Happy Holidays to All Who Visit This Blog!!! (photo greeting)

And Peace on Earth, for Heaven's Sake


forgotten portrait, originally uploaded by I, Puzzled.

We're all three years older now, but still a tight bunch.

Here's to many more blog posts in the coming year.

Here's some of the stuff I've been listening to:
  • Arafa─Hamza El Din─A Song of the Nile
  • Pallavi Ragamalika─Dr. N. Ramani, flute─Music in the Ragas: Kannada, Kalyanvasanta, Natakuranji, Ranjani, Des
  • Ten Sleepy Sheep─Jessica Harper
  • François Couperin: Les Baricades Mistérieuses─Angela Hewitt, piano─François Couperin: Keyboard Music 1
  • Candy Man─Mississippi John Hurt
  • You Can't Lose a Broken Heart─Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong
  • Graceland─Willie Nelson
  • Alessandro Scarlatti: Son tutta duolo─Cecilia Bartolik soprano; György Fischer, piano─If You Love Me (Se Tu M'ami)
  • Hold Me, I'm Falling─Michael Dycha-Monsoon Wedding (soundtrack)
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?─Bing Crosby
The last ten movies I watched:
  • Help! (1965)
  • Comedian (2002)
  • Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
  • The Polar Express (2004)
  • Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
  • Ocean's Eleven (2001)
  • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • Stranger that Fiction (2006)
  • Ever After (1998)
  • Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause (2002)

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