Hi, my name is Lori Ann Blakeley.
Welcome to my Web site developed and maintained on my behalf by my father, Larry Blakeley. http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/larryblakeley_photos_jpeg.htm
My father also manages the following Web sites:
Larry Blakeley (Contact Info: larry at larryblakeley.com)
Major Roy James Blakeley (USAF - KIA) (December 10, 1928 - July 22, 1965) - my grandfather
Leslie Blakeley Adkins - my older sister
Evan Blakeley- my younger brother
A Web page for giving notices of interest to visitors here. http://www.loriblakeley.name/notices_of_interest.htm
Various letters and notes here. http://www.loriblakeley.name/various_notes_letters.htm
What my brother, Evan Blakeley is up to with his baseball. http://www.evanblakeley.name
My mother's walking club for the students at Cockrell Hill Elementary School, DeSoto, Texas http://www.loriblakeley.name/article_dallas_morning_news_jackie_blakeley20070601.htm
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Love, risin' from the mists
Promise me this and only this
Holy breath touchin' me
Like a wind song
Sweet communion of a kiss
Sun, siftin' thru the gray
Enter in, reach me with a ray
Silently swoopin' down
Just to show me
How to give my heart away
Once a crystal choir
Appeared while I was sleepin' and called my name
And when they came down nearer
Sayin', "Dyin' is done,"
Then a new song was sung
Until somewhere we breathed as one
And still I hear their whisper
Stars, burstin' in the sky
Hear the sad nova's dyin' cry
Shimmerin' memory
Come and hold me
While you show me how to fly
Sun, siftin' thru the gray
Enter in, reach me with a ray
Silently swoopin' down
Just to show me
How to give my heart away
Lately sparklin' hosts
Come fill my dreams descendin' on fiery beams
I've seen 'em come clear down
Where our poor bodies lay
Soothe us gently and say,
"Gonna wipe all your tears away."
And still I hear their whisper
Love, risin' from the mists
Promise me this and only this
Holy breath touchin' me
Like a wind song
Sweet communion of a kiss.
- "The Kiss," Judee Sill (October 7, 1944 - November 23, 1979)
MP3/Audio file (6.3 MB) http://www.loriblakeley.name/loriblakeley_music/the_kiss.mp3
My favorite rendition of "The Kiss" MP3/Audio file (4.7 MB) - a simple, beautiful live performance from the album: Judee Sill Live in London: The BBC Recordings 1972-1973; Label: Water; Release Date: May 21, 2007. http://www.loriblakeley.name/loriblakeley_music/the_kiss_live.mp3
- "A Brief Life, an Enduring Musical Impression: Rhino Reissue Sings the Praises of Judee Sill," Tim Page, Washington Post Staff Writer, Saturday, December 30, 2006 http://www.loriblakeley.name/loriblakeley_music/brief_life_judee_sill.htm
Album: Heart Food
Label: Asylum
Release Date: May 1973
Re-released June 19, 2006 by Rhino Records as a part of:
Abracadabra: the Asylum Years - Judee Sill/Heart Food