and (often) my body dance. This is my new CD compilation.
Enjoy (and, play it LOUD.)
Songs that Make My Soul Sing (Thanksgiving 2011)
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Because sometimes a song says it best
Peter Gabriel, Games without Frontiers (Uncensored)
“Shake it Off”
The effing brilliant new release from Florence and the Machine. I can’t wait for the album to be released.
For my sweetie: our ‘gateway’ band
How we both found rock n roll . . .
Styx.
As unlikely a gateway band as they are, both J and I didn’t deliberately listen to anything but ‘soft pop’ until we heard Styx. This song, “Renegade” was the one I remember hearing first; J. thinks “Lady” (or it may have been “Crystal Ball”) was his entree.
From there on, we were drawn deeper into the multiplicity of the rock n’ roll genre.
Thank you, profoundly, Styx.
Since my vacation . . .
Presenting for your admiration 🙂 . . .
Roland!
Kit!
They were cautious kitties at first, but Roland was soon purring like mad and playing with me. Kit is a bit mor reserved. Sasha is *fascinated* by what is behind the closed door. She barked a couple of times, but has learned that we don’t allow that. So now she lies down with her nose right at the door sill and tries to sniff out what’s happening.
We showed everyone to each other yesterday afternoon. Roland was curious. Kit hissed and got puffy in my arms. We tried it again this morning with Sasha lying down and everyone was very calm; the cats were far more interested in what was behind Sasha — more rooms to explore.
Shakespeare I’ve Seen
Comedies
All’s Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
 Pericles, Prince of TyreÂ
 The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
 The Two Noble KinsmenÂ
The Winter’s Tale
Histories
King John
 Richard II
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry V
Henry VI, Part 1Â
 Henry VI, Part 2
 Henry VI, Part 3
Richard III
Henry VIII
Tragedies
Romeo and Juliet
 Coriolanus
 Titus AndronicusÂ
 Timon of AthensÂ
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Hamlet
Troilus and Cressida
King Lear
Othello
Antony and Cleopatra
 Cymbeline
Plays in bold I have not seen. Yet.
The Joy of Neighbors
Back in early August, our community got together for food and talk at a ‘Community Night Out’ event. The idea is that you get to know your neighbors, and are therefore more aware of what is going on and what is out of place. It was a lot of fun.
How we spent our day
We drove to Puyallup (Pew AL up) and back. Me twice, John three times.
The result?
Meet the newest members of our family:
Kit, a 7 mo old brown tabby (doemstic shorthair); and
Rollo, a 4 mo old all black domestic shorthair.
They are rescues from the (awesome) Wolf Pack Animal Rescue. We don’t actually have them yet, as they are due to be neutered and microchipped. We’ll pick them up after we return from our holiday the last week of the month.
Which is good, because we need to kitty-proof the home, build a dog-inaccessible place for kitty litter to live, and lay in the basic supplies.
We went looking for a companion for Sasha, but came home with cats. I couldn’t help it, they came right up to me and started ‘talking’ to me. I think our household just got a bit more interesting.
Birthday Reflections, 2011
Each year I like to look back over the previous year, and then set goals for the coming year. Many people do this on Jan 1st; I prefer to do it on my birthday. I often refine the accomplishments and goals until my new year, Samhain, but the bulk of the work is done on or around my birthday. I also like to do a tarot reading (and other’s readings of me are ALWAYS welcomed).
What I’m Listening to: Caia “Remembrance”
so good . . .
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