Later this week, I will turn 46 – and I am grateful, deeply grateful, as always for every birthday. ♥️

As I celebrate, I thought I would share lists of favorite things this year – as I have done in years past.

Today’s list is 46 songs I’ve been digging over the past months, just some favorites for one reason or another.

(I actually had to pair this down from an original playlist of 89 – my Apple music is always on shuffle. ❤ )

my 46 songs.

Hurricane – The Band of Heathens

Florida!!! – Taylor Swift Ft. Florence Welch

wait in the truck – HARDY & Lainey Wilson

Skinny Love – Bon Iver

Shake It Out – Florence + the Machine

You’re Still the One – Teddy Swims

Life Less Ordinary – Carbon Leaf

Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan

Kids – Emerson Hart

Tourniquet – Zach Bryan

Going to California – Led Zeppelin

Santeria – Sublime

Fast Car – Luke Combs

betty – Taylor Swift

I Remember Everything – Zach Bryan (featuring Kacey Musgraves)

Nutshell – Alice In Chains

exile – Tayler Swift featuring Bon Iver

Ophelia – The Lumineers

Somewhere Only We Know – Keane

Nothing Compares 2 U (Live at Sirius XM, 2015) – Chris Cornell

marjorie – Taylor Swift

Over You – Miranda Lambert

It’s Your Love – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

Shatter Me – Lindsey Stirling featuring Lzzy Hale

All Apologies (Unplugged) – Nirvana

Blossom – Candlebox

All the Stars – Better Than Ezra

Bitter – Jill Sobule

Bleed It Out (Live) – LINKIN PARK

Buy Dirt – Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan

Something in the Orange – Zach Bryan

Sun to Me – Zach Bryan

Spotless – Zach Bryan featuring The Lumineers

Broken Window Serenade – Whiskey Myers

champagne problems – Taylor Swift

invisible string – Taylor Swift

Innocent – Our Lady Peace

Father and Son – Cat Stevens

Long Live (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift

Not Afraid – Eminem

Waiting for That Day – George Michael

Heal the Pain – George Michael

Praying for Time (Live) – George Michael

Freedom! ’90 – George Michael

One More Try – George Michael

Faith – George Michael

The large selection of George Michael songs comes from the film I shared during the holidays – and will certainly have on my list of 46 movies – Last Christmas. As I wrote then, I absolutely adore it – and, written by and starring Emma Thompson as well as led by Emilia Clarke, it features George Michael in a clever way with his songs comprising the soundtrack. Having pulled them all out after watching the film, I have fallen in love with them again. ❤

Tomorrow’s 46 birthday list makes my little word nerd heart *so* happy: it’s book time. ❤

Be well, everybody. Take care of yourselves and each other.

Grace and Blessings.