It's Christmas!

and my favorite Christmas song of all....

Counting Down to Christmas- my Second Favorite Song

I have been told by several different people that the total breakdowns of singers 2 & 4 are an eerily accurate approximation of what I sound like. Different gender, but totally me.

Countdown to Christmas- my 3rd favorite song

and possibly one of my favorite U2 songs as well......

Get Away From Me With Those Christmas Gifts, and Other Reactions

I first stumbled over this little book as I was working as a shelver in the main branch of the New Hanonver County Public Library during high school. The title caught my eye and I had to take it home and read it. The title story as well as a chapter where Sylvia tries to recount how she came to create a recipe and one where she has a dialogue with the voices in her head while cooking are the reasons I have read and re-read it. Imagine my delight when I discovered that my library in Louisville has a copy! I make a point of checking it out once or twice a year just to keep it in the collection, in the hopes that someone else will find it the way I did! I can't find a cover illustration, but here are some images from when her writing was featured in Harper Magazine. (via Google images)

 

Countdown to Christmas- my 4th favorite song

Countdown to Christmas- my 5th favorite song

I can't believe that I'm admitting this on the internet, but it's a guilty pleasure.....

Poetry Monday

A Rose Has Thorns As Well As Honey



A rose has thorns as well as honey,


I'll not have her for love or money;


An iris grows so straight and fine,


That she shall be no friend of mine;


Snowdrops like the snow would chill me;


Nightshade would caress and kill me;


Crocus like a spear would fright me;


Dragon's-mouth might bark or bite me;


Convolvulus but blooms to die;


A wind-flower suggests a sigh;


Love-lies-bleeding makes me sad;


And poppy-juice would drive me mad: -


But give me holly, bold and jolly,


Honest, prickly, shining holly;


Pluck me holly leaf and berry


For the day when I make merry.






Christina Georgina Rossetti