The wonderfully brilliant Arethusa tagged me, so now I'm it. The meme follows:

01. Total volume of music files on my computer?

• 147 files (on this computer); my laptop has another couple hundred

02. The last CD I bought was?

• Rise, by Kim Richey

03. Song playing right now:

• Electric Green -Kim Richey and Pete Droge .

04. Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me (in no particular order):

• A Case Of You -Joni Mitchell .
• Gira Con Me Questa Notte -Josh Groban .
• Fallen - Sarah McLachlan .
• The Mystic's Dream -Loreena McKennitt .
• Walk On -U2 .

05. Which 5 people are you passing this baton to, and why?

• Quirky: Because I love, love, LOVE her playlist! *completed!*
• Jen: She's an inspiration, and I KNOW that's not just my opinion... ;o) *completed!*
• Cailani: Well, her days begin around the time mine ends, so she'll probably do this while I'm sleeping, plus she's younger than I am and I'd like to know what's going on in her head. ;o) *completed!*
• Muzik: Because I don't recall him ever doing a meme, and since he is the MuzikDude...
• Miss Franchini! because she enjoyed my answers to the meme, and because she's the birthday girl... ;o) *completed!*

*Daria chose to pass on this meme because she's done it already, and honestly, who wants to do the same meme over and over and over. So I gave someone else a try. Thanks Daria!

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** Very important: that period at the end of each song above is a link to the song itself. I was moved to share. Be kind, right click and save, will ya?

My thoughts on this meme:

Only five songs? How unfair...

Music is very much alike visual art -every song holds quite a unique meaning to whoever is enjoying it; it transforms, and transcends.

The songs I listed above are the ones I listen to daily and have special meaning to me.

My days are not complete if I haven't indulged in a little Enya, Eagles, Clannad, and Deep Relaxation (this last one by Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, which is wonderful for painting and meditating...)

I'm always have music in the background, unless I'm sitting outside, in that case, I'm doing the singing. ;o)

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I'll be updating as those I tagged complete the meme.