Well, here's my installment for this year's RPM Holiday Challenge. Enjoy!

I'm a teacher, a parent of elementary school children, a mental health advocate, and a pacifist. It's been a rough week... But there's still time. TIME Time to look in the mirror Time to say what we believe Is this the world we want…

January challenge songwriting fun... WATER UNDER WATER So near the surface So near the end So near the purpose Time and again Just barely breathing I’ll need you when I’m floating in the water under water Holding on loosely Without letting…

Red string of fate... Go look it up! ONE RED STRING One red string Forever tied Through everything I’ve ever tried You can always bring be back to life Just by coming ‘round There’s something magic in your eyes Or maybe something…

My first completed 2013 RPM track. Thanks to Kavin for turning a simple acoustic song into what you hear today. ONE LAST DANCE I never got to tell you what's been on my mind It might be just as well now that we're running out of time…

Gary and I did something good. ONE AND ONLY How many times have you been captured by a camera With no one really knowing who you are Caught in the sight lines in the background In the corner of their eyes Never looking closely at the…

Arrangement by Jana Persson (Strummindude) Accompanying vocals by Andrea Szirbik CIVIL WAR Holding down the borders What's mine is yours Folding down the corners Of pages meaning more Walking on the wire Never thought to look for…

JUST AS WELL Why is youth so beautiful And why’s it always wasted on the young When did my days go flying by So many passes of the sun There’s so much I could tell you So much I’d like to say It might be just as well You never heard…

TURN ROUND All your turns All your pain Lessons learned Will remain Hiding in the silence of a footstep Some familiar sound Walking toward the east before the sunset Turn round Lost in thought Troubled mind All you’ve fought…

DANCING IN THE LIGHT Got you on my mind Like every other day From now until the end of time I haven’t found a way To take you dancing in the light And take you running in the night I’m thinking you just might Like to go dancing, dancing…