December 1 , 2007

Wild weather, right on schedule...

It's pouring rain and blowing like a Galway gale out there today... had a delicious afternoon nap, and it was all I could do to resist the urge to hibernate until about April or so. Woodland creatures really do have the right idea. Just bring that old metabolism right down to baseline, curl up somewhere warm and snuggly, and snooze the winter away.

(Now remind me again, what makes us so darn smart?)

I'm in full-blown Christmas avoidance mode at the moment (code red actually -- ho ho ho) but for anyone looking for cool handmade things to gift people with, go and check out Sleeping Forest Studios. The marquetry is absolutely gorgeous, and they're my new Link of the Month.

Back to the couch, I feel another nap coming on zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Blog archive]



Currently reading:

Gone With The Wind / Margaret Mitchell
(Hello, it's about the Deep South, you can almost smell the scent of those magnolias drifting on the warm breeze...)

Listening to:
Firecracker / The Wailin Jennys

Some All-Time Favourite Music:

The Band :: The Band
Gypsy Song Man :: Jerry Jeff Walker
Who Knows Where The Time Goes :: Judy Collins
Let It Bleed :: Rolling Stones
Rickie Lee Jones :: Rickie Lee Jones
Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings :: John Prine
Play Bach (series) :: Jacques Loussier Trio
Motown and Atlantic soul music of any description
Anything by Randy Newman, Oscar Peterson or the Beatles
Vintage Rod Stewart, Cream, Leon Russell,
Vintage funk, Lydia Pense and the one and only Billie Holiday

Some Favourite Books:
I Am Charlotte Simmons :: Tom Wolfe
Oryx & Crake :: Margaret Atwood
Green Shadow and
The Last Voyage of the Loch Ryan :: Andrew Struthers
Pattern Recognition :: William Gibson

Some Favourite TV:
Prime Suspect :: Helen Mirren rules
Silent Witness :: The original British forensic pathology drama
Life on Mars :: Brit cop time-travel dramedy
McLeod's Daughters :: terrific Aussie cowgrl drama, lots of good-looking people and horses
Six Feet Under :: amazing cast, I love the credits and the great music
Rescue Me :: Sopranos with fire trucks. Denis Leary is just plain brilliant...
Anything on The Food Channel

Current Day Job:
Working in post-secondary education and loving it.

You can buy my jazz cd online at CDBABY.COM.

Click here to access my demo section.