January 2012
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Happy New Year
This last year, and New Years Eve in particular, remind me of the ol’ Robert Frost quote,
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
Have a Happy New Year everybody. Health, happiness, and more happiness to you all :)
Be safe out there friends.
December 2011
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But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave...
– Anatole France
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All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
– Henry Ellis
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Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or...
– Erich Fromm
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Gem Club (70)
Monster Movie (59)
Generationals (52)
Voxhaul Broadcast (48)
Frightened Rabbit (41)
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Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give,...
– Dale Evans
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Frightened Rabbit - Walking In The Air (2009)
It just became a Frightened Rabbit kinda evening…
Absolutely love this cover of the classic Walking In The Air!
Via Radio Scotland Blog (a little selection box of Christmas video treats from the Vic Galloway Show):
“…Frightened Rabbit made you feel warm inside with their inspired cover of Walking In The Air back in...
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A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
– Benjamin Franklin
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Christmas… is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s...
– Freya Stark
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The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
– Robert Byrne
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down,...
– Henry Ward Beecher
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Lanterns on the Lake (149)
Sea Pinks (105)
The Moth And The Mirror (89)
Here We Go Magic (75)
The Drums (67)
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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is...
– John Ruskin
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Lanterns on the Lake - Keep on Trying (video) - Gracious Tide, Take Me Home (2011)
Did I mention how much I’ve been digging this band and album… So much goodness.
Beautifully simple imagery accompanies the lyrics, vocals and instrumentation. Delightful.
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Fun with Google: "Let It Snow" →
Type “let it snow” into google search then hold down your mouse and move the cursor over the screen.
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Life is never easy for those who dream.
– Robert James Waller
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Arcade Fire: Sprawl II →
This is just brilliant. Arcade Fire want you to interact with their new video. Wave your hands at your webcam to see what happens… Click, scroll for more fun… Love it.
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Not feeling anything is an attractive offer when what you feel is just too much.
– Me
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Quiet Company (149)
Sea Oleena (143)
Lanterns on the Lake (132)
The Smashing Pumpkins (64)
The Jezabels (50)
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