A to Z Blog Challenge -- G -- 5 on Friday -- Set 312

Welcome to Day 7 of this year's April blog event -- the A to Z Blog Challenge!

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

This year's challenge schedule includes five Fridays, and here at A Piece of My Mind, Fridays mean music.

For Day 5 -- E -- I wrote about my health issues and how re-establishing a gentle exercise routine with my chronic-pain body has been a powerful tool for recovery.  

Simple walking has turned out to be so instrumental to my new relationship with my body. One thing for which I've been so grateful is the greenbelt park system stretched all along the residential neighborhoods in my city. In just a few steps, anyone here can be transported to the healing energy of woods and fields.

This picture was taken on the trail system at the top of my street, only five minutes from my front door.

This week's musical set is inspired by the many restorative walks I've taken along the city's greenbelt park system.

  

1 - Walking on Broken Glass - Annie Lennox 

2 - Walking on the Moon - The Police  

3 - I'm Walkin' - Fats Domino

4 - Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and The Waves 

5 - Walk of Life - Dire Straits 

If you'd like to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

5 on Friday -- Set 275

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

I know I keep saying this, but after the winter we had this past year, everyone in this neck of the woods is enjoying the sweetness of summer like we never have before.

For this week's set, let's fling ourselves into the sounds of summer.

1 - Beach Baby - The First Class 

2 - Twisting by the Pool - Dire Straits 

3 - Summer Fling - k d lang 

4 - You, Me and the Sea - The Flamingos 

5 - The Tide is High - Blondie 

  

5 on Friday -- Set 199

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the sets posted by the other 5 on Friday bloggers -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

I'm in the last two days of the November writing marathon known as NaNoWriMo, wherein crazy people write a 50,000-word first draft novel in 30 days.

This is my fifth year slogging through the ordeal. At this point everyone participating seriously questions their sanity.

However, from past experience I also know that pushing this far past my normal creative process always gives me amazing material to work with later.

So, as I head for the 50,000-word finish line, here are five tunes about writing.

1 - Every Day I Write the Book -- Elvis Costello

2 - Lady Writer -- Dire Straits

3 - Dancing in the Dark -- Bruce Springsteen

4 - Paperback Writer -- The Beatles

5 - If You Could Read My Mind -- Gordon Lightfoot

5 on Friday - Set 111

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.





As I work hard on the pre-production for my Scorpius book cover / book trailer shoot coming up next month, my thoughts went to Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms. Which led me to this week's set.

1 - Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits



2 - Wild Theme / Local Hero soundtrack - Mark Knopfler



3 - The Road / Cal soundtrack - Mark Knopfler



4 - Storybook Love / The Princess Bride soundtrack - Mark Knopfler featuring Willy DeVille



5 - Money for Nothing - Dire Straits featuring Sting