One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth’s many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum. - John Updike.

So, let’s be foolish. And tuneful.

Here’s the link to the music for the group caroling through the five points neighborhood on Sunday, 12/23. These are a few of our favorite songs…. Yep, that one right there; click it and it’s an adobe file. Because I’m making this link public, I’ll keep it at that!

Love you. Mean it.

 


Bring Him Home

So, the new trailer for what will likely be an absolutely glorious version of the musical was released Monday. I cried, but see, I ALWAYS cry when it comes to most anything that has to do with Les Miserables, and it’s for this reason: When I was eleven, there was a two-part miniseries based on


Clean plates, cleaner consciences.


I know a change is gonna come.

Wax this. Sometimes you can spend entirely too much time waiting for the other metaphorical shoe to drop. It’s time to shrug off sadness, banish worry, hold your fucking nose and jump into the pool already. The only thing this gal’s gonna worry about dropping is that shiny, shiny ball that’ll land at the bottom