I woke up slowly this morning, in the grip of an unusually bad dream, so I am not handling this Pete Seeger news with my usual stoicism. When my students ask me one of the questions in their textbook, "Who is your hero?" Seeger is often who I say.

Rest in peace, old man. You've ably passed on the banjo to the young ones.

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with the Rivertown Kids
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Happy Winter, Merry Yule!


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Greetings from my dad's garden...


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* Sunday at the farm


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I was going to ask for some good things, because I am generally not seeing it today, but I realized I had a couple of minutes and I could share some instead.

Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind) - I love this guy's sense of humor. (via Tom Price a.k.a. @pricetom)

Toothpaste for Dinner: American English vs. British English vs. Ultra English

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I've been Netflixing The Trial of a Time Lord, a season-long arc that's... well, it's the Sixth Doctor and Peri part of the time, Mel for the rest, and none of those are my favorites among Classic Who characters. But in the historical context of the show, it's interesting for a lot of reasons, and I've been unexpectedly riveted by the behind-the- ( Read more... )

* Susan Enan's album Plainsong is one of Amie Street's top 25 of the year, and it's available there for $5 to download until the end of the year. It's a really pretty album which I've pimped before, but I thought I'd mention it again with the price cut. (ETA - the Great Lake Swimmers' album Lost Channels is also $5* I had my mom listen to this NPR ( Read more... )

When I went to set my alarms tonight, they were still on. This means I didn't forget to set them last night, I just completely slept through them -- both of them -- this morning. I don't remember a thing. So the Fuzz could have been meowing like crazy and I doubt I would have heard him. Kitty exonerated. However, I think this means I need to fix my ( Read more... )

I know a couple of people on my flist will be as thrilled by this as I am, but I think most people would find it cute and interesting:

( Rock music + birds + science = glee )

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