Happy New Year 2014

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has dropped by this blog this year and to wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

Music Monday - Maddy Prior

A favorite voice of mine just so happens to belong to Steeleye Span songstress, Maddy Prior. So... Please to enjoy this Maddy Prior playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFWzPiGHd_Y&list=PL26FAE37A11FFA114

Have a meditative evening...

Merry Christmas!

Picture By Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA (Christmas in Paradise) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

I hope your Christmas has been truly merry and bright!

I'm looking forward to the New Year with plans to publish. What are you looking forward to in the New Year?

Now I'll leave you to enjoy the rest of your Christmas night with this Beach flavored Christmas song sung by the Beach Boys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TDmWvRVJUo

Just remember, Christmas Day may only come but once a year, but the Spirit of Christmas can stay in your heart all the year through if you leave your heart open to the one whose birth we celebrate this day, our dear Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. - John 14:27

Music Monday - Wintersong

Tonight, grab a snugly blanket and light those fires because I'm about to bring on the ice cold chill of winter with the songs I've chosen for tonight's Music Monday.

Tchaikovsky : Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op.13　" Winter Dreams "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dop_dPIgeI

And a different kind of winter dreams --

Accept - Winter Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdKbRknDNj4

Madonna - Frozen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS088Opj9o0

Steeleye Span - Cold, haily, windy night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKl3Q8kjfb8

Kate Bush - Deep Winter Suite - Snowflake, Lake Tahoe, Misty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3xUyTtQvu4

Tangerine Dream -  Coldwater Canyon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwldaxSjVn0

Pink Floyd - Terminal Frost
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tek1Wh3jrWk

Moody Blues - December Snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ole0iRSkskQ

Styx - Snowblind (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qg7qOrcROo

Enya - Amid The Falling Snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldHJ6rPcccE

Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - Winter Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=budTp-4BGM0

Have a meditative evening.

Music Monday - Joyeux Noël!

An FB friend shared a wonderful rendition of The Night Before Christmas by Jules d'Hemecourt and it gave me the idea to find some Cajun inspired Christmas music.

Enjoy!

Jules d'Hemecourt - Cajun Night Before Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCNosA8ylo

Vin Bruce - Christmas On the Bayou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmAPcjUVRWU

Aaron Neville - Louisiana Christmas Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCMaH_mAac

Willie Robertson - Ragin' Cajun Redneck Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB56SFEMZpY

A Cajun Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d3Dt9Dvrm0

Vince Vance - All I Want for Christmas is You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p27EutGOJtU

BEAUSOLEIL - Christmas Bayou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOxH-MVwFe4

Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds - St. Nicholas (Cajun Usa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LDffzvz_9c

Beausoleil - Papa St. Nick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jtyz23dC5w

Jules Hemecourt - Cajun 12 Days of Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkmRl4RUudA

Cajun Christmas 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN11JVwiJVw

CAJUN GOLD - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-9MawlQivk

Joyeux Noël, y'all! Don't let dem halamagators worry you none, mon cher! I guarantee day mo'scared of you, den you scared of dem. ;-)

Music Monday - Christmas Music

As promised lots of beautiful and silly Christmas music to help get you into the holiday spirit!

Moody Blues - Don't Need a Reindeer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-w1gZH0jlY

Silent Monks - Hallelujah Chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFCeJTEzNU

The 12 Gays of Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSedhEoutP0

Charlie Brown Christmas Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1LUXQWzCno

Jeff Foxworthy - 12 Redneck Days of Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBKGoj7nKAw

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cP26ndrmtg

The Piano Guys - O Come, Emmanuel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ugV6QGcafEE

Vienna Boys' Choir - O Tannenbaum/Beauty Surrounds Us - Lorraine Kuehnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEDfXUSkGLI

The Gothard Sisters - What Child Is This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0tn-VdgU_k

And the Following carol gives proof that wherever you may find yourself this Christmas, you can still make it a Merry one.

Lindsey Stirling - Celtic Carol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4sZZaf3Gg

And to top it all off, a lovely burning fireplace with over an hour's worth of beautiful and traditional Christmas Music.

Fireplace Christmas Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL56qqwlsRc

I hope your Christmas Season is both Merry and Bright.

Have a meditative evening.

Barkticles - Thank Your Cat!

Hi! Sweetlips K. Beagle here. I have a link to share that may make a lot of Dog lovers into cat lovers!

Now, this particular link I'm sharing with you doesn't have anything to do with Lee Lane's upcoming novel, Cherish, but it's such wonderful news that I wanted to make sure that I got the word out to those of you who read or stumble upon her blogs. Yes, I'll be sharing this on Lee's other Blog, No Stranger Here, as well.

What's this all about? Well, click the link below and find out. It's very good news for those with HIV and proof that even Fluffy has more to offer than merely (ahem!) performing the call of nature in a box.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/266911.php

So barks I, pawed --