... to dimakoi, who is currently settling into a recently-acquired house. I hope you have a *long* and happy time living there.

... Merry New Year, a Cheery Yule, feliz navidad (et natal), joyeux noël, Fröhliche Weihnachten and a' that.

In short, Happy Holidays in any language you choose. :-)

... to shaddyr, who I think marked it three days ago.

Ooops. Some of us are a tad distracted ... and some of us are "under the weather."

I hope it was still a festive and cheerful occasion.

... to amazon_syren, who is very good at quite a few fields I have never mastered (such as cooking).

May you have a happy, gorgeous and scrumptious day. :-)

I thought some people may appreciate the following story. This tale is said to come from the Plains States in the USA, though it could just as easily have come from Europe.

Back in the 1960s, the bus company Greyhound was expanding their North American services and was trying to advertise in as many small towns and villages as possible. At one ( Read more... )

Just a few days ago, I complained that my Muse of Inspiration was On Strike too often. I guess it must have heard me. :-)

On Mondays I go to choir rehearsal; yesterday was no exception. As luck would have it, we sang a tune that I was unfamiliar with and do not recall having heard earlier: "The Water is Wide". After the practice, I was ( Read more... )

... here are no fewer than 40 of them (and counting).

[With thanks to kallisti for pointing this out on Facebook.]

On the evening of Saturday, 7 May, I will be one of the choristers singing in “A World of Song” - the Musica Viva choir’s spring concert - at St Brigid’s Church near the Byward Market. The main part of the concert will consist of the première performance for the World Music Suite No. Three by Canadian composer Donald Patriquin. The doors are open ( Read more... )

... (almost belated) to arndis, who may soon be a well-known designer of interiors.

I hope you had a fun day and have a lot to look forward to. :-)

I was at the Con-Cept convention in Montréal from Friday till Sunday and it was still pretty good, though it had its flaws.

The biggest irritation, as I mentioned earlier, had to do with the lack of a Con Suite. The Con Suite itself has been an issue in the past; the con claimed to have it open “24 hours”, but I went by it late on Friday evening ( ( Read more... )