Jethro Tull (2003) The Jethro Tull Christmas Album is the 21st studio album released by Jethro Tull, on September 30, 2003. As of 2019, it is the band’s most recently released studio album. Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow is the song I chose from this album. Through long December nights we talk in words…
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The Pretenders — 2000 Miles
This is an edited repost from 2019 Per wikipedia: “2000 Miles” is a song by The Pretenders that was released in 1983 as the preceding single to their 1984 album Learning to Crawl. It was most popular in the UK, where it peaked at No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1983. In…
Dave’s Christmas Questionnaire
Happy Holidays Collage Dave got it from Keith, and I’m answering here and linking up to them. Please feel free to join in in answering in any fashion you wish. The more the merrier! 1.24th or 25th? The 24th was always when we’d go to maternal grandparents’ house when kids, with the potluck and opening…
dVerse — Haibun Monday — Celebrate 2021
“Snow Effect, The Street in Argentuil,” (1875) by Claude Monet Since becoming single again in 2017, retiring from my fast-paced government job in 2018, and the onslaught of the pandemic starting in 2019, the holidays and their hoopla have been shifting into a steadily lowering gear. Where before there were multiple family and social gatherings,…
Doodads — Big Christmas Trees 2021
This year two neighbors not too far from here decided to light up the trees in their front yards with lights. It’s taken me this long to finally get pictures of them. I stopped on my way to the library and snapped them. Again, the new phone comes through for me with the night setting…
Doodads — Nature Walk on Christmas Eve
The Land Conservancy of West MI is having a Bow Walk Challenge, where you walk certain trails that have bows placed in them. The challenge is to find the bow, take a selfie with it, submit it, which enters your name into a contest for prizes. I decided to check out a new trail today,…
Favorite Holiday Movies — “The Snowman”
A repost from last year (and will probably be posted next year as well.) The beautiful simplicity of the animation, the tender-hearted magic of the story, and the music make this one of my all-time favorite holiday films. If you haven’t seen it, please take the time to do it.
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