some rock. Some folk. Some pop. Some classical. Some opera. Some country. Some jazz. Doesn’t leave much I don’t like, does it? Ahh, heavy metal. Thanks, but no thanks. No interest in ‘listening’ to a migraine.
Oh, I forgot. I love soca. In case you’re not familiar with it, it’s a style of Caribbean music (calypso), that originated in Trinidad and Tobago. T & T’s also famous for Carnival, an annual two-day long bacchanal held on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. People go from all over the world to Continue reading
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