The ooo ahhs were such lovely funk. How could you not like it? Fit really well into G of the G movie.

Yes nice architecture! And photography too.

I really have to focus on a Christmas letter today. WAY behind on Christmas cards.......

I did some photo squinting myself today, making copies of genealogy for relatives. Then I went to see Rouge One, the new Star Wars movie. My eyes sorta hurt. Then my son asked me to read his book, it's actually pretty good but he writes awkwardly, as new novelists sometimes do. He'll get mad if I suggest any changes.

My eyes hurt. Still have some good music rattling through my head that was in the movie. They had surround sound too, lots of base and trickling water behind my head in the theatre....

After much research I still have no idea who sent me the Amazon package. My daughter in law feigned ignorance, so I opened it... there is a lovely antique hummingbird feeder in it! LOL . Seems I have a secret Santa! If they are reading (I doubt it, probably my sister in law) thank you!

Anyway I started the morning right (Druid New Year after all) read my Marx Brother's feed and found mention of Harpo touring Russia, Europe and Israel with his harp. And doing this.... how very Harpoish and how seasonal!

Merry Christmas there leslee!!!! Hope it is all going well. My grandson turned into a monster brat last night, and my cat barfed this morning (eating the tree) so things are all on track!

My sister in law feels I need a gift every year, I've asked repeatedly to NOT do this, trying to stop (they don't live close enough) and she sent the hummingbird feeder. I figured she did.... her mom also likes the hummers, so I got one too. It will go up in the window so the cats can watch.

In case anyone worries about it, Yuku is totally down... apparently switching servers, probably to a more ad oriented group. I'm having withdrawals. Sure hope Justin doesn't to into overdrive releasing his tour dates (more of them, I forlornly wonder) because some of us track the tour through yuku sites.

Reading a lot over the holidays. later!

I'm not doing music like I should be. I listening to/watching *Voyager* which was a Star Trek spin off. I'd forgotten how much I disliked the on and on episodes they got stuck doing for a few weeks, with the "Kazon" they were very unattractive aliens and busy killing each other... real bummer. I stopped watching it. BUT I've missed so many of the episodes, or forgot (it's been a while since I saw it) The REAL bummer is that the final episode will happen tonight when I'm sleeping (work tomorrow groan) so I'll miss it AGAIN.

OH and thank you for the nice card! I'd send one back but you didn't put a return addy on it. Christmas was very kicked back here, and I liked it that way.

*meek tone* gosh I was just going to mention enjoying Aaron Copeland's *Appalachian Spring* on the way home.... The Bluegrass underground sounded a bit like Doors doing a belly dancing piece. Not bad. I turned off the techno-video, I was busy with something else.

Funny I just put that on tonight while I was cooking, turned off the TV. That got me to feeling blue that the tour isn't coming to my parts... so I checked San Antonio. I would really love to visit there anyway. Even the VIP is down to General Admission. Sorry that isn't enough to get me to travel all the way down there. I'm so tired of squabbling over good seats.

Next I'm off to watch my John Adams video I got for Christmas. I read the book, it was pretty good.

I got to go over and get slobbered on by my grand daughter.... she is the center of my universe I think. Hard to explain. I like my grandson too but I think this little girl is tops. Two of my FB friends also have grand daughters and keep saying their grandbaby is a princess, putting up Snow White and so forth. MY granddaughter is going to be Princess Leia! takes no guff of anyone! She got to taste a little bacon and really liked it. On the way back, La Mer was playing so I sat in my driveway in the dark and finished listening to that. One of the greatest classical pieces ever.

We are still cursed with very cold dry weather, like a tundra desert. I'm glad you finally got the double album, I think you'll like it. Our woodpeckers here are the size of mini dinosaurs and crawl up the sides of trees.

Actually one of my favorite Zep recordings.... I listened to it on some very serious drugs back in college..... talk about a head trip. No no don't do that stuff no mo'... I hear the houris of Sunday ... angels of Evermore...

I'd agree or disagree only I'd have to cue it all up again and I'm headed to bath and bed in that order, early morning tomorrow. I'm taking Friday off because I cannot deal with the whimpering that will be coming out of teachers' lounges across the country. Jeeze it's over with onward.

Speaking of over=taxation, I'm watching the HBO miniseries of John Adams, my son got it for Christmas for me. One episode a night is plenty. I'm really shocked that it has held my attention so long, and I even got a little weepy as they re-enacted the first reading of the Declaration on the steps of Independence Hall. I loved the John Adams book, the movie was based on it. The actor doing Adams is really really marvelous, if anything, not fiery enough!

Watching what our country went through to get started.... just makes me more irritated with some of the political whines on line. I'm about ready to block one friend if it doesn't stop. We've had two presidents in a row now, who have done end runs around Congress, issued "laws" with Executive privilege. We have a Congress who only gets together to hear themselves speak (as Adams complained.... he got action by his ranting apparently) We need a good shake up in the Executive Branch.

Then I listened and watched the attitudes... outstanding acting.... and thought about "What IS an American?" We're a bunch of people who got up in arms and told a rude, mean, vicious occupying army to get the heck off our land. And we were outnumbered. Took back the right of self governance. Which is what each election is about. Still shaking my head over the passage of the initial AHC eight years ago, and Nancy Pelosi having the gall to get up and say "we have to pass it before we know what's in it"......... a stack of paper over a yard deep. Lazy AND stupid. Sad...

Soap box put neatly away, I bid you a good night, and glad you're doing ok out there leslee. You drop off line sometimes and I worry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNOTozVp_i4