Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 37: Twilight

[@sharonvyse3686]

From labour day to Easter weekend we have another change of seasons with spring setting in and a little hope now that 3 possible serums are here to vaccinate as many who will understand that this is key to setting the world a little more back on track. Thank you for this acoustic version Mary Chapin. Wishing you the very best as we head into Easter...you Angus and family and friends. 🌱🇨🇦

[@wjcorrinne4052]

Hi Sharon, You’re correct in the vaccines have become a reality and here it is another Easter has past. My second trip with Songs From Home and I always come across something or someone I missed the first time. Here it is Spring and just as you did last year we still hold Hope in our hearts for better days ahead. Things are progressing but we mustn’t trip as we near the finish line nor get distracted and let what got us here slip by. We need to continue to mask and distance not just for us but to continue to protect those around us. Keep your Faith, peace to you.

[@riandraegon556]

I sat close to my son’s head, my head almost touching his and played this one song. When the song ended I, with the assistance of my sister, wrapped my first born in his burial shroud. The song felt like a lullaby. The shroud, the last blanket I ever wrapped around him. Eleven years ago….

[@audreyfelso993]

Dear Mary! I'm still revisiting this song, loving it deep in my heart. I truly 'Follow the path known by heart' coming here, like along a silver line and coming with smiling love like children do. Always, thank you so much! Please, take care. Hugging Angus and White Kitty🌺

[@jenschaffer6685]

This song makes me so happy. It has been my calming refuge for so long now. Thank you so much for sharing and making the world beautiful.

[@suzannegood6228]

Mary, as good as the music is I really tune in to see and hear Angus. I think I'm in love.

[@carolwallace6242]

Sometimes her songs are so soft and gentle and she has a way of seeing and knowing and remembering ...the beauty that was/is ...around us...stuns me every time...

[@randalbladel2817]

What a fine guitarist.

[@monomonster]

Mary! I love your music. Suzy Bogguss, Patty Loveless and you are people I never tire of listening too. Go milady!

[@davidparnell1893]

My eyes are awash...with feelings i can't quash...your smile and dovish voice an ideal so gently feminine...leave me in a desert wandered and lost...your words are a compass to find my star...yet a beautiful ghost you are...leaving me to wonder how to climb the fence to Eden...to join the angels or learn my lesser seedling among God's heavenly Garden...

[@TheLittletrees]

Oh my, a wonderful song with close lyrics, again today I groomed another golden, his name was Dillon, such a handsome boy, it’s such a joy to be connected to the furry family of many colors, shapes and personalities. I so appreciate the good care that pet owners give there beloved pets. Be safe and continue to come into our homes. Scratch Angus and White kitty behind there ears. ❤️ 🐾🐾🐾🐾

[@rabidangel7423]

This takes me back years to my childhood, endless days and that magic in the air that's still there when I can slow my mind and just be. Thank you. ♥

[@sharonvyse330]

What a refreshing Labour Day Weekend here in Canada and the USA I am sure as well Mary Chapin Carpenter. It sure has a different hope-filled feel to it compared to this time 730 days ago. They are in the rear-view mirror that is true, and we have turned some heavy pages with you quietly and aloud. We have also been able to hand in for the next chapters of the journey and sail with you this summer on your MCC Summer Tour of 2022! With thanks and much gratitude. Stay well and stay very mighty young woman!!!

[@karencramar554]

I close my eyes and you bring me peace.

[@reginalee4461]

I hear angel wings when she plays that guitar.she does it like no one else.

[@bibihix]

Yes! My father loves her. He tell me about her voice not long ago. Beautiful

[@minniegee2595]

Thank you for helping us to stay strong with your peaceful presence.

[@janicewilliams966]

Absolutely the best medicine ... your soothing voice...your guitar...thank you for letting us into your home and for sharing with us. Such a gentle soul.

