the hyacinths are budding & the birds compose paeans to the sunflower seed
I would like to wish happy and joyous Passovers to those who celebrate. I was privileged to attend a Passover seder given by my roommate's family friends, one year, and I'm glad I did. growing up I used to hang out with another friend's family all the time for the matzah ball soup. I need to learn to make matzah ball chicken soup, yum. ^_^
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my mother sings in the concert choir of a local church, and they're putting on a concert tomorrow night. the two main pieces are "The Crucifixion" by John Stainer and "Messe Solennelle" by Louis Vierne. I've heard a recording of the second and it is lovely; I hope to attend tomorrow with my dad. the minister of music, David Spicer, is a very talented choir director and organist; he's also good about working together with other local singing groups. tomorrow's concert features not only the First Church choirs but also the Oriana Singers of Farmington High School (the director of the OS sings in the FC choir). should be fun. I sang in the youth choir for First Church growing up; I have a lot of good memories. I think that hearing sacred music performed reaches a wide spectrum of people, and crosses a lot of boundaries. love and compassion and unity. that is, for me, what Easter and the celebrations of spring are about.
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over the past couple days I've been hearing various folks mention something called Dreamwidth. what is this? I know what it says on the opening page; I mean, why is this something people are intersted in, what distinguishes it from being just another social networking site? I'm always behind the curve with these things, but my main concern is that I'm still able to access and read my friends' journals. if someone moves away from lj (or other blog) to dreamwidth, I can rss it? or do I need a Dreamwidth account in order to read the pages of others, the wayFacebook is? hrmph.
oh, oh! I almost forgot - I read this the other day and it is hilarious. the Passover seder, facebook style! it's the bit at the end that's the kicker. *g* I think that the way it's written up, with the comments and icons, makes it much funnier than Austenbook (although I still like that). ^_^
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my mother sings in the concert choir of a local church, and they're putting on a concert tomorrow night. the two main pieces are "The Crucifixion" by John Stainer and "Messe Solennelle" by Louis Vierne. I've heard a recording of the second and it is lovely; I hope to attend tomorrow with my dad. the minister of music, David Spicer, is a very talented choir director and organist; he's also good about working together with other local singing groups. tomorrow's concert features not only the First Church choirs but also the Oriana Singers of Farmington High School (the director of the OS sings in the FC choir). should be fun. I sang in the youth choir for First Church growing up; I have a lot of good memories. I think that hearing sacred music performed reaches a wide spectrum of people, and crosses a lot of boundaries. love and compassion and unity. that is, for me, what Easter and the celebrations of spring are about.
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over the past couple days I've been hearing various folks mention something called Dreamwidth. what is this? I know what it says on the opening page; I mean, why is this something people are intersted in, what distinguishes it from being just another social networking site? I'm always behind the curve with these things, but my main concern is that I'm still able to access and read my friends' journals. if someone moves away from lj (or other blog) to dreamwidth, I can rss it? or do I need a Dreamwidth account in order to read the pages of others, the wayFacebook is? hrmph.
oh, oh! I almost forgot - I read this the other day and it is hilarious. the Passover seder, facebook style! it's the bit at the end that's the kicker. *g* I think that the way it's written up, with the comments and icons, makes it much funnier than Austenbook (although I still like that). ^_^