Five Favourites for Friday #3

1)      I have a friend who’s staying in Nigeria for the summer and she recently introduced me to some beautiful African music.  I love music, and discovering different sounds from all over the world is quite exciting. One of the artist that most stuck out to me was Asa, and in particular her song called ‘Dreamer Girl.’ Her lyrical and vocal power entranced me. A few of my favourite lines from this song are

"I dream of simple things every day
I dream that love will come away
I dream of many lives
I cross the stage
I dream that in this world I can make a change"

 I can’t wait to hear more from this beautiful place, which I hope I someday get the chance to visit.

  

2)      Sitting in the shade. I know this is a simple one, but until yesterday, this was something I hadn’t done in a while. It was a beautiful day with just the right amount of a breeze to keep cool. When you combine this with good conversation and great food, what better way could there be to kick off the summer?  I plan to do a bit more of this over the next couple of months, as long as the bugs are few.

3)      This is a beautiful music video for the song ‘Where You Are’ by Danna Richards. It features a family of Youtubers who call themselves the Shaytards. I think it captures the love and togetherness that a family should share, no matter what that family might look like. The children are so adorable and absolutely melt my heart. What a lovely song and heartwarming video. J     

4)      Editing. I recently decided to go in for a second round of edits for my novel. In the beginning, it felt a little bit overwhelming, but this week I found myself having those little thrilling moments when a sentence or a paragraph sounds even better than before. Of course I realized during this process that if I spent too much time tweaking everything, I may never end up with a final draft that I’m satisfied with. My goal is to complete those edits by the Fall so that I can give a hundred percent focus to my next project.

5)      Selecting summer reads. A part of summer I’ve always loved the most is enjoying great books as I enjoy the sunshine and a lovely warm breeze. A book I just put on my Kobo is the English translation of ‘The Angel’s Game,’ by Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I heard his writing was very poetic and that’s the kind I love the most. I’ll probably review it on this blog sometime in the near future. J