Words Of: One Time Too Many

I am still working on replying to the many people who sent me encouraging messages...
many of them...it seems...triggered by my song..."Thanksgiving Song"...on YouTube.
As I am due to post an entry to this blog...tonight I will answer the request of
krystyna11...on YouTube...and post here...the words of my song..."One Time Too Many".
Description of song on YouTube: "When it comes to "love"...I've written songs from the
hopeful to the despairing...from the first flush to goodbye...and many places in between. This song touches on another aspect of the "roller coaster of love"...which is...beginning to consider...leaving it behind...forever:
One time too many...the fire then the goodbye...
Such a great dance upon the sands of life...
You and her and them...You and I...
Chorus: And now that you are gone...
Why should I ever join again...
This ancient dance of fools...
As we play at love again...
No need to fear...the seas of solitude I've sailed so well...
No one can save me from the silent night...
Or tell my tale of life...that's just for me to tell...

Time and again...I think I see the writing on the wall...
Telling me I've already done my share...
Of flying hand in hand...only to fall...

Copyright-David Campbell.

Ripples From Thanksgiving Song

There has been a surge in views of my videos on YouTube in the last several
weeks. It seems to be largely because of my Thanksgiving Song on there...and
Thanksgiving Day in Canada being in October...and the one in the U.S.A...
about to happen. I am very thankful for this bonanza of views...and at the
same time reminding myself that the second official Thanksgiving Day...will be
over soon...and although I believe Thanksgiving is for every day...this
accelerated viewing may change shortly. Regardless...many good people have sent
messages of encouragement...about my songs on YouTube...And I aqppreciate that
very much. I'm in the process of replying to them...but that may take a little
while...and I hope some will be patient with me...if they don't hear from me right
away. So...a Peaceful and Fulfilling Thanksgiving to All. Blessings.......Quester.

Never Weep For Time Gone Revisited

Our experiences of the past can haunt us if we let them. Wish I could say I was
completely free of hauntings...but I can't. Beyond what transpired in your own
life...there is the way things inevitably change...in the world we live in...and
how we can easily remain attached to an era...or place...or thing...or even...people
we used to know...who with the passage of time...drifted out of our lives...or
may have even left this Earth. Some of the big changes that happen in our lives...
come...with the journey from childhood to elderhood. A lot of nostalgia can build up
around past stages in our own lives...just based on that process of aging. The main
consolation there...is we are not alone. Every single human being...unless he or
she departs this world early...will experience...the way time writes upon us all.
Looks like...a good way of approaching the past...is to see the lessons it brought
...and learn and live from them. Yes...time gone...as teacher...rather than haunter
...looks like the way to go...although...that...is easier said than done.........
...................Quester.

The Rose Is Returning Revisited

I've been thinking I might make a playlist on my main YouTube channel called...
"Videos Deserving To Be Better Viewed". It is more a fantasy than something I'm
really likely to do...because I recognise there is a
lottery aspect to having videos on YouTube. You just never really know which
ones people might decide to look at in large numbers. Often...the songs that are
your own favorites...are not the ones people will decide to look at. Fsrom time
to time...there is an unexpected rush to look at a video...you didn't think
many would look at...and so it goes. One of my "trainings" in life...and it
certainly comes in handy having videos on YouTube...is to not let yourself be
defined by numbers for anything...but always be reaching for...quality in what
you do. That particular "training"...has helped me so far...as I continue to
upload videos to YouTube. But back to today's song..."The Rose Is Returning".
If I did make the playlist I wrote about earlier...this would be one of the first
songs I'd put on it. There is something about it and the way I was able to sing
it I still like...and am likely to continue to like............Quester.

A Pleasant Little Reward

One of the tenets I've lived by as a creative artist...is to always be open to
new idioms...challenges...and even tools...along the way. You can't live this
kind of arganic artist's life...if your goal is to carve out a good career for
yourself...and once having found a formula for that...to repeat yourself...
endlessly...and safely. You really take your chances when...instead...you are
ongoingly open...and willing to try out...new challenges. I do not believe...
the customer is always right...and so you figure out what they'd like to hear...
or see...give them that...and never attempt to find what your true potential is
...even though that may cost you...financially...or otherwise. For me the choice
was...in a way...simple...I knew I'd be bored out of my mind...doggedly living
out a career path. My organic path...has had many difficulties...but it also has
had its rewards. My songs...poems...etc...have all been written free from the
chains of market forces upon me...allowing me to create around whatever...
seized or inspired me. There are also...little bonuses I receive along the way
for being open to new challenges. Like this afternoon...when I made my first
video...accompanying myself on ukulele...through the song I sang on the video.
For me...a pleasant little reward...for taking chances...along my creative
artist's path.......................Quester.

Ukulele Man

A bit over a month ago...I bought a ukulele in a thrift store. I've played it a
lot since then. It has a beautiful sound...although no matter how much I tune
it...a note or two,,,comes out a bit sour. In the first improvisation on it...
I recorded...I managed to stay away from the chintzy notes...and get a fine
sounding improvisation...which i turned to a video...and uploaded to YouTube.
Since then...I recorded a couple more pieces with it...but could no longer
avoid the off notes. This...of course...is very frustrating...and not something
I want to persist in doing. So...yesterday...wishing to continue the particular
liberation...the ukulele gives me...I bought a shiny new...second ukulele...
which I played a lot last night...and is rapidly becoming...my "first" ukulele
...I mean in terms of now being the one I keep nearby...and reach for...
whenever I have the yen to do so. There's a good chance...that as I become
familiar with this instrument...and the playing of it...I may spot some need to
acquire another for certain specific reasons...up ahead. For now...however...
looks like I'll be playing this new one a lot...and organically...and gradually...becoming...a "ukulele man". Seems it's never really too late...for
an old dog...to come up with some new tricks...if the spirit is willing.
.............Quester.

Totem Pole Of Kitsilano Revisited

Being able to see real totem poles...rather than post cards of them...or
miniatures you find in airport stores...was a big piece of the magic I
experienced...when I first came to live on the West Coast. I was also lucky
to have one in the first Vancouver neighbourhood I lived in...Kitsilano,,,to
stop and look at...on my walks by the beach there. It was on one such walk
...after standing and looking at the "Totem Pole Of Kitsilano"...for quite some
time...the song by that very name...was born. I am glad it came to me...and I
was able to put it down...and record it...and more recently...turn it to a video
.........................Quester.