Good Morning

Monsterra Morning by Michele Ross

Xmas Decorations

If you still have Xmas decorations and cards still up, including Xmas trees - you can still have them up during these forlorn pandemic times. The reason is simple, Christmas is actually 40 days long until Candlemas.

Candlemas is known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Feast of the Holy Encounter is a Christian Holy Day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. It falls on February 2, which is traditionally the 40th day of and the conclusion of the Christmas–Epiphany season.

It's Raining

Another dull rainy day with miserable black amorphous clouds of dank despair. And yet I am not bothered. I have my Music and books to keep me happy. oN my playlist today as -

Django Reinhardt
John Fahey
Jimi Hendrix
and
Syndey Bechet

I just hope tomorrow is a nicer day.

Book 2 - Margaret Atwood "Dearly: Poems"

Margaret Atwood "Dearly: Poems" (Chatto & Windus)





In Dearly, Margaret Atwood offers more than five dozen (depending on how you choose to count some of the stanzas) short poems on subjects such as the tribulations of getting older and the pain of memory loss in loved ones, changes in our natural world, gender roles, animal rights, and heartbreaking acts of violence. These are clearly topics the author is passionate about and she brings a forceful and thoughtful approach to addressing them all, which is exactly what you would expect from one of our greatest living writers. What I did not expect was to be so moved by her poetry instead of by the more familiar channel of her long-form fiction.


I was quite struck by just how powerful and personal some of these verses were, although I have to confess that it was not until I read them for a second time that I felt their real force. Of course, that is my shortcoming and not the author’s; you really cannot read poetry at the same pace or in the same way that your read fiction, which is something I had to remind myself of repeatedly. Still, for both Atwood devotees and those new to her work, Dearly is a book that merits attention.

Jazzy's Sultry Jazz Tunes

Some cool jazzy tunes -

Claire Martin - The People You Never Get To Love

Carole Kidd - The Night We Called It A Day

Karin Krog - Meaning of Love

Sarah Vaughan - Black Coffee

ENJOY

Just Wondering - This n' That

Dine-In or Delivery?
Sweater or Hoodie?
Comic Book or Comic Strips?
Motorcycle or Bicycle?
Book or eBook?
When sleeping: Fan or No Fan?

Good Night