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There is an elegance in life we all aim for to raise our belief in the civilization of love.  I think my mood lately in listening to some classic standards is in keeping with that tone.   Now please please don't assume I'm sad and lonely, I'm anything but.  Yet I've been working on a story of mine lately and reconnecting with the romantic side of me is something I've found through the music of Burt Bacharach, Frank Sinatra and a few others I'd rather just keep to myself.

From Frank Sinatra to Burt Bacharach, the music and words sung in the past are so pure in their message of love that you can't help but think love is easy, even if it is so hard.  It's like picking up a handful of sand, at first you have so much in your grasp and quickly it slips through your fingers.

About seven years ago I reconnected with the music of Burt Bacharach.  I shared that music with friends close to me and no one ever knew that the gift of Burt's music in my life was from my mother and father whom used to play it and sing it around our home when I was a mere toddler.  Song's like The Way to San Jose, Rain Drops Keep Fallin on my Head (BJ Thomas), The Look of Love (Dusty Springfield), I'll Never Fall in Love Again, If Anybody Had a Heart, Make It Easy On Yourself (Walker Brothers), What the World Needs Now, Promises Promises, Close to You,  Always Something There to Remind Me, The Windows of the World, and I Say Alittle Prayer...   more »