He says,"To go in and record without Country radio uppermost in my thoughts was very liberating.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

I think I know The truth is hiding in your eyes And its hanging on your tongue Just boiling in my blood But you think that I can't see What kind of man that you are If you're a man at all Well, I will figure this one out on my own I'm screaming I love you so My thoughts you can't decode How did we get here?

VOA: standard.other

"You know, the judge sentenced me here, so my first thoughts were kinda, you know,uh,this is kinda, Shakespeare's not my thing.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

The title comes from one of her thoughts during this time: "These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections - sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent that happened after I was gone."

VOA: standard.2010.01.08