“Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud. We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, All melodies the echoes of that voice, All colours a suffusion from that light.” Samuel Taylor…
Jolly Good Show
I am in recovery mode today. Recovering from copious amounts of food. Recovering from laughter. Recovering from sending my most excellent vibes to the Denver Broncos. And what joy! They won the Super Bowl! So today I’ll…
Soul Music
So here’s what happened. A UK buddy sent out his holiday card, which was a disc of downloaded podcasts. The downloads were from a BBC Radio 4 program called Soul Music. Each program covers a single piece of music,…
Joy Personified
While out in the world this week, I witnessed more than a few folks who seemed to be quite frazzled by the holidays. A couple of them were certainly over-stressed, and on the verge of blowing a gasket.…
Over The River and Through The Woods
Mister and I aren’t going to grandmother’s house this year. In fact, we’re parking our asses at the new pad and chilling. And we’re freaking excited about that, too! But if you’re in travel mode, I send…
Up to My Elbows…
I’m up to my elbows in the cookie factory. It’s going well and I’m having a lot of fun. I listen to Christmas music as I bake, and here and there I take a moment for a holiday…
Evaluate Your Life Day
I don’t make up this stuff. I only share it… Today is Evaluate Your Life day. And if that sounds daunting, well, that may be because it is. I mean, if I’m going to sit down and…
National Dance Day
Today is National Dance Day here in America. And I support the heck out of that. I’m not a dancer myself, mind you. In fact, over the last few years I’ve come to understand that I am…
Improvement
The other day I did something I’ve not been able to do in quite a while. I exercised. I should clarify. I did some P90-X Stretching. There is absolutely nothing cardio about it, so I don’t want…
RCGLA 2014 – Showcase at the House of Blues!
First, let me say that yesterday was a major catch-up day for me. Load after load of laundry, shopping for food to fill empty cupboards and cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. I didn’t finish everything, but I made a dent.…