My Magical Life #MusicMovesMe

It's Sunday, and, at least for this April day, it's time for music.

Who are the Music Moves Me bloggers? We are bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday and if you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please!)   Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and Yours Truly.

Why not join our music loving folks?  It's so easy. All you have to do is join the linky above with a music post that contains at least one music video.  No music video? Your post may be removed, or may be labeled *NO MUSIC*.   

Today our theme is given to us by Cathy at Curious As a Cathy and is from an inactive website: "Build a playlist for us to feel what makes life feel magical to you."

It is said that music is the language of the soul.  So, it's time to reveal some of my soul to you.  These are the things that make my life magical.

Taking pictures.  I've enjoyed taking pictures since I got my first camera at about eight years old.  I've never had an expensive one, if you don't count iPhones.  Film photography was the photography of most of my life, so I picked 1973's "Kodachrome" from Paul Simon.

Listening to music, of course, is also on my list of what makes me "me".  For much of my life it was through either a transistor radio or a phonograph. I couldn't resist this 1961 song from Benny Hill called "Transistor Radio" because what is life without laughter?

Writing is something else I've done almost all my life.  I wouldn't be surprised if I started writing right after I learned to read.  Some of my early writing efforts were primitive comic strips which I both drew and provided dialog for.  Later on, in junior and high school, came satirical comics and even a try at a play or two. (No, I didn't keep those).  In the play, I took familiar melodies and wrote different lyrics to fit into the play.

This beautiful song is the real deal.   From 1979, "I Write the Songs" from Barry Manilow.

I know I was already interested in gardening by the time I was in second grade.  Problem was, we lived in a New York City housing project, and there were no community gardens in those days.  I never gardened until I was in my 20's.

I can't resist John Denver singing "The Garden Song" with the Muppets.

I've always been a person who lives to eat, and I love my sweets.  From 1968, a song George Harrison wrote about his friend Eric Clapton's overindulgence in chocolate.  Bad teeth aside, I say there is no such thing as too much chocolate.  

Let's savor "Savoy Truffle".

Let's wrap this set up with a song from 1967, The Cowsills and The Rain, The Park, and Other Things.  Rain in April can make me happy because (if the storms aren't too severe) they lead to my favorite thing - flowers.  This song has both rain and flowers.

And that's a wrap!

Join me again next week for another episode of #MusicMovesMe.  Tomorrow, I would love it if you swing by for my Blogging from A to Z Challenge post.   My theme this year is: Exploring South Carolina and the Eastern United States.