[@janieharris1353]

As always, thx for speaking to my heart. I often start my day listening to you sing as I feed my dogs and prepare to head down to the barn. Calming, yet regenerative way to begin my day. ( not to mention our appreciation of purples...)

[@vincentdeporter3140]

As always, you are the sunshine of our lives. Thank you so much, Mary. ❤️❤️❤️

[@janricks3851]

Thank you for being there.....37 songs, 37 happy times and hopes. You say the seasons are doing what they do in spite of everything. You are also a constant that I have counted on for joy and hope. I look for your songs and each post is a wonderful benchmark for me, in a life that is not consistent, you are. Thank you Mary, Angus and white kitty...

[@patriciabedding349]

Thank you for always keeping it real 🌹

[@daviddorais6071]

hope we get a compilation DVD of all these from Home songs in time for Xmas gifting to ourselves and family/friends

[@captainkprflury3480]

That would be awesome!!

[@isabellalmond4548]

Makes my day , you are the gift that keeps giving ,you never disappoint thank you , lots of love to you and your fury friends, stay safe xx

[@diamondpool]

The perfect morning drinking good coffee and sharing this “stay at home” Labor Day weekend with the “ MCC collective.” Here in Northern California we have been experiencing way too many wildfires which seem now to be a yearly event. But even through that I can still see the shadows dropping lower every evening signaling the beginnings of fall which means in my beautiful space a clearing of the wayward smoke and the geese flocks flying overhead and all the apple tree farms now open for you to enjoy a slice of warm apple pie! So on this morning, wherever you are, let’s just sit and listen to you sing, Mary, and let it resonate with us the rest of the day. Love that acoustic guitar sound in my kitchen!

[@karlagreen6310]

Beautiful!

[@sagebutterfly2]

be safe... prayers for all in my home state.

[@KCron59]

Praying for the fires to stop. Be safe and well!

[@lindapeterson8911]

Your picture: There’s a star on the far horizon risin’ high in an azure sky... I’ve always thought that’s the most beautiful verse of any song I’ve ever heard. Touches of fall settling in here too (Jersey shore). Sea grass tips browning, island grass turning shades of yellow, and the red wing blackbirds have started to mass. The breeze has picked up, and evening sweatshirts have surfaced. The dogs will be allowed on the beach soon....Angus you’re welcome to join us! MCC, you too. And the fire pit is ready for Twilight fires (and maybe a Dirt and the Stars cocktail). Love your music. Love you. Stay mighty!

[@lindapeterson8911]

Exactly! EXACTLY!!! And, more appropriately: there’s a star on the far horizon, rising BRIGHT in an azure sky... I swear it is that picture. The beginning of that verse is just as awesome: You’ve a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings...There’s a star on the far horizon risin’ bright in an azure sky...For the rest of the time you’ve been given, why walk when you can fly... Incredibly beautiful. Thank you, Chapin Carpenter! You often make my day!

[@drumcconaughy330]

I love this song so much! And the post, and the beautiful picture too! Thank you so much!!! Can’t express what a gift it is

[@giancarlozulian6976]

I momenti "a casa tua" sono sempre magici. Valeva la pena aspettare per gustare il brano con molta calma. Musica e testo che ti cullano nell'atmosfera di un tramonto... di una giornata o di un momento della vita. Grazie ancora delle emozioni che ci regali Mary. Buona vita!

[@maryannettegailey7557]

May God Bless you for the gifts you share with so many ... I am ever grateful 💕

[@davidparnell1893]

Words never sound so good...'cept in your songs they should. Such an honest visage in your face...your angel's voice confirms my place...a lump of protoplasm yet to form in this reality's storm...

[@johnbutcher1710]

Just back from first live concert since March here in Somerset/Dorset UK .. Listening to Marys songs from home is perfect before turning in....

[@caren9790]

Beautiful. Thank-you.

[@bsmith16917]

I can’t seem to stop replaying this song this week. I think Earl Hamner (John Boy Walton) loved his days and times this way as you obviously do, too. I’ve begun writing memoirs myself. Thanks for all your encouragement.

