billie holiday.

billie holiday.
today i got my rental car from classic collion on piedmont & pharr road.
(side note, if you ever need to get body work done, i recommend them HIGHLY. incredible customer service--incredible. the claims agent is going to get my emissions test done for me while she has my car and let me pay for the test when i get my car on friday. awesomeness.)
it's a little zoomzoom with a tennessee liscense plate, which makes me think of rolling hills, natalie, justin, the bridges, and gatlinburg.
but the important thing today wasn't so much the realization that, yes, okay, i drive a clunker of a gmc jimmy, but what i put on the tape deck: billie.

i laughed aloud.
i teared up.
i smiled secret smiles.
i dreamed.
oh my, how i dreamed.

do you own any of billie's recordings? if you don't, i recommend this collection to you--it's a well-bodied introduction to her music. maybe you do, and you haven't pulled it out in a while. i suggest you pop it on the tape deck or pull it up on iTunes, sip a glass of lemonade and just let it wash over you like a cool shower after a long afternoon working in the yard. maybe you've got billie on regular rotation. maybe you've been turning her up, smoking one down, and dancing with the door shut cause it doesn't matter if anyone's with you when billie's singing. if you're that person, then i say to you, "god bless the child who's got his own."