Every day I wake up with a new list of favorites.

There are so very many from Paul Simon, for instance, that I hardly know where to start. Some speak words that I have felt in my own heart. Others simply conjure up images which capture my imagination:
"Like a rat in a maze, the path before me lies…" - Patterns
"He holds his crayon rosary tighter in his hand." - Poem On An Underground Wall
"And I watch as her breasts gently rise, gently fall" - Wednesday Morning 3AM
"There but for the grace of you go I." - Kathy's Song

"And we sit and drink our coffee
Couched in our indifference…" - The Dangling Conversation

"And when I awoke and felt you warm and near,
I kissed your honey hair with my grateful tears.
Oh I love you, girl. Oh, I love you." - For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her

"I'd rather be a hammer than a nail." - El Condor Pasa

"Seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go,
Looking for the places only they would know." - The Boxer

"Ask me and I will play all the love that I hold inside" - Song For the Asking

"The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly
Into our hearts and our brains" - The Train In the Distance

"'Kathy, I'm lost'" and "…I'm empty and aching and I don't know why." - America
"When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all." - Kodachrome

"… I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me, smiled reassuringly" - American Tune

There are hundreds of other favorites from as many sources. Even a short list of my dearest favorites would be too long to post. Virtually all of the songs I choose to sing have some outstanding lyrics somewhere within them that made them appealing to me in the first place. Each, in turn, becomes a favorite depending solely upon my mood. Like right now my thoughts are held by the words, "I'm going back to California - place where I was partly raised…". This is probably because tomorrow I will put my daughter on a plane that will take her to her new home and new job in Santa Cruz. California is where I was born and partly raised, so, in a way I feel like I am sending her home. But while I am extremely proud of Kelly for landing this great opportunity, it is hard to say goodbye…besides, I wish I could go too!