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Tiếng Việt When the towns are glowed up with millions of light bulbs, the houses are dressed up with glittering decorations, and the Christmas markets are reopened, you know Christmas is in the air. You can find Christmas markets in almost any town in Europe, but the one that has so far enchanted us most is […]

via Christmas in Copenhagen — LEN Journeys

“A Different Christmas Poem” The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The […]

via Christmas poems for our military (1) — Pacific Paratrooper

I woke up to a grey day but the cast of colourful characters at the marina where I painted today more than made up for it. I set up my easel on the dock of a shrimp processing plant/marina on San Carlos Island. It’s a place I discovered by accident while on my way to […]

via Pleiades — The Sketchbook

Thanks Thom, for a wonderful Christmas Countdown – loved every link.

You really can’t stay. You gotta go away. Ah, but Baby it’s Cold outside. It’s freezing out there. Look out the window – it’s up to your knees out there! Take off your coat and that fur hat. Don’t despair. Pull up a chair. You ain’t goin’ nowhere. Hey! lookie here! I got just the […]

via The Complete Christmas Alphabets + Jimmy Smith : Baby It’s Cold Outside — The Immortal Jukebox

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If, for some reason, you’d like to spend the next 33 minutes listening to me reading some poems aloud. Here is a Soundcloud playlist for your enjoyment. The poems themselves are in the track descriptions.

via 13 Poems Read Aloud — One of These Years…

My grateful thanks to Lorna Gray for inviting me to be part of the launch celebrations for Mrs P’s Book of Secrets and including me in her #30DaysofBookBlogs. Mrs P’s Book of Secrets will be published by Harper Collins’ imprint One More Chapter on 14th December 2019 and is available for pre-order here in the […]

via Mrs P’s Book of Secrets by Lorna Gray — Linda’s Book Bag

“Knives Out” marks the fourth collaboration between composer Nathan Johnson and director Rian Johnson, having previously teamed up on “Brick,” “Looper,” and “The Brothers Bloom.” But their roots go far deeper than that: they’re cousins. Nathan Johnson says he first heard about “Knives Out” over a decade ago. “He basically told me about the opening…

via ‘Knives Out’: Nathan Johnson on Finding the Music Cues for Rian Johnson’s Murder Mystery — Variety

Pierce Brosnan will play the king opposite Camila Cabello in writer-director Kay Cannon’s new telling of “Cinderella” for Sony Pictures. Billy Porter, Idina Menzel and Nicholas Galitzine are also confirmed to star in the film, which will be released in theaters Feb. 5, 2021. Cabello, a multi-platinum selling and Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, will be integrally involved…

via Pierce Brosnan to Play the King in Camila Cabello’s ‘Cinderella’ — Variety

The Christmas Dinner has been cleared away. Shoes kicked off. Cigar lit. A very generous measure of hot buttered Rum poured. Now, you need a smoother than smooth sound to maintain the mood. Nothing better than Bonnie Raitt with Rhythm & Blues legend Charles Brown with a sultry duet version of, ‘Merry Christmas Baby’. Now, […]

via Christmas Alphabet : R for Bonnie Raitt, Ramsey Lewis & Rilke — The Immortal Jukebox