ONE WORD TRIGGERS
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TRIGGER: Beach
We’re off for our Summer Vacation…and not a moment too soon!
I really feel like I need a rest…this is the first break I’ve had since last year’s vacation…2 weeks off in a year. (Note to self: need to sort that!)
Still, as my Wife reminds me….she works 52 weeks a year, 365 days, 24/7….Now I know why I didn’t put in for that job!!!
This will probably be the last holiday we take as a family. The kids are growing up and my daughter is about ready to start doing her own ‘holiday thing’, so I hope this is one for us all to remember.
Come Saturday morning we head for the unspoilt coast of Cornwall for two weeks of rest, relaxation, sightseeing and reading. And in my case….painting too. Lots of lovely coastal scenes to capture on canvas.
Let’s hope that the weather smiles on us and we’re able to get onto the beach for a while each day….can’t wait to see the kids faces when they see my new Borat-style swim suit!
I’ve set up a couple of posts for while I’m away, so hopefully there will be service as usual here.
In the meanwhile, the trigger is…
Beach [beech]
-noun
1. an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
2. the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves.
3. the area adjacent to a seashore: We’re vacationing at the beach.
-verb
4. Nautical. to haul or run onto a beach: We beached the ship to save it.
5. to make inoperative or unemployed.
-Synonyms
coast, seashore, strand, littoral, sands
TRACKS:
- Hot Chip – Beach Party (album: Coming on Strong) [2004]
- Pas/Cal – The Bronze Beached Boys (Come On Let’s Go) (album: Handbag Memoirs0 [2002]
- Ekolu- Shores Of Waiehu [2001]
- All Saints – Pure Shores (The Beach) (album: Best Movie Hits) [2007]
- The Clientele – From Brighton Beach to Santa Monica (album: God Save the Clientele) [2007]
- Chris Rea – On the Beach (album: Heartbeats: Greatest Hits) [2005]
- Gomez - Hamoa Beach (album: How We Operate) [2006]
- Gabriella Cilmi – Echo Beach (album: Lessons to Be Learned) [2008]
- Santana – Written in Sand (album: Love Songs) [2003]
- Leona Lewis – Footprints In The Sand (album: Spirit) [2008]
- Little Bastard – Pam’s Beach Balls
- Martha and the Muffins – Echo Beach (album: Oh What a Feeling) [1980]
- Flowers Forever – Beach Bum [2008]
- Counting Crows- Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman) (album: Films About Ghosts) [2003]
- Bryan Savage- Zuma Beach (album: Jazz FM – Dreamin) [2003]
- Dido – Sand in my shoes (album: Life For Rent) [2003]
- The Rippingtons – South Beach Mambo (album: Pure Smooth Jazz) [2002]
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TRIGGER: Feet
I’ve been eyeing up my wife’s foot spa today. All those soft soapy bubbles and vibration.
You see, as part of my work I walk miles. I drive miles too, but I’ve yet to see a dedicated bum spa…..so a foot spa will have to suffice.
My feet are killing me (if you hadn’t already guessed) and I think the opportunity to put my feet up over the weekend will not materialise, so I’m going to treat myself to a bit of pampering.
Anyway, that leads me nicely into a Trigger, which is…
feet (plural of foot)
foot
–noun
1. (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
2. (in invertebrates) any part similar in position or function.
3. such a part considered as the organ of locomotion.
4. a unit of length, originally derived from the length of the human foot.
5. walking or running motion; pace
6. quality or character of movement or motion; tread; step.
7. any part or thing resembling a foot, as in function, placement, shape, etc.
8. the lowest part, or bottom, of anything, as of a hill, ladder, page, etc.
–verb
9. to walk; go on foot
10. to move the feet rhythmically, as to music or in dance
Tracks
- Junior Senior – Move Your Feet [Web] [Myspace]
- Jack Johnson – Walk Alone [Web] [Myspace]
- Spoon – Take A Walk (album:Girls Can Tell) [Web] [Myspace]
- Pernice Brothers – One Foot In The Grave (album: Yours, Mine & Ours) [Web] [Myspace]
- Track Star – Feet First (album: Lion Destroyed the Whole World)
- Paul McCartney – Feet In The Clouds (album: Memory Almost Full) [Web] [Myspace]
- Cake – Walk On By (album: Prolonging the Magic) [Web] [Myspace]
- Scouting for Girls – Keep On Walking (album: Scouting for Girls) [Web] [Myspace]
- Erick Storckman – Barefoot Dance (album: Scrapbook) [Web]
- Leona Lewis – Footprints In The Sand (album: Spirit) [Web] [Myspace]
- Dire Straits – Walk Of Life (album:Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits) [Web]
- Voxtrot - I Walk Away (album: Voxtrot) [Web] [Myspace]
)Hats off to Leona Lewis
Whether you like or dislike Leona Lewis’ singing style, you have to take your hat off to her!
First off, her single ‘Bleeding Love’ conquered the USA, claiming the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It was 21 years previously that a British female solo artist achieved that milestone (Kim Wilde’s cover of the Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” – 1987).
Then today, her album “Spirit” entered the Billboard album chart in USA at Number 1. This is the first time in music history that a British female artist has debuted on Billboard at Number 1.
Personally, I’m no great fan of her music although, yes, I did watch her on X-Factor. And yes, you can say that her success has been ‘engineered’ by Simon Cowell and Co. But at the end of the day, people are buying her music. (Album sales in excess of 204,000.)
Good luck to her! And YAY!!! for the Brits!
To celebrate, here’s a track from her album…not that I have a copy you understand….(looks sheepishly away…)
