The Nativity In A Nutshell

The little drummer boy

doom dooms

to the chants

of moonbeams.

The tiny baby

winks

to the ox and lamb.

Animals are always in

on the plan

to make

the world smile.

 

Welcome to the Winter Solstice:
"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." — Albert Camus

 

MY GUEST SPOT ON THE RADIO SHOW QUINTESSENTIAL LISTENING HAS BEEN POSTPONED. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR. MICHAEL AND I WILL RESCHEDULE WHEN

WE CAN.

 

 Thank you to Glory Sasikala of GloMag for publishing coronation in the November issue.

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Here's the link to the broadcast http://tobtr.com/12029478. Please tune in. Thanks! — with Linda Imbler.

So This Is Christmas

I thought I had some of my best Christmases as a child, and although as an adult I spent each Christmas with my parents, I thought the Christmas of 1980 would not have much joy in it.  John Lennon had been murdered on December 8th, and that incident was still weighing on my mind

My mother sent my father and I out on an errand that Christmas Eve day to find a particular item.  We spent hours searching until we found it.  But, that’s not what made the day great.  It was how the conversations that ensued that day transformed our attitude for this particular year’s celebration. 

When I was a young girl, my dad is the one who called me in from another room to watch the Beatles being interviewed on a talk show.  We were both hooked right then.  The years went by.  “Rocky Raccoon” became one of his favorite Beatle’s songs. We both owned every Beatle’s album. Now, a married adult who lived hundreds of miles away from my parents, I did not realize that he had also embraced Lennon’s solo works, and owned those also.

As we rummaged through the stores, we dissected Lennon’s work after the Beatles.  We discussed the be-bop tempo of “Instant Karma”, and the nature of the words.   We waxed philosophical about the images throughout “Imagine.”  We talked about the intensity of the Mind Games album, recorded at a low point in Lennon’s life.  But mostly, we reveled over Double Fantasy, the album that had been released only one month prior to John’s death.  We were both still digesting the songs, and had a lengthy discussion about what a magnificent contribution to the music world this opus was.

With every new store, the depth of our fanship, and our connection to each other through the magical art of Lennon’s music grew.  We came back to the house, victorious in our purchase, but also with a much deeper bond between us.  All thanks to the music gifted to us by this one man whom we were still mourning.

John, you were right.  All you do need for Christmas is love. 

 

 

 

 

 From Spica's Frequency:

Tower of Babel Redefined

Know the confusion of voices, 

know the jumbling,

spoken to you in a daze of uncertainty.

Heed the babel 

that stands as sound with no tower,

the chaos of speech swaying to and fro.

Know the mix-up 

of words spoken at odds,

when no words seem to match reality.

Know the vocalizations 

that spin around inside your head, 

looking for a landing.

Know the disconcert 

of messages never ceasing, 

that you strive to understand.

Know the baffled feeling of indecision

when confronted with too many choices.

No need to interpret a foreign language;

they’re only the commands of your own conscience. 

A big thank you to Robin Barratt at The Poet Magazine. This poem had previously been published in the magazine's Christmas Edition Anthology.  Yesterday, it was included as a featured poem.

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