One day my son, who was 2 or 3 at the time, and I were watching Sesame Street together. There was a segment on featuring fireflies that captivated his imagination.
He turned to me and said, “Daddy, I like fireflies!”
“I like them, too,” I said. “Their butts glow in the dark!”
Well, those words got stuck in my head, and by the end of the program I had the song fully formed in my head & it was just a matter of sorting out the chords on the guitar.
C Am
I like fireflies
F Dm
Because their butts glow in the dark
Em C
And maybe if yours did that too
F Bb
It'd help me to keep up with you
C Am
Because you are wicked fast
F Dm
When you're running through the park
Em C
And if your butt was lighting up
F Bb
It just might help me to keep up
C
With you
G
It's true
Em C
With all the things you do
F G C Am F G
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you
C Am
And I like butterflies
F Dm
Some moths are pretty too
Em C
But even when they look so good
F Bb
I just don't think that anything could
C Am
Look as good as you
F Dm
Here's a song to say it's true
Em C
And here's an extra line to say
F Bb
Hopefully you feel the way
C
I do
G
It's true
Em G
With all the things you do
F G C Am
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you
F G
I wouldn't want to miss a trick
Em C Am
Dragonflies just love to make a mess
Em C Am
And damselflies are always in distress
Em C Am
But you are wise beyond my years I guess
Dm Dm7 G G7
And that is why I consider myself blessed
|C Am |F Dm |Em C |F BbC
And I do
G
It's true
Em C
I'm so in love with you
F G C Am
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you
F G C Am
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you
F G C9
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you
One evening, a few days after seeing Finding Nemo in the theatre, I found myself in the backyard barbecuing some chicken and pondering the near-homophony of “sea anemone” and “see an enemy.” Johnny Cash might have been playing in the background somewhere. All I know is I had to pick up the guitar the minute dinner was finished.
As irony would have it, the song that champions “the rocket science of chord progression” has the simplest harmonic structure imaginable. Go figure.
G C G/B
If the rocket science of chord progression
Am D7
Helps alleviate your depression
G C G/B Am D7
Then I've got a treat for you
G C G/B
I wrote for you a little ditty
Am D7
Hoping you might think it pretty
G C G/B Am D7
It's the best that I could do
C G/B
You must not think much about it
Am D7 G C G/B
But I think very much about you
Am D7 G C G/B Am D7
And that's the best that I can do
G C G/B
Now any season or any weather
Am D7
The two of us should stick together
G C G/B Am D7
We see an enemy in everyone
G C G/B
But now the beach is now longer fun
Am D7
Ever since that day you stepped on
G C G/B Am D7
A sea anemone and I got stung
C G/B
You must not think much about it
Am D7
But I think very much
G C G/B
About every word and every glance
Am D7
And every little touch
G C G/B
You may not think much about it
Am D7 G C G/B
But I think very much about you
Am D7 G C G/B Am D7
And that's the best that I can do [Repeat 8 times]G C G/B
If the rocket science of chord progression
Am D7
Helps alleviate your depression
G C G/B Am D7 G
Then I've got a treat for you
Ah, Canadian Thanksgiving! That festive time of year again. It’s so much more than just fodder for jokes on How I Met Your Mother.
It’s pretty much like American Thanksgiving, except we do it on a weekend in October instead of on a Thursday in November, thereby actually aligning with the harvest for which we are thankful while not screwing up the work week. If we’re lucky, it might even be unseasonably warm so I can spend hours fussing over a smoker in nothing more than a t-shirt and a hoody (on top, anyway).
This is my take on a recipe from Risotto by Jenny Stacey & Kathryn Hawkins. It’s a book just chock full of great risotto dishes that I bought for my wife Penny a few years ago when she first got the bug for consuming creamy little grains of arborio rice. She learned well from it, but since her maternity leave ended 4 years ago this family has been sorrowfully lacking with regard to risotto dishes.
For my first attempt at this Italian classic, I chose a Leek & Artichoke Ham Risotto dish that looked great and sounded appetizing, without being too difficult. Indeed, the biggest asset you’ll require making this dish is patience as you slowly add liquid and wait for it to absorb. You’ll also need a hearty supply of tasting spoons as you will need to check often that your rice has reached the right consistency – tender, but not mushy (overdone). If your rice is underdone, it’ll be crunchy, and Chef Ramsay will call you a donkey and kick you out of his kitchen (and nobody wants that). Read the rest of this entry »
I thought it was a great idea for a dish, but there was a couple of problems: 1) it’s pretty hard to get Cornish brill in this part of Canada, and 2) after a recent trip to the UK where mint seemed to be have been snuck into everything from cheese to peas, my family is decidedly anti-mint these days.
. It’s a book just chock full of great risotto dishes that I bought for my wife Penny a few years ago when she first got the bug for consuming creamy little grains of arborio rice. She learned well from it, but since her maternity leave ended 4 years ago this family has been sorrowfully lacking with regard to risotto dishes.
