It’s true that I’ve been accused of being a dinosaur for my love of notebooks, pens, paper, pencils and all things “Staple’s Office Supplies.” I do realize that in the Twenty-First Century these things are kind of obsolete. Who needs a notebook when you can chat into your phone and have it translate your words… Continue reading Why I Still “Write” In a Journal
As a singer songwriter I endure a lot of late nights, but as a human I like to go to bed early. Nights I don’t have shows, I am usually in bed by 10 p.m. and up at 5:15 a.m. – not exactly a “rockstar” lifestyle. As you can imagine, this makes getting a normal sleep a… Continue reading Melanie Devaney’s 8 Tips for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
Recently, I fell in love . . . again . . . with my guitar. Some guitar players have total devotion to their instruments, often going so far as to name them. Usually, this is the case with male “guitar heroes” who have replaced their need for female companionship with a six-stringed hunk of wood… Continue reading This Old Guitar
My friend Laurie does an arts therapy program at the CHLA every Wednesday. She sets up acrylic paints and watercolor papers and has visitors and patients paint something from a photo or from their own imagination. Painters can donate their creations and then once or twice a year they hold an auction of the paintings.… Continue reading Today I volunteered at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
A friend on Joni Mitchell: “She seems to me like the kind of girl you’d be walking down the sidewalk with, all of a sudden she’d yank her hand away, turn her head, cover her eyes and start crying. You would say, ‘what’s wrong?’ ‘What’s wrong?’ She would point at a straw and a wrapper… Continue reading Thoughts on Joni Mitchell
I left Los Angeles yesterday around 10:30 or so and had a mostly uneventful drive. I do love getting out of the city when the time is ripe for it and having the time to myself. In the car, I mostly think and look out at the world around me. There is a certain peace… Continue reading Day 1 Wyoming Summer Tour – St. George Utah
Today is my first day without a Facebook account. Technically, I there are fourteen days until it is officially deleted, but I’m treating it as though it’s gone. I can’t say I feel much different except for the fact that every time I wanted to go on Facebook, I had to remind myself that I… Continue reading May 2, 2012
We cross the Mojave Desert in my Chevy Malibu, Weary travelers stepping out of a rustic time machine – From some place that retains what was good from twenty years ago. We fight the other Angelenos in their Beemers and Benzes Who return from Las Vegas no rich than when they left – They just… Continue reading Returning to Los Angeles after Wyoming on I-15
Thanks for writing and sharing your thoughts. I agree that Facebook is a personal choice for each person. For me, as I stated, I just started to feel like it was wasting my time and an easy “go-to,” for connection to people, which is ironic because I live in a city of 10 million, you… Continue reading Response to an e-mail about Facebook and my take on the destruction of the elementary school in my hometown
Melanie Devaney - Singer Songwriter 