It's nice to see you still hanging in there.

Lux Aurumque - Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas

Inner workings of the human soul.

Cranberry Kir Royale Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence Show: Tyler's Ultimate Episode: Ultimate Dinner Party 2 cups frozen cranberries, plus 1/2 cup for garnish 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons orange juice 1 teaspoon orange zest 1 bottle Champagne Add cranberries, orange juice, zest and sugar to a large pan and set over medium heat until berries break-down slightly and liquid is syrupy, 12 to 15 minutes. *Pour into a blender and process, be careful of the hot liquid expanding when you blend - use a towel over the top of the blender. Strain and discard any solids then set aside and cool. Pour 2 tablespoons of cranberry-orange syrup into the bottoms of 4 chilled champagne glasses. Add a few cranberries to each glass and gently top off each glass with Champagne. *When blending hot liquids: Remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth. foodnetwork.com/food/recipe/christmas

Latin: Lux, calida gravisque pura velut aurum et canunt angeli molliter modo natum. English: Light, warm and heavy as pure gold and the angels sing softly to the new-born babe. Lux Aurumque translated into Latin by Eric Whitacre from a poem by Edward Esch

Lux Aurumque-Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas

Lux Aurumque - Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert

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I received a Christmas card in the mail from a friend. Her children are having the time of their life and this will be their second Christmas.

Where Are You Christmas - Faith Hill

Where Are You Christmas - Faith Hill

Peter Grant You wouldn't get bored.

Green Chile Cheese Tamales, Beef Chile, Beans, Pineapple Tomato Salsa and Green Tea

Mick Jagger & L'Wren Scott-Dec-10-07-LZ Tribute to Ahmet Ertegun - O2 It looks as if Mick Jagger and L'Wren Scott enjoyed themselves on December 10.

*Shrugs* Maybe they visited a Nashville club in 1970?

Perhaps she married and has a new last name.

Peter Grant's strength was the way he earnestly tried to protect people from harm, and his honest, straightforward character and demeanor. He shepherded Led Zeppelin and he served as a role model for other managers. He was a trailblazer, a pioneering kind of guy, a sort of Davy Crockett of rock and roll. I wonder if he was the same Peter Grant who is described in the BBC archives. www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/67/a2238167 Peter Grant collected fine art as well, so he appreciated aesthetics and work of a finer quality. I think he understood the inner workings of the human soul a little bit. He was one of those people who had lived through a lot, and he understood the contrast between war and peace, wealth and poverty, and honesty and corruption. Where he came from, you had to fight for your rights. He was born under the sign of Aries. I think he may have been one of those king bee types buzzing around your hive. He probably had a Muddy Waters/Tom Jones/James Brown/Hugh Hefner/Merle Haggard/Ted Nugent kind of personality when it came to the ladies. He thrived in the spring time, April in Paris, when a young man's thoughts turn to love. If the right opportunity was there, he would go for it. His heart was an open book. Some like it hot, and he would have found Leo and Sagittarius women attractive in every way. Aquarius and Gemini ladies would have appealed to his intellectual side, and Libra social butterflies would have captured his admiring gaze and impressed him with their diplomatic skills.

He was so cute! Whatever spirit possessed him at that moment, I'm glad! This photo rates up there with Michaelangelo's David.

I always think of that song "Paint It Black" as being about World War II. During the war they endured shortages so Lipton tea bags were in common use, but after the war people began to find loose leaf tea more available in the markets. One English woman from a more recent generation who I met told me she avoids tea bags whenever possible in favor of freshly boiled hot water poured over loose leaf tea.