[@neilprimeau5475]

One of my favorite songs by Mary....Thank You....special touch with Angus on squeaky chew toy accompaniment :)

[@deborahsarna2300]

I feel like Angus thinks that you talking to us is his opportunity to talk with us with his squeaky! His way of just letting us all know he is there and well with you ♡

[@xoxb2]

Enjoy the holiday whichever way you can! And what a wonderfully positive way to look at autumn!

[@tschouten1]

Thank you Mary, Angus, and White Kitty!!! I love this song!!! Stay well Mary!!!

[@sarahpamula778]

Lincoln, is the best gift, he speaks prophetically. He , is so strong , in listening to Jesus, he says things he cannot possibly bank on yet. His bank.

[@captainkprflury3480]

Thanks MCC!! You did it again,brought me to tears with your beautiful voice and guitar playing. Especially enjoyed being asked to join you in the chorus(I do anyway but always nice to be asked! Makes me feel like I am sitting right next to you)Stay safe,stay mighty!

[@kveecock]

Loved watching these through lockdown and this is as uplifting now as it was then. Hope you release some of these stripped down versions as they are beautiful in their simplicity. Thank you for sharing them.

[@JAR2.0]

A fine excellent morning made all the better with your "Songs from Home". Such blessings are not common and are well received. Thanks again Mary!

[@tammychilds5326]

💜🍁🍃🍂 Lovely as always 🙏🏽 So looking forward to the seasons changing 🍃 Very grateful for your inspirational heart 💗🌻 Blessings to you and your sweet animals.

[@csofmaine]

Love love....thank you for the gift you share

[@richardjohnson3463]

Beautiful lyrics and notes, with great singing, perfect, thank you..... from Ireland

[@pskeck04]

Thank you once again Mary for another lovely song. Good old Angus keeping time with your music squeaking his toy, I love it!! Stay Strong and Mighty Mary!!

[@jenbloom6848]

Greetings from Portland, OR. When my city isn’t “burning,” I think about how we are intrinsically connected. Your singing and strumming, Angus squeaking, and the comment section filled with love are the perfect antidote to everything happening right now. Thank you.

[@carrollverbeck2964]

Autumn is my wife's favorite time of the year. She loves the changing colors and the crisp air. The colors get very pronounced here in Washougal Washington by the Columbia gorge. Beautiful song. Love life, the beautiful earth, and beautiful music. God bless.

[@adamwest6536]

Thank you for the joy you always bring when I hear your lovely voice ❤️❤️

[@tomlamphere9560]

Still waiting for "New Year's Day" and "Only A Dream". I didn't miss either one, did I? Hope this Covid is past next Summer and my wife and I can see MCC in concert up here in N.Y. Or PA...or wherever we have to travel. She and James Taylor are my absolute favorites !!!

[@route7253]

Really really love this song !! Thank you MCC!👍💗

[@kristalkuntzelman5614]

You are a wonderful artist. I often close my eyes when I listen to your music for many reasons. The main reason is because your voice and your lyrics paint such a beautiful picture in my mind. It's like actually being in the song and it's setting. Your voice is the are the soft tones of each color as the lyrics describe a beautiful and serene landscape. Man I wish I could paint what I see when I listen to you💓

[@karlagreen6310]

My favorite time of day. Beautiful. Thanks Mary!🌃

[@JC-ke7mj]

Amazing. And amazing where, not only the melody and lyrics can lead you, but a specific performance at a specific point in time. - Thank you for your gift, and thank you for sharing it. 💕❤

[@touchingmusicheartmindands3360]

The finger style picking somehow enhances the feeling and words. Thank you.

[@audreyfelso993]

Twilight Magic hour, watching it.

