 | "Christmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all that children call
Their favorite time of the year
Christmas time is here
We'll be drawing near
Oh, that we could always see
Such spirit through the year"
- Vince Guaraldi |
Kevin over at
Massivetruth has a good series of articles going on various Christmas traditions, specifically the tree, the ornaments, and candy canes. They're pretty good reads. While you are there, add it to your RSS reader of choice, as you don't want to miss "Fantastic Fridays".
And in the spirit of the writers strike, I'm offering up a couple re-runs.
First, last year I did a write up of "Secret Santa", the now late philanthropist
Larry Stewart. He was the embodiment of the Christmas spirit for 20 years. His story moved me deeply, and I hope it continues to spread despite his passing.
And
here is a run down of my favorite
Christmas Songs. Just a note on #1. I am not suggesting Bing Crosby and Bob Seeger did a duet. I'm referring to to different recordings. And incidentally, I HATE David Bowie's singing over Bing on their Drummer boy/Peace on Earth "duet".
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And that's enough for now.
Brian Norwood
Platypi Online: The Platypus Portal
I've been shooting a lot the last few days and have something like 120 new images up on Flickr. My personal photostream can be found here. Platypibri's Photos. Riverside actually has it's moments where it is quite beautiful. I did a couple camera safaris to Fairmount Park and The Hidden Valley Wildlife Reserve which runs under and along Van Buren out towards Mira Loma. Here's a panoram I shot there.
