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Greetings from the dark time, just a couple of weeks before winter solstice. Several years of December mixes are like old friends on my commute. I am acquiring some pieces for next years December mix now because this is the only time of the year they are easy to find. Some fairly new songs have become seasonal classics. I'm seeing new covers of Fleet Foxes' White Winter Hymnal, Sufjan Stevens' Sister Winter, and Jackson Browne's Crow on the Cradle. Isaline Callister gets two cuts on this year's mix as does Krista Detor. The Callister songs are in Papiamento, the language spoken in Curaçao and Aruba; you can catch the Spanish-Portugese influence. Other goodies include Robert Flack singing an old Melissa Manchester song, and a earth-honoring gem from Peter Mayer. But my fave would have to be the first cut about "when winter comes howling in."
In thinking about our political situation here in Unity, here are some words and phrases that could roll around in a word cloud: clan meeting, tea party, spreadsheet, long game, ground game, microcosm, complete train set, center right, voter tree, knowns probables and possibles, advisory group, mismatch, 200. |
Judy Rock always wanted me to book Gordon Bok for a show, but I never had the chance. Bok sings in a group called the January Men as does Jaime H, a new Waning Road friend. They will sing here on January 6 in a concert dedicated to Judy who is one of my important models for how to be a feisty old woman. She is a voracious reader, has an opinion on most everything, loves music and contra-dancing, cooks great food, knows how to book a cross-country trip on trains, is full of joy and good humor, and loves community. Judy has cancer and has stopped treatment. Yesterday she had friends over before the ground freezes completely to dig the hole on her land where she will be buried. How many people do you know who could do that?