[@bonhutchings4553]

Another slice of heaven ... Thank you❤️💯

[@arlenef3934]

I love how cozy you look in these videos. Stirs my imagination to picture you curling up on a couch after the video is complete with your cup of coffee (or tea), Angus and the elusive White Kitty snug by your side. I just want to join you, but recognize that you, as I do, like your private time. ☺️ So, I wouldn’t presume to interrupt your private time... Well, you see how my imagination is very creative. I guess, what I am saying is, that through these mini, informal, cozy concerts, I feel as though I’m developing a new friendship. You are so sweet and thoughtful for continuing to offer these Songs From Home faithfully through this impossibly chaotic time that is holding each of us over the chasm of hopelessness. You have become part of my strategy to keep from falling into that chasm. (I really need to use this my next article. lol I write occasional essays

[@arlenef3934]

Oops! Hit the wrong button. I didn’t mean to go on about my own writing. I was going to delete that last part before I posted the comment. I’m just going to end here with a humble thank you. Blessings, Arlene Franks

[@JC-ke7mj]

@@arlenef3934 Hello, no worries here- I get that. Often my original replies will be more expansive and then I'll end up 'back-buttoning' every thing..(as a writer myself) 🙂 Thanks for sharing-

[@kelly-annflanagan7693]

As always this is absolutely beautiful and uplifting. 🎵 Twilight 🎶 I've Been jonesing for a Chapin live performance all year. (Usually attend at least five or six performances a year) ALWAYS catch your Wolf Trap performance usually around this time of year, in fact. Just so very happy that you're and yours are well and safe. Sending Blessings, Prayers, Thoughts and good vibes and Love!❤️💯❤️😍😘🎸 Girls with guitars. LOL "Boy you sure do change guitars a lot!" "Yes, Yes I Do!" "Well do you really play those things or are they just props?" 🤣🤣🤣 Good Times! 🎸❤️

[@ethnicmusiclover]

I get my fix! And wonderful one. Always with Mary. Tonight I celebrate Brianna who left this world 5 years ago. I am sure she loved Mary Chapin Carpenter. Brianna Lea Pruett just loved music in a short life played so many types. Thank you for this morining smile. Hot in Tucson. Wish I was in the Mountains.

[@cornstorm666]

Thank you MCC,your gift of song has helped me bare this insidious pandemic and hope for better days...stay safe and mighty with your precious Angus & White Kitty

[@juliaray8649]

Thank you MCC...you’re the best!❤️

[@nandowner5774]

As beautiful as always! Thank you so much😊

[@manuelaschuster6847]

Thank you for your encouraging words and that wonderful song. Autumn ist the loveliest season.

[@jamescopeland5358]

Twilight is a great time! Thx MCC, your voice and your picking is so soothing!

[@suehaworth6073]

So lovely, time moves on and so does nature music still blesses us with beautiful voices and songs like this thank you Mary

[@milevapavlovic5139]

Hi mary angus and white kitty hope your all well its a beautiful place where your live much love for the music keeping us all sane stay mighty stay safe all 😷😷💪💪💪❤❤❤👍👍👍

[@Lancelot59]

Thank You for your lovely music this morning. Much appreciated after a long morning hike. Beautiful weather here too! Much Love from the Smokies!!!!!!!!!!!

[@audreyfelso993]

Dear Mary! Thank you for your caring heart!! It is good to see that you are fine, this is the most important! The more things are swirling around and the stronger I need to be on the outside, the closer my heart pulls to listening to you. Thousands of us love you so much and I'm sure everyone feels being reached out and connected in such a personal way. Thank you for your persistence and the gift of seeing you play your music! Thank you for your generosity of including 'next time' in our weekly drill!! I adore your photos in my playlist for SongsFromHome like a beautiful photo album. Today we can say Goodnight like family to the Moon. Please, please always stay safe Dear Mary!!! Wishing good health to Everyone! Hugs to Angus&White Kitty🌺🌺🌺

[@pamelaott1256]

Hi Audrey! I was hoping to touch base with you today!! Hope this finds you well. I am fine. Enjoying this holiday weekend, Labor Day weekend, the last big summer holiday. Take care!! Stay Mighty!!

