hark the herald gingers sing pic.twitter.com/6YZmS7VDmR — cats being weird little guys (@weirdlilguys) December 24, 2023 In some traditions, the central figure of the infant Christ isn’t displayed until this night. *Somebody* is going to be very displeased at being displaced! voidy holidays!!! pic.twitter.com/rjYdPeHErC — cats being weird little guys (@weirdlilguys) December 24, 2023
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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Blessed Solstice
Reindeer under the Northern Lights.. pic.twitter.com/BV6h30Xx2I — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 5, 2023 From here on, the days get colder, but also longer. “This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold⁰and unlocking, where the past⁰lets go and becomes the future;” – Margaret Atwood 💜 pic.twitter.com/AnmgM2XHxF — Emily …
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Here comes the rain again…
Optional soundtrack for the post: Big storm coming in off the Gulf of Mexico today. It has tropical components, so I’m having a bad hair day but my orchid (the sole bit of flora I am responsible for on the property) is loving it. *** I finally got a chance to read the much-discussed NYT …
Late Night Respite Open Thread: Dolly Parton, Rock Star
Dolly Parton on the Most Prolific and Invigorating Music of Her Career “My songs are like my kids and I expect them to support me when I’m old.” #DollyParton https://t.co/HVHvjd5WmJ — Lindsay Kusiak (@lindsay_kusiak) November 27, 2023 It’s hard to choose extracts, cuz this whole interview is so good! From NYMag, “Dolly Parton on the …
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Saturday Evening Open Thread: Time‘s Person of the Year Has All the Right Enemies
When you lost the culture war so hard that you cannot comprehend mainstream culture without resorting to conspiracy theories pic.twitter.com/1IaChFMVLl — vocational politics appreciation account (@Convolutedname) December 7, 2023 Taylor Swift, proud Democrat! She had a tour so large it was cited by the chairman of the Federal Reserve as meaningfully impacting GDP. Of the …
Sunday Morning Open Thread: Everybody Gird Their Loins
Watch the "@AmericanaFest 22nd Annual Honors" on @acltv! You can stream the "Americana 22nd Annual Honors" online at https://t.co/c4c8BwCK8z beginning Sunday, November 26 at 9am CT. pic.twitter.com/NcamrQzq5U — Bonnie Raitt (@TheBonnieRaitt) November 25, 2023 Here’s a pleasant hour’s listening, from Austin City Limits — Ms. Raitt was given a Lifetime Achievement Award. (When I clicked …
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