Saturday, December 15, 2007

this year in Music 2007


The following link is a list of the top 100 musical releases of our past year. Some of them are great and some let's say less than memorable. What is so cool about the link is that you can actually hear the songs and see the videos. Always a fun activity for a snow bound individual this season.

Hope that you have a good time with them.
In fact let me know what is your favorite. I have to say that I go with the Shins so far.


Thursday, December 13, 2007

Frozen Solstice

Looking at the frostbitten leaves once so vibrant and green in summer now long gone cold reminds me of an object out of place hanging on to a season that has since past.
It is time that is impossible to freeze but there are many happy moments and chapters in my life that I would liike to capture and re experience. We all realize that this is some idyllic fantasy that will forever elude us.
Water in the atmosphere however freezes into a variety of solids, with snow being the most beautiful. It is an incredible nuisance however when it interferes with travel to and from places that one must be. I am often humbled to be trapped in winters grasp for a moment in time realizing that whatever plans we make there is inevitably a greater force to influence a change of direction.
As we advance toward the Solstice we appreciate the brief daily visit of the sun as well as the blanketing darkness that contrasts so well with the newly fallen snow.