[@pskeck04]

Good Evening Audrey. I looked earlier to see if you had posted anything. Hope this finds you well. I've been busy last couple of days cleaning and laundry. Jenny is hanging in there too. Hope your fur baby is well. Take care and stay well my friend ❤

[@wjcorrinne4052]

Hi, Sometimes on my second go around I just like to take a longer time looking at Ms. Mary’s photos for each song. I try to put my mind into what she was thinking when she took that photo? Introspection across the miles from Illinois to Virginia, to let my mind just wander on its own with only the photo to guide it. I wish I could make them larger on my iPad but tech challenged keeps me humble. Gather and share your Peace and Faith with those dear to you. SNOW coming! It’s April in the Midwest.

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

Thank you, MCC! Your voice is so lovely as you sing twilight! Thank you for the weekly reminder to stay mighty!

[@joybrucebruce3377]

Nice song with multiple meanings that works well as one ages

[@kathrynsatcksacchi8709]

God bless you

[@katemerchant4414]

Thanks again!

[@Fimpiekijke]

Thanks Mary, love this one, sang along:-) greetz from late summer in The Netherlands

[@johnpfeifer7591]

Thank you as always for the blessing of beautiful music on a Sunday morning. Listening to your music, and your reminders each week of how strong we are and can be, has led me to do something I haven't done before and try collaborating on a song with someone. Taking the risk of exposing my creative self is worth it - why be late for my own life? I've even let them see the unformed ideas and random phrases that begin the lyric writing process for me, and I feel like a flower that is just now being watered and encouraged to grow. I am being richly rewarded for my risk. Thank you.

[@sandrapost8087]

So happy to catch the live today! I love that song as well as so many others of yours. Thank you Mary!

[@gracematter]

10,000 Miles from "Fly Away Home" is one of my favorite songs of yours! Thanks, Mary!

[@hedymills1372]

Beautiful ❤️

[@dhtm3577]

Thank you Mary. The Labor Day Weekend is going to be 105 degrees here in San Jose. Your song is beautiful and makes the start of my day so pleasant. May you be healthy and strong as well. Deep bows of gratitude and joy 🙏❤️

[@Weber1492]

❤️ Beautiful as always - Thanks Mary!!

[@charlotteivy7764]

FALL....my favorite time of year...and TWILIGHT, my favorite time of day......both echo in your song! 🎶❤️🎶

[@texhaines9957]

Hi from Helena MT! Good song from such a tough week. Camper, my dog wags his tail to this one. We've lost my wife this week, NON-COVID related. Just a feeling of lost. Cancer.

[@texhaines9957]

@@julesdas712 thank you. Hopefully MCC will keep on singing from home. Now I'm here with the kids. WHOrg says it's a year before a viable vaccine is available. So did Bill Gates.

[@janricks3851]

Tex I am so very sorry. the loss of your wife is paramount. You are not alone we are out here and hold you close.

[@charliemaine1251]

Tex, sorry to hear about your wife. MCC & Camper are here for you❤️

[@JC-ke7mj]

My deepest condolences. Sending love to you and your family.

[@texhaines9957]

@@JC-ke7mj thank you

[@kathleenhickey7793]

So lovely! I’m late this week having a chance to listen. Thank you!

[@johngoeddeke2882]

Hi Mary, Angus and the sleepy White kitty. Thankful for your continuing songs from home. Though since I’m back singing in church now on Sunday morning I still make it a point to sit quietly and enjoy what you do. The Soft serenity of your vocals and a beautiful guitar playing are nothing short of inspirational. Best wishes for a great Labor Day weekend to you and your family.

[@cindybitter6778]

Thank you MCC. Your songs are a ray of light in these dark times. 💪🏻 Kisses to Angus & White Kitty 😘

[@oldbikerbear]

I agree Mary, Autumn is nearly upon us. Fall is my favorite time of year , although I detest Pumpkin Spice anything. Best time of year for camping when you can actually feel the warmth of the campfire. Beautiful song by the way and very well sung. I will be happy when this pandemic is behind us but sorry to see the last of the "Songs From Home"series. This is so food I am listening a second time just to see if I missed anything.

[@andrewmoorhouse687]

Hi Mary, such a beautiful song. The lyrics really do paint a picture in my mind. Your voice sounds just as lovely as ever, as does your guitar playing. Happy Labor Day Weekend. I hope musicians are included in those celebrated for their contribution to society. Music certainly has done much to improve my feeling of wellbeing over the years. These little shows are a perfect case in point. Thank you for keeping on keeping on doing these. It’s starting to feel like Fall here in the UK too. I love the golden colours of Autumn. Take good care of yourself, Angus and White Kitty. Stay well.

[@sagebutterfly2]

Thank you thank you thank you... Such a magical part of my day/week to 'be with you' and Angus (and White Kitty, too). Not to be repetitive but it is so healing and uniting - as we come together from all parts of the globe in this precious space. Much love always from Birch Bay, Washington. xxx

[@margaretjudice8944]

The melody to that song is very nice. Always good to hear you sing and play!

[@amyhaselgren7886]

Goodness gracious! This was so beautiful I got goosebumps! Thank you, again, for the gift of your music, voice and guitar playing!! My soul food! A perfect musical ushering in of autumn. Have a great week Mary!💚🌻

[@mfbigray]

AWSOME.....again !!!!

[@annedapolito2685]

Great song. Angus is something else....glorious!

[@hannesheller3162]

a beautiful song and great sung and played by you. Thank you and all the best.🍀♥️👍

[@raywood8187]

And along comes Mary.

[@martinkruger6143]

Wow, thank you so much!!! This is one of my favourites from „The Calling“ Album.

[@tynterthite2522]

I just love you! I used to live in Princeton too, many years ago...this song evoked a feeling for me of walking along the canal at that perfect hour. Thank you.

[@viggytea750]

Happy 😊 to be a member of your choir 🎼

[@essieswartz2783]

Thanks MC2...this is a wonderful end to a quiet and peaceful weekend. Your music is such a blessing to me .

[@monalisaesqueda8856]

Fall is a favorite season. This song is a good representation how fall feels❤️Thank you❤️

[@ranchstockstray8684]

Autumn is my very favorite season. In south Texas it is not as “announced” as I saw in my time in the midwest nor as you all experience in the East. My mother loved fall. She has been gone two years now. She always spoke to fall as the time that the scent in the morning air and the sounds of the trains in the distance were “different “ And, the slant of the shadows promised change was coming soon. It will. Thank you for the gift of your music.

[@sonyamccann2402]

Afternoon miss mary...another beautiful 😍 song ty 💕

[@sonyamccann2402]

I have something miss mary I need to say to you. Its been on my mind just i haven't had time ..anyhow I have to say you are the most honest n humble woman I've ever seen. Well my opinion.but when you said you answer every comment n man fo u ever lol so Miss Mary. ' THANK YOU ' for being who you truly are. That's the best anyone can be xox

[@wjcorrinne4052]

Dear Ms. Mary, Good morning, by five minutes central time, trying to wind down the day. I came across Ann Murray last night as I was listening to Shane Ericks. I continually amazed at the artists I keep coming across that are new to me, yet they’ve been around for years, I.e. Playing For Change. I saw Ann , oh, thirty years ago and like you I’ve always liked her music and her voice. Listening to you both lets me put the day behind me and just listen and relax. Looking forward to this mornings, later, Song From Home. Stay safe and healthy, bless you and thanks once again.

[@route7253]

Can't wait !!

[@tomas5376]

Oh sooooooo nice! Love the guitar in this one. Stay safe👍✌️😊🙏🏼🎵🎶⛵️🎶⛵️🎶🎶🎶🎵