From Musings

I Heard a Bird Sing

I heard a bird sing // In the dark of December. // A magical thing // And sweet to remember // “We are nearer to Spring // Than we were in September,” // I heard a bird sing // In the dark of December. — Oliver Herford

‘Tis the Season

Fa la la la la…. Welcome to the most festive day of the year! Start it out with cold pumpkin pie for breakfast (the best way to eat pumpkin pie). Watch Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, pause to cry, resume watching. Rock out to some Christmas tunes. Decorate… Just embrace that you are going…

Election Day Wake-Up Call

*Warning* this post is about my response to the results of our 2016 presidential election. If you are here looking for posts about good food, books, etc. scroll on.
Both candidates had significant faults. Clearly, many voters found that on the whole the balance of shortcomings fell in Donald Trump’s favor. I would argue that Trump had one flaw that should have wholly disqualified him from becoming president.