Daily Dose: Roo Panes, “Arcadia”

Arcadia. Noun.

  1. a mountainous region of Ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people.
  2. any real or imaginary place offering peace and simplicity.
  3. a city in SouthWest California, East of Los Angeles, where I was raised and emotionally remain but have not physically called home since 2012.

Daily Dose: Fiona Apple, “I Want You To Love Me”

I have a deep and abiding love for Fiona Apple.

Fiona’s been with me since before I knew who I was and has most definitely had a heavy hand in who I am. Learning to play her songs on piano as a teen. Screaming her lyrics while driving North on the I-5 in my twenties. And, most recently, listening silently to entire albums while lying on the floor of the home I somehow purchased to root myself in San Francisco–back on bare hardwood, her notes ricocheting off lathe-and-plaster walls.

I, this person that I am, love you, Fiona